Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

PILL BOTTLE

Date Range From

1910

Date Range To

1920

Materials

GLASS, TIN, STRING

No. Pieces

3

Height

4.7

Diameter

1.2

Description

SMALL, CLEAR GLASS BOTTLE. HAS A TIN SCREW-ON CAP. THERE IS A PAPER LABEL AROUND BOTTLE THAT READS "HIGINBOTHAM'S LITTLE LAXATIVES DOSE - ONE TO THREE TABLETS J.D. HIGINBOTHAM & CO. LIMITED WHOLESALE AND RETAIL CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA, CANADA". INSIDE BOTTLE WAS A STEEL STRAIGHT NEEDLE, WITH A LENGTH OF YELLOWED THREAD WRAPPED AROUND IT.

Subjects

MEDICAL & DENTAL T&E

Historical Association

HEALTH SERVICES

History

BELONGED TO ELSIE DALRYMPLE, MOTHER-IN-LAW OF SEYMOUR SMITH, WHO LATER CAME INTO POSSESSION OF BOTTLE. DONOR IS EXECUTOR OF SEYMOUR SMITH'S ESTATE, ALONG WITH ROSS SMITH. J.D. HIGINBOTHAM WAS A PIONEER DRUGGIST IN LETHBRIDGE FROM 1885-1929. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF BOXED TEXTILES AND ACCESSORIES, INCLUDING A NEWSPAPER CARRIER BAG DONATED BY C. L. RICHARDSON. ACCORDING TO THE FAMILY HISTORY SUBMITTED TO THE COMMUNITY HISTORY BOOK TITLED, THE HISTORY OF DIAMOND CITY AND COMMERCE, SEYMOUR SMITH MARRIED GWEN PADLEY ON JULY 8, 1966. THE COUPLE LIVED IN LETHBRIDGE UNTIL GWEN’S DEATH ON NOVEMBER 26, 1988. GWEN PADLEY WAS THE DAUGHTER OF ALEXANDER CHARLES PADLEY AND ELSIE GERALDINE PADLEY (NEE DALRYMPLE). THE COUPLE MARRIED ON JUNE 16, 1924. THE HISTORY EXPLAINS, “THEY LIVED IN LETHBRIDGE AND MOVED TO DIAMOND CITY WHERE THEIR DAUGHTER GWEN WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 9, 1925. THEY LATER MOVED TO MAGRATH AND THEN BACK TO LETHBRIDGE WHERE THEY RESIDED UNTIL THEIR DEATHS.” GWEN’S MOTHER, ELSIE, WAS THE DAUGHTER OF A WELL-KNOWN MERCHANT IN DIAMOND CITY AND LETHBRIDGE NAMED JAMES DALRYMPLE. HE AND HIS WIFE, MARY, MOVED THEIR FAMILY OF SEVEN DAUGHTERS TO SETTLE IN THE LETHBRIDGE REGION FROM BLANDFORD, ENGLAND IN SEPTEMBER 1906. THE FAMILY HISTORY STATES, “MR. DALRYMPLE MADE ARRANGEMENTS, WHILE STILL IN ENGLAND, TO HAVE A HOUSE BUILT IN LETHBRIDGE AT 715-3RD ST. S. HE ASKED FOR IT TO BE DIGNIFIED, BUT SIMPLE.” PLEASE SEE THE PERMANENT FILE FOR THE FULL ARTICLE OF THE FAMILY’S HISTORY.

Catalogue Number

P20000096000

Acquisition Date

2001-07

Collection

Museum

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