Base of a druggist bottle reading "PARIS," A.M. Foster & Co., CHAP 2015.
Description
1893-1928
Adelbert Merton Foster took over the the Chicago branch of Dean, Foster & Co. in 1893, naming the ten-year-old division after himself. A glass wholesaler, A. M. Foster was closely associated with Dean, Foster & Co. (referred to as “The East House” in the company’s 1907 catalog page below). A glass bottle with the company’s “Paris” embossing was found at the Charnley-Persky House in 2015 (see below) and can be dated to 1900-1904. A. M. Foster closed in 1928.
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Adelbert Merton Foster took over the the Chicago branch of Dean, Foster & Co. in 1893, naming the ten-year-old division after himself. A glass wholesaler, A. M. Foster was closely associated with Dean, Foster & Co. (referred to as “The East House” in the company’s 1907 catalog page below). A glass bottle with the company’s “Paris” embossing was found at the Charnley-Persky House in 2015 (see below) and can be dated to 1900-1904. A. M. Foster closed in 1928.
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Rebecca S. Graff (photograph)
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