WARNER’S SAFE CURE bottles sitting in the sun
Ferdinand,
I’ve been meaning to contact you for a while now to say thanks for putting together and maintaining your website – you’re a real credit to the hobby. I grew up digging in dumps around the Philadelphia area in the 1970s, but have been living in the Woodlands (Texas) for the past 10 years or so.
The first bottle I ever dug was a large Warner’s Safe Cure, which I sold for $50. That was a lot of money to a 12 year old in 1973, but of course I would much rather have the bottle than the money now. My niece and her husband come over from Austin a few months back, and although they aren’t bottle collectors they loved all the colors and took a bunch of pictures. Attached is a nice shot of some fairly common Safe Cures sitting in a window.
I hope to make it to the Houston show this weekend and will stop by to say Hi. Thanks again for all your support of the hobby.
Best regards,
Dick Andre
[PRG] I did meet Dick this past weekend at the Houston Antique Bottle Show (Read: 2012 Houston Antique Bottle Show – Rain or Shine!). What a nice guy. Dick is also one of our newest members of the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors. Welcome! These are really nice pictures Dick.
My Bottle Room
Heavily whittled and ice blue DR. KENNEDY’S MEDICAL DISCOVERY
Dutch case gin bottles standing like sentries atop office book shelves
The sun shining thru a milk glass PROF HUBERT’S MALVINA LOTION
Check out the tiny skull and cross-bones!
Cobalt blue Pharmacy and Poison Bottles found in an 1890’s Philadelphia dump
Pontiled Medicines in a crazy assortment of shapes
Three small quilted diamond Poisons
