A pale blue- green bottle with a rusted metal and porcelain stopper. On one side of the bottle it reads : HENRY J. KOELLEN & CO. The other side of the bottle reads : LAWRENCE, MASS. No markings are found on the bottom . The city directory of 1915 lists the Henry J. Koellen & Company as wholesale liquor dealer , located at 166 Essex Street, Lawrence, MA. Henry J. and Minnie M. Koellen resided at 8 Sheridan Street. The donor of the bottle is James P. Dowd.
used: Container for Henry J. Koellen beverages