Spirits came in bottles sold at licensed premises either locally or in larger cities visited during shopping expeditions. The shape of bottles varied and were re cycled remaining the property of the manufacturer who paid for their return. History of the Distillery Corporation.Historical: Change of bottles - shape, glass, embossing. collected by bottle collectors Aesthetic: Display showing variations of shape and embossingClear smooth glass bottle almost rectangular but with curved sides and corners. Long straight sides three quarters of the way up tapering to a short straight neck separated by a lip to the opening. Lightly embossed at the front towards the bottom. It has 4 lines of print in capital letters. The base is curved inwards and therefore rounded. Used for storing rum.Side: 'This Bottle / Is the Property / of the / Distillery Corporation (?)' Base: '122' and '0'rum, glass bottle, drink, distillery corporation, spirits

This is believed to be a photograph from Emerald's Mary Street eucalyptus distillery, that once covered an area between Mary Street and Lakeside Drive. This was not Emerald's only eucalyptus distillery, with another earlier site once occupying what is now Butterfield Reserve. The plantation and distillery was established with Camden Woolbut by Russel Grimwade (of the Felton Grimwade pharmaceutical firm) in partnership with the Bosisto corporation.This photograph captures a significant site to one of the few most important industries to historical Emerald.This item is a black and white photograph printed on modern photo paper. The reverse features annotations, an accession number and the Epson logo, The shot looks into a eucalyptus distillery under an open-walled structure. Captured are several pieces of equipment - a round tank built into the ground, a metal-enclosed piece of machinery in the background, and an elevated water tank outside of the structure. There are two women sitting on the partially buried tank, and a man besides them, standing outside of the structure. The bottom-right and top-left have abrasions from the original negative.Reverse: "Emerald Distillery / 1920 / Mary St Emerald / Eucalyptus Distillary" (sic) Reverse, Faded/Faint/Erased: "Arch Nobelius [illegible]"emerald, horticulture, 1920s, eucalyptus