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This bottle was recovered during the excavations at the 2016 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school at the Last Chance Store in Council Grove. The small bottle has molded advertising for "DAVIS' VEGETABLE PAIN KILLER." This popular pain killer was patented by Perry Davis in 1845 and its ingredients included mainly opiates. The Last Chance Store was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
Date: 1845-1945
Item Number: 453901
Call Number: 14MO367-532-1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 453901
Built Environment - National Register of Historic Places
Collections - Archeology
Home and Family - Daily life - Health and Hygiene
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Site Name - Last Chance Store
Places - Cities and towns - Council Grove
Places - Counties - Morris
Places - Historic sites - Last Chance Store
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Thematic Time Period - Trails, 1821 - 1880
Transportation - Trails - Santa Fe
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