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Container - Small Bottle Bayer Aspirin, Bayer Pharma Pty Lty, circa 1948

  • Front of medicine bottle showing 'Bayer's Aspirin' and other information on a label with yellow background

    Image of front of medicine bottle

  • Back of medicine bottle sowing dosage instructions imprinted on label with yellow background.

    Image of back of medicine bottle

  • Face of lid of bottle with 'Bayer' imprinted in two directions and intersecting.

    Image of lid of medicine bottle

  • Bottom of medicine bottle showing manufacturer imprints

    Image of bottom of medicine bottle

  • Side view of medicine bottle

    Image of side of medicine bottle

  • Front of medicine bottle showing 'Bayer's Aspirin' and other information on a label with yellow background
  • Back of medicine bottle sowing dosage instructions imprinted on label with yellow background.
  • Face of lid of bottle with 'Bayer' imprinted in two directions and intersecting.
  • Bottom of medicine bottle showing manufacturer imprints
  • Side view of medicine bottle

Historical information

Bayer began conducting operations in Australia in 1925. This bottle does not have an exact date of production but it is consistent with bottles produced in Sydney in the late 1940s.

Significance

The item has historical significance as it is a demonstration of a common household medicine during the 1940s. This in combination with items from other years and geographic areas can demonstrate the evolution of household medicine.

Physical description

A small oval transparent glass bottle with a metal twist cap lid. The Metal lid has the Bayer Company logo on the top (BAYER written vertically intersecting with BAYER written horizontally). There is a primarily dirty yellow front label with primarily brownish grey writing with some write writing that reads "BAYER'S ASPIRIN." The word "Genuine" is located just below the white writing in faded red joint-handwriting font. The final letter of "Genuine" loops up into an arrow pointing towards the previous line's text. The back label is the same dirty yellow as the front, with Brownish-Grey text. It has the Bayer Company logo at the top (BAYER written vertically intersecting with BAYER written horizontally), followed by dosage information and two columns of suggested aliments to consume the original contexts. The bottom has a symbol that is presumably the glass bottle manufacturer. The bottle contains some powder residue of unknown origin.

Inscriptions & markings

On Cap: "BAYER" Company Logo (BAYER written vertically intersecting with BAYER written horizontally)

Front Label: "Compressed in N.S.W. / BAYER Company Logo (BAYER written vertically intersecting with BAYER written horizontally) / BAYER'S / ASPIRIN / 24 tablets of 5 grains each / Genuine / The trade-mark 'BAYER Logo (BAYER written vertically intersecting with BAYER written horizontally)' indicates / the 'ASPIRIN' of the Bayer / manufacture of monoacetic- / acidester of salicylicacid / Bayer Pharma Pty. Ltd. / Sydney"

Back Label: "BAYER logo (BAYER written vertically intersecting with BAYER written horizontally) / DOSE / 1 to 2 tablets with water / Used on the following / conditions / Headache Rheumatism / Colds Sciatica / Neuralgia Toothache / Lumbago Earache / Relief of Pain in General / FULL DIRECTIONS FOR USE / IN THE ENCLOSED LEAFLET / Bayer Pharma Pty Ltd / Sydney"

Bottom: "Symbol (the letter C in a square above the letter M)

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