Local expert brings history of antique patent medicine bottles to light

Written by Greenwich Post
Wednesday, 22 February 2012 12:56

Colorful bottles of all shapes and sizes were on display last Saturday, Feb. 18 as lifelong Cos Cob resident Bill Cameron presented a program on "The Great Medicine Era" at the Greenwich Library.

Mr. Cameron is an avid glass collector with a vast collection of medicine bottles. In researching his bottles, he developed an interest in the history of medicine peddlers, a time before modern medicine when doctors were scarce and exotic elixirs were sold to cure ailments real and imagined.

Mr. Cameron, a 1959 graduate of Greenwich High School, worked as a mechanical foreman and safety instructor for Metro-North Railroad for 39 years. He founded the Cos Cob School's father group, has served as chairman of the Cos Cob School May Fair and on the town's Shellfish Commission. He is also the past president of the Greenwich Antique Bottle Collector's Club.

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