Glass Apothecary Bottles with Handwritten Labels from Houle's Pharmacy, Lowell, MA schoolgirl lessons mane and tail

mane and tail

"apple pedal pink"

they will serve you forever

still standing tall

weighing in at a little over 3 pounds each

Glass Apothecary Bottles with Handwritten Labels from Houle's Pharmacy, Lowell, MA schoolgirl lessons mane and tailI purchased these lovely apothecary bottles from a seller who had bought them some 40 years ago, when Houle's Pharmacy at 462 Moody Street in Lowell, Massachusetts closed its business. I have found records of Houle's in operation at least as early as 1919 at that location, and he bottles themselves, marked MBW USA on their bottoms, were made by Millville Bottle Works in Millville New Jersey, with the mark dating them to sometime between 1903 1930. So,