Dark Green Mckesson Boric Acid Jar

     McKesson & Olcott Company which was establish in 1833 in New York City. A few years later, the company changes their name to McKesson & Robbins and is known today as Foremost-McKesson Inc. The McKesson & Roddins Company were a wholesaler and importer of therapeutic drugs, chemicals and became one of the first wholesale firms to manufacture drugs in the U.S.A. This jar was used for Boric Acid power. The Owens-Illinois Glass Company at their Clarksburg West Virginia factory made this jar. The jar was produced in 1937 and has the Owens-Illinois Glass Company hallmark on the bottom of the jar. On the bottom of the jar, a “4” stand for the factory location. The “7” is the year it was manufactured which is 1937, and the “5” followed by a dot is an unknown code, it could be the mold code. In addition, there is the Owens-Illinois Glass Company hallmark which is an “I” inside of the oval circle with the diamond, which is around the edge of the jar’s bottom. There is one more mark on it that is in the center of the jar, which is a pharmaceutical scale symbol. The jar is in mint condition with no chips, cracks, fleabites, scratches, or staining.