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Printed bottle labels as used by four Biggleswade chemists, who traded successively from the same High Street address. Dates are from various street directories: George N Maxwell(1877)John Evans later Evans and Son(1885, 1890), Robinson(1894, 1898)and G Turner (1903-1924)

C.1877 - C.1905

From: 1877 To: 1905

(1) Bottle labels of George N Maxwell for boiled oil, train oil, methylated finish and Goulard's Extract. This last item mentions that teeth are extracted, scaled and stopped by the chemist (4 items) nd[c1877] (2) Bottle labels of John Evans and Evans and Son for neatsfoot oil, methylated spirit and compound tincture of quinine(4 items) nd[c1890] (3) Bottle labels of Robinson, late Evans and Son, for furniture oil, hartshorn and oil, tincture of gum guaiacum and spirit of camphor(4 items) nd[c1895] (4) Bottle labels of G Turner for rose water, sweet oil, essence of lemon, oil of aniseed, tincture of orange and items containing harmless quantities of poison (6 items) nd[c1905]

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Maxwell, George N.,
Evans, John,
Evans and Son,
Robinson,
Turner, G

chemists, oil, MEDICINE & HEALTH, BIGGLESWADE, Biggleswade High Street