Antique Prohibition Prescription Whiskey Doctor Watts Pharmacy Ford Bar Maryland

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Antique Prohibition Prescription Whiskey Doctor Watts Pharmacy Ford Bar Maryland
A great original Prohibition Prescription for Spirits Frumenti, the US pharmaceutical term for Whiskey...Oi (pint)...Ziv tid...in sugar wat
er
! Please see photo!
From the days of speakeasies, Al Capone and moonshine this was the only legal way to drink liquor in the US!
The whiskey was prescribed for Luth
er Ford
, by Dr. Wm. H. Watts
, on  Nov
emb
er
16, 1932 and was filled the same day by Pharmacist, Walter Kirson, of Kirson's Pharmacy in Baltimore, MD.
It was issued by the Treasury Department and is printed on fancy, beautiful pink paper. In the center is the old Treasury Seal with the Latin inscription, "Thesaur. Amer. Septent. Sigil.". When you hold this prescription up to the light INDUSTRIAL ALCOHOL is watermarked, as with the metal strips that are used in U.S. bills today, the graphics are GREAT!
This was the pharmacist's duplicate copy, printed on the back are the "Instructions", one of which is: "This duplicate prescription must be retained by the druggist as permanent record, open to inspection by Federal Officers", the top copy was sent to the government.
This prescription measures 5 1/2" x 4 1/2", has two folds and a few bends, otherwise, condition is excellent...a great Prohibition prescription!
This is a FANTASTIC piece of history and would be great to display in a pharmacy, B & B, restaurant, distillery, museum, bar or office! Also a great gift or an addition to a collection of pharmacy, medicine, US currency, Alcoholics Anonymous, Capone, 1920s, mob bar, Americana, stamps and DEA items!
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