Amber bottle, crown cap top, mold lines on opposite sides of body and neck up to bulge below lip; mold line between top of neck and bottom of bulge; lighter mold lines on each side of ring lip and bulge below it. Formerly contained "Potasul," a mineral water bottled in Hot Springs and containing chloride and bicarbonate salts, silica (sand), iron and aluminum oxides, and "VOLATILE MATTER." Bottle has three damaged labels:
<p>1) ribbon-style label wrapped at an angle around neck of bottle with ends nearly meeting at mold line; on one end, "POTAS[UL]" is printed in ivory letters outlined in black, with black letters, "HO..." below. Most of the rest of the label is torn away, but at the other end is a pair of birds that might be woodcocks, and to their right a legend, "THE SEDIMENT IN WATER IS NATURAL PRECIPITA[TE] OF MINERALS," is printed over a blue sky with green grass below.
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2) In front of bottle, large rectangular label with ivory border and green background of trees and mountains on left and right ends. Most
National Park Service Picture – Courtesy of Hot Springs National Park Archives
Taken on 2 August 2013
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