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Category Archives: Advertising
Looking at some French Bitters
Looking at some French Bitters French Bitters – Morse & Williams – Milwaukee, Wisconsin 01 March 2018 (R•032318) (R•060519) A really cool French Bitters (pictured above) put out by Morse & Williams showed up on the Glass Works Auctions | Auction … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Advice, Auction News, Bitters, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures
Tagged advertisement, auction, bitters, Dr. F. French, Dr. Ford, Dubonnet, French, French's, Goule's, Gourd, Griffith, Japanese, Joe, milwaukee, Morse, newspaper, Oppenheim, Sattavi, Savatti, Stomach, Strengthening, trade, Williams, Wisconsin
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A nice labeled Hindu Tonic Stomach Bitters
A nice labeled Hindu Tonic Stomach Bitters 22 February 2018 In the current Glass Works Auctions, Auction 119 there is an excellent example of a labeled Hindu Tonic Stomach Bitters prepared by liquor dealers Williams & Newman of Chicago, Illinois. … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Auction News, Bitters, Ephemera, Liquor Merchant, News, Soft Drinks, Tax Stamps, Tonics
Tagged auction, bitters, chicago, Cohasset, dealer, Glass Works, Gus Williams, Hindu, illinois, label, Ladner Bros., Lighthouse, liquor, Massachusett, Minot's, Newman, punch, stamp, Stomach, tax, Tonic, Williams
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Roger’s Specific Bitters – Moundsville, West Virginia
Roger’s Specific Bitters – Moundsville, West Virginia 20 February 2018 It’s alway nice to hear from bitters trade card, advertising and ephemera collector Joe Gourd up Chi-town way. Quite often he includes some rare paper items that I have not … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Ephemera, History, Medicines & Cures, Shot Glasses, Trade Cards
Tagged Ben Swanson, bitters, Joe Gourd, Moundsville, Pennsylvania, physician, Roger's, Rogersville, Specific
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No Fizz? Less Bizz!
by Ken Previtali 24 October 2017 In reading the Saving the Fizz post, a number of things came to mind. Keeping CO2 bubbles sealed in a bottle until they were set free to tickle the senses was indeed a challenge … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Article Publications, Bottling Works, Ephemera, Ginger Ale, Soda Bottles, Soda Water
Tagged Beer, Bizz, bubbles, closure, CO2, Codd, David Graci, David Jones, Fizz, Ginger Ale, Ken Previtali, Soda, Stopper
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Panama Bitters – Meeting of the Atlantic & Pacific
Panama Bitters – Meeting of the Atlantic & Pacific 14 October 2017 Recently I watched a neat documentary on the Panama Canal on Netflix (Panama Canal: Prized Possession). A few days later I found a bitters advertisement for Panama Bitters … Continue reading
Dr. Van Dyke’s Holland Bitters and the Headless Man
Dr. Van Dyke’s Holland Bitters and the Headless Man 10 October 2017 My friend Gary Beatty forwarded the above picture and email below of possibly an unlisted variant of a Dr. Van Dyke’s Holland Bitters bottle from St. Louis, Missouri. I … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, eBay, Ephemera, Gin, History, Medicines & Cures, Questions, Tax Stamps, Trade Cards
Tagged bitters, Blemmyes, Boerhave, Frank Wicker, Gary Beatty, Gin, headless, Henry Van Dyke, Holland, James M. Van Dyke, Joe Gourd, label, Man, Medicine, Missouri, Pier Gerlofs Donia, shield, St. Louis, Van Dyke
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A Haven’s Tonic Bitters I recently picked up from an Arkansas collector
A Haven’s Tonic Bitters I recently picked up from an Arkansas collector 07 October 2017 Here is an email and bottle images below from fellow bitters collector and friend Gary Beatty down central Florida way. I’m a bit suspicious that … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Apothecary, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Questions, Tonics
Tagged Apothecary, bitters, Cross, Gary Beatty, Haven's, Lowell, Massachusetts, Tonic, Willie
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Dr. Maton’s Celebrated Stomach Bitters
Dr. Maton’s Celebrated Stomach Bitters Reinfried & Lesher – Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17 July 2017 I decided to pull the trigger on the damaged Dr. Maton’s Celebrated Stomach Bitters on eBay as it is just so darn rare and I have … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Cordial, History, Medicines & Cures, Tonics
Tagged bitters, Celebrated, Cordial, Dr. Maton, lancaster, Lesher, Pennsylvania, Reinfried, Stomach, Tonic
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The back story to Saving the Fizz
How an interest that started almost 50 years ago manifested into a book on patent bottle closures The back story to Saving the Fizz 09 July 2017 My name is David Jones, a name that has always brought some comment … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Advice, Bottling Works, Collectors & Collections, History, Hutches, Mineral Water, News, Patents, Publications, Soda Bottles, Soda Water, Soft Drinks
Tagged Antique, Australia, beverage, book, Bottle, carbonated, closures, David Jones, Fizz, Glass, Mineral Water, Patent, Soda, soft drink, Sydney
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Two incredibly tall G. N. Morison Wholesale Druggist Ads
Two incredibly tall G. N. Morison Wholesale Druggist Ads 26 June 2017 I’ve written about George Noble Morison of New Orleans before, specifically his extremely rare G. N. Morison’s Invigorating Bitters. Here are two really interesting vertical advertisements from Morison who was … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures
Tagged advertising, bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, George, Magazine, Morison, New Orleans, Noble, wholesale
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