Category Archives: Advertising

Trade Cards, Advertising, Signs, Broadsides, Crates, Letterheads, Billheads, etc.

Florida Water – Murray & Lanman – New York

Posted on 9 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

F L O R I D A   W A T E R M U R R A Y   &   L A N M A N N E W   Y O R K 09 August 2013 One … Continue reading →

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Electric Bitters Bucklen Laboratory Trade Card

Posted on 8 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Electric Bitters Trade Card 08 August 2013 Picked up this cool Electric Bitters trade card on ebay from Dave Cheadle with Dave’s Great Cards. Dave also had the Electric Bitters “Three Little Pigs” (read: Electric Bitters and the Three Little Pigs) … Continue reading →

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Moxie Bitters – So What is Moxie?

Posted on 26 July 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Moxie Bitters – So What is Moxie? I was pleasantly surprised to see an extremely rare, Moxie Bitters within the Moxie Bottles display by Dave Waris at the FOHBC 2013 National Antique Bottle Show in Manchester, New Hampshire this past weekend. … Continue reading →

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Paul G. Klinkenberg Drug Store – Kendallville, Indiana

Posted on 12 July 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Hi Ferdinand. I was reading your post on the Yamara Cordial Bitters (pictured above) and noticed the advertisement (see below) which had Klinkenberg’s Store as selling this bitters. Here is a little of the drug store and some good memories that I … Continue reading →

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The elusive Heidenheimer Bitters – Galveston, Texas

Posted on 3 July 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Heidenheimer Bitters – Galveston, Texas Sampson, Abraham and Isaac Heidenheimer Long-time Texas bottle collector Doyle Bailey recently sent me a very short list of Texas bitters (see Texas Bitters list) that noted a paper labeled,  Heidenheimer Bitters from Galveston, Texas. … Continue reading →

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The incredible Price’s Patent Texas Tonic

Posted on 26 June 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

PRICE’S PATENT TEXAS TONIC REPUBLIC OF TEXAS “A Purely Vegetable Medicine or Bitters” Ferdinand Meyer V with contributions by Doyle Bailey, Brad Seigler, Brandon DeWolfe, James Viguerie, Eric McGuire & Bob Skiles 26 June 2013 (Updated 29 & 31 August … Continue reading →

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Electric Bitters and the Three Little Pigs

Posted on 22 June 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

E L E C T R I C   B I T T E R S Three Little Pigs Folding Trade Card 22 June 2013 Dave Cheadle has another really great trade card on ebay as of this writing. This is … Continue reading →

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Dr. L.Q.C. Wishart’s Pine Tree Tar Cordials from the Marshall Collection

Posted on 21 June 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Wishart’s Pine Tree Tar Cordial I have had the pleasure of knowing Larry Marshall since I got in to this hobby back in 2002. He was a friend of my father so I felt honored to meet him when I was … Continue reading →

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Using Children on Advertising Trade Cards – Part 2

Posted on 21 June 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Hi Ferdinand, Liked the piece you did on using children to advertise products on trade cards. As requested, here are some additional TC’s along with my permission to display any or all of them on your website. Glad to support … Continue reading →

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Dr. D. Jayne & Son – The Almanac King

Posted on 15 June 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Dr. D. Jayne & Son Family Medicines Philadelphia I was spinning around the Internet earlier today and came across three really neat Internal Revenue Proprietary Stamps (pictured below) for Dr. D. Jayne & Son from Philadelphia. Of course I had … Continue reading →

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