Based on dates when D. H. McIntosh ran his pharmacy.
Material
glass: clear
Inscriptions
Embossed on one side: "D. H. McINTOSH, M. D. // CARLETON PLACE, ONT." on base: "W. T. CO. // U. S. A."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A4-8 Box 1 Row C
Length
6.7 cm
Width
2.8 cm
Depth
1.7 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Condition Remarks
Minor residue inside
Copy Type
original
Reference Types
Websites
Reference Comments
Whitall Tatum Company. Wikipedia
"155-157 Bridge Street Carleton Place," Linda Seccaspina, https://lindaseccaspina.wordpress.com/2017/09/06/carleton-place-then-and-now-bridge-street-series-volume-12/
Research Facts
D. H. McIntosh passed his examinations to become a doctor in 1889 and practiced in Carleton Place, Ontario. In 1892 and 1893, he began to run Dr. McEwen’s drug store in Carleton Place, and J.P. McLaren then bought the pharmacy in 1935. Dr. McIntosh also operated Carleton Place's office of health. He and his wife lived over the store, McIntosh also had an office in the drug store where he sold insurance. Children who went to school who were suspected of having a contagious disease were sent by the teacher to Dr. McIntosh, who would send the child home and quarantined them if they had a fever or rash.
Whitall Tatum mass-produced special-order prescription bottles for hundreds of pharmacies and embossed them with their names and addresses and also marked "W.T. & Co." on the base. These mostly date from 1875 up to 1900. In 1901 the company name was changed to Whitall Tatum Company and the base marking became "W.T.CO.", and for a decade from the 1920s on, the trademark became a "W" and "T" inside a triangle.