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1996.19.2

ID Number: 1996.19.2
Category: Distribution & Transportation Artifacts
Sub-category: container
Item Name: bottle
Maker: Vapo Cresoline
Date: 1911 - 1967
Materials: glass; wood, cork
Description: glass bottle with cork stopper, paper label on 2 sides; label saturated with dried liquid; red discoloration; rust-coloured line of dried liquid along inside of bottle; small dark object inside bottle
History: This vaporizer, which used Vapo Cresoline liquid to produce a germ destroying vapor was used in the Windsor home of the donor's parents, David and Lilly Rolston. The vaporizer was always used when the children had whooping cough, especially throughout the night.
Collection Name: Museum Windsor
Subject (Fre): Y

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Children / Enfants subject

Medical subject

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