Monthly Archives: January 2014

Looking at Scotch Whiskey Museum Images

Looking at Scotch Whiskey Museum Images The Scotch Whiskey Experience – Edinburgh, Scotland 16 January 2014 You may remember the Catedral do Whisky virtual museum link back in October 2013 (top of post). I was looking at it again last night in … Continue reading

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A Bar at the Folies-Bergère Bottle Question

A Bar at the Folies-Bergère Bottle Question 13 January 2014 Dear Mr. Meyer, I am writing you in your capacity of president of the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors. I have a scholarly question. The caveat is that it’s about … Continue reading

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A. Vogeler & Company, Baltimore, Md. – March 1881 Scientific American Illustrations

A. Vogeler & Company, Baltimore, Md. March 1881 Scientific American Illustrations AMERICAN INDUSTRIES – No. 68 PROPRIETARY SPECIALTIES 13 January 2014 Yesterday, while working on the post for the wholesale druggist, A. C. Meyer & Company in Baltimore, Maryland, I … Continue reading

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New bottle club in Wisconsin!

Hello Ferdinand, In the frozen tundra up here in Wisconsin we are starting a NEW club. We tried for the better part of a two years to create value and bring in new members. We reached an all time high of … Continue reading

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So who is A. C. Meyer?

So who is A. C. Meyer? 12 January 2014 (R•012514 – Salvation Oil Trade Card added) I have wondered before, with the last name Meyer, and being from Baltimore, if I was related in any way to A. C. Meyer … Continue reading

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Looking at Austen’s Forest Flower Cologne Ephemera

Looking at Austen’s Forest Flower Cologne Ephemera 11 January 2014 While working on the post yesterday for the King’s Liver and Kidney Bitters, based on the below trade card from Joe Gourd, I said I would circle back and look at … Continue reading

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John A. King – Druggist to Bank President

John A. King – Druggist to Bank President KING’S LIVER AND KIDNEY BITTERS 10 January 2014 I like trying to imagine the lives of some of the people I am researching. I mean, of all the people in the world, … Continue reading

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Brophy’s Bitters – A Mailman and his Bitters

Brophy’s Bitters – A Mailman and his Bitters Nokomis, Montgomery County, Illinois 08 January 2014 This post was inspired by an image provided by Jim May depicting Brophy’s Depot, which was a post office and establishment for selling Brophy’s Bitters. The … Continue reading

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The Doyle’s & Soule’s Hop Bitters – Rochester, N.Y.

The Doyle’s & Soule’s Hop Bitters Rochester, New York 07 January 2014 (R•010814) (R•052315) (R•100518) $1,000 in gold will be paid for a case they will not cure or help. Bitters trade card collector and authority Joe Gourd, has provided a … Continue reading

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Peachridge Glass: Mailbox Letters January – March 2014

Please feel free to send any antique bottle or glass questions to ferdinand@peachridgeglass.com. The information will be posted if relevant or of interest to the readers. I will try to answer or wait for another reader to respond. Quality images … Continue reading

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