all original and seldom found medium citron green glass with rounded bottom and blobtop manufactured for chicago bottler john a. lomax. the uniquely shaped mouth blown bottle is finished with a short neck and intact blob top. it contained "medicated aerated waters" (distilled water to which purified air is added to improve its flavor). in medicinal chemistry, distilled water is used when an absolute known water quality is desired. embossed vertically around the bottle, block lettering reads "j.a. lomax / 14 to 18 charles place / aerated waters". great overall condition. john lomax was born in england in 1826 and emigrated to chicago in 1851, where he initially worked as an engineer in the planning mill of abbott & kingman. john lomax entered the bottling operations in 1854, distributing soda water located at 38 w. lake street in chicago. in 1859, the plant was destroyed by fire and operations were moved to a two-story frame building located at 16 charles place. as business grew, john and his son george erected a large masonry building in 1871, which was consumed by the great chicago fire the same year. shortly after, lomax rebuilt an even larger four-story facility that was advertised as being the "largest bottling house in the world.” during their peak production years, lomax serviced more than five thousand of the approximately seven thousand saloons across the city of chicago. their bottling works furnished soda-waters, ginger ale, mineral and spring water, ales and other drinks. the company ceased operations in 1885.