Category Archives: Ephemera

Jacob’s Cholera Dysentery and Diarrhea Cordial ensemble

Posted on 10 April 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

JACOB’S CORDIAL Savannah, Georgia “recommended to females, children, travelers, ships captains and voyagers, laborers, planters as well as the general public.” If you remember a few days back, I did a post on some eye-catching typography and typesetting for Jacobs … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Collectors & Collections, Cordial, Ephemera, History, Medicines & Cures, Questions | Tagged Dr. Wm. W. Bliss & Co., Georgia, Jack Stecher, Jacob's Cordial, New Jersey, New York, Newark, Philadelphia, Rochester, Savannah, University of Pennsylvania | 1 Comment

Looking at Absinthe Art and the “Green Fairy”

Posted on 26 March 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

“la fée verte” (the green fairy) While looking in to an an incoming e-mail yesterday and the eventual development of a post that partially touched New Orleans Absinthe makers, I became side tracked with reading about Absinthe and the “la … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Art & Architecture, Ephemera, History, Liquor Merchant, Spirits | Tagged Absinthe, advertising, fee verte, france, green fairy, posters | Leave a comment

Lewis’ Red Jacket Bitters – New Haven, Connecticut

Posted on 14 March 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

LEWIS’ RED JACKET BITTERS 14 March 2013 (R•012314-GWA image) While developing posts on Red Cloud Bitters and Red Jacket Bitters, who I affectionately call the Chicago “Indians”, I was reminded of the Lewis’ Red Jacket Bitters from New Haven, Connecticut. This … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Ephemera, History | Tagged bitters, Connecticut, Jacket, Lewis, New Haven, Red | Leave a comment

Lady’s Leg Series – Weis Bros Knickerbocker Stomach Bitters

Posted on 5 March 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

WEIS BROS KNICKERBOCKER STOMACH BITTERS 05 March 2013 (R•101113) (R•031615) [Incoming email today] “My mom recenly passed and I remember her telling me about a bottle she had found and she thought it was worth some money. Attached are photos of … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Ephemera, Figural Bottles, History, Questions | Tagged bitters, Brothers, Knickerbocker, milwaukee, Stomach, Weis, Wisconsin | Leave a comment

Marihuana Tax Act 1937

Posted on 16 February 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

MARIHUANA TAX ACT OF 1937 I suppose it is fitting to see if there are any Cannabis bottles after the recent posts on Peachridge Glass on Cocaine, Heroin and Opium. With my United States postage stamp background, it is exciting … Continue reading →

Posted in Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, History, Medicines & Cures, Tax Stamps | Tagged 1937, act, cannabis, Dunglison, hemp, Marihuana, Marijuana, reefer, Revenue, tax | 1 Comment

Blacking Bottles & a little more

Posted on 15 February 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

B L A C K I N G This past week, a number of primarily eastern US collectors have been posting some really great pictures of Blacking bottles. I thought I would take a moment to nest a few images … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Blacking, Ephemera, History, Trade Cards, Utility Bottles | Tagged A.A. Cooley, Bartlett, Black, blacking, Boot, Brian Wolff, Cole, Connecticut, Frank Miller, Gutta Percha, Hartford, Ivory Blacking, J. Healey, Jacquot & Co., James Becker, Japan, Jeff Noordsy, Keene, lampblack, Mark Yates, Masons, Michael George, Mount Vernon, New Hampshire, Paris, Polish, Race & Sheldon, Rockwood, Shoe | 1 Comment

To Smoke Opium is to get out of the Train (while it is still moving)

Posted on 14 February 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Everything one does in life, even love, occurs in an express train racing toward death. To smoke opium is to get out of the train while it is still moving. It is to concern oneself with something other than life … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Apothecary, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, History, Medicines & Cures, Snuff | Tagged Chinatown, Chinese, Dr. Munn, Jean Cocteau, McCormick & Co, New York, opium, San Francisco, Snuff | Leave a comment

The Amazing 7 Sutherland Sisters

Posted on 10 February 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The Amazing 7 SUTHERLAND SISTERS Niagara County, New York Tami Barber posted this really great picture (see top above) of the 7 Sutherland Sisters over on Bottle Collectors on facebook. This really caught my eye as I was intrigued by the … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Article Publications, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, Hair Tonics, History, Humor - Lighter Side, Medicines & Cures, Tonics | Tagged 7 Sisters, Barnum and Bailey's, Cambria, Dora Sutherland, Fletcher Sutherland, Grace Sutherland, Hair, Isabella Sutherland, Mary Sutherland, Naomi Sutherland, New York, Niagara County, Sarah Sutherland, Sisters, Sutherland, Tami Barber, Victoria Sutherland | Leave a comment

Dr. Flint’s Rhode Island Bitters Products

Posted on 9 February 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Try this and thou shalt be benefitted!! Dr. Flint’s Rhode Island Bitters Products 09 February 2013 (R•061914) (R•042815) (R•111815) Norman Heckler had a stellar example of a labeled Dr. Flint’s Stomach Bitters in his Auction 102 that closed earlier in … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Trade Cards | Tagged Alonzo Flint, Blake Dehler, Danny Cathreno, Dr. Flint, Ezra H. Flint, Flint & Company, George H. Flint, Harvey Flint, Henry Flint, Meyer, Norman Heckler, Old Dr. Warren's Quaker Bitters, Pawtucket, Providence, Quaker Bitters, Rhode Island | 1 Comment

Two XR Tombstone Flasks containing Bitters (uh Whiskey)

Posted on 9 February 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

“If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.” Two XR Tombstone Flasks containing Bitters (uh Whiskey) 09 February 2013 (R•122117) It was nice to see two very … Continue reading →