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**Item Specifications:**
* Pharmacy Merchant: Pfau\'s Drug Store (Prescription Druggist)
* Location: 111 S. Kickapoo Street — Lincoln, Logan County, Illinois (ILL.)
* Bottle Glass Manufacturer: Owens-Illinois Glass Company
* Exact Manufacturing Date: 1936 (Verified by the right-side base date code \"6\")
* Production Factory: Plant #4 — Alton, Illinois
* Trademark Base Markings: Raised \"ILLINOIS\" text with authentic pre-1954 Diamond-Oval-I logo format
* Product Contents: Vintage Mineral Oil (Empty Bottle)
* Dimensions/Volume: Approximately 1 Pint (16 oz scale marks)**Description:**
Up for sale is an exceptional piece of Central Illinois history—a genuine, authenticated 1936 Pfau\'s Drug Store glass apothecary bottle! This local hometown medicine bottle originated from the historic Pfau pharmacy family (Edwin J. Pfau) on Kickapoo Street in downtown Lincoln, Illinois. The bottle features its original, vividly colored tri-tone paper label showing off beautiful 1930s graphics and typography reading \"Pfau\'s Mineral Oil / Pfau\'s Drug Store / Prescription Druggist / Lincoln, ILL.\" The sides and back of the clear glass bottle feature molded graduated measurement marks. The bottom base is heavily embossed with authentic, time-stamped Owens-Illinois manufacturing codes proving it was blown at Plant #4 in Alton, Illinois, in 1936. A premier investment piece for local Illinois advertising history buffs, antique apothecary collectors, or high-end rustic farmhouse display curio cabinets!**Condition Details:**
Pre-owned in stellar antique structural and cosmetic shape. The clear glass bottle is entirely sound with zero chips, cracks, structural fractures, or flea bites along the neck or bottom resting ring. The original paper label is phenomenally well-preserved for being nearly a century old—remaining firmly adhered, completely flat, and highly legible with only minor superficial edge aging and light shelf toning as pictured. The inside of the glass is clean, bone dry, and free of clouding or heavy chemical residue. *Please Note: This listing is for the loose glass bottle exactly as pictured. The original top cork or screw cap is missing.*Please review all close-up photographs carefully to confirm the exact item condition and base markings before purchasing.**Shipping Details:**
Ships promptly and securely wrapped in a generous, thick protective layer of bubble wrap inside a rigid cardboard box to guarantee it arrives completely safe, sound, and intact at your doorstep. (Note: Bubble wrap will be applied carefully so no adhesive tape directly contacts the fragile paper label).
