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Category Archives: Hair Tonics
Beriaults Hair Bitters – Hair Bitters Manufacturing Company
Beriaults Hair Bitters – Hair Bitters Manufacturing Company 21 March 2015 Bill Ham recently purchased a collection of primarily labeled bitters that he put on a table for the first time yesterday at the Morro Bay Bottle Show. The Beriaults Hair … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Hair Tonics, History, Medicines & Cures
Tagged Beriault, bitters, Hair, Ham, hand, Seattle, stamp, Tonic
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Outlandish Fellow Dressed in a Suit with Top Hat and Umbrella
Outlandish Fellow Dressed in a Suit with Top Hat and Umbrella Early Snake Oil Salesman 08 February 2015 “A young woman in Lynn, Mass., was induced to try Dr. True’s Elixir. As a result she was relieved of a tape … Continue reading
The Wiggs Brothers and their Fabulous Figural Cabin Bottle
The Wiggs Brothers and their fabulous figural cabin bottle 10 May 2014 As you might imagine, I have quite a few bitters in my collection, many being quite rare. It has gotten to the point that when I see a picture … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Civil War, Druggist & Drugstore, Figural Bottles, Hair Tonics, History, Medicines & Cures, Questions
Tagged Brothers, cabin, Civil, drug, Druggist & Drugstore, Figural, James Alpheus Wiggs, John Joseph Wiggs, Jonathan S. Wiggs, Main, Memphis, Piety Hester Fowler, Tennessee, Tom Phillips, W. H. Pickett, war, Wiggs, William B. Wiggs, William. J. Fowler
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An unlisted Russell’s Alterative and Tonic Bitters
An unlisted Russell’s Alterative and Tonic Bitters 18 April 2014 (R•041914) (R•040819) You may have remembered the 1836 Russell’s Stomach Bitters post from Vermont the other day. Bitters trade card authority Joe Gourd, saw the post and went looking in his … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Apothecary, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, Hair Tonics, History, Medicines & Cures, Perfume, Questions, Tonics, Trade Cards
Tagged alterative, Apothecary, bitters, Bradford Allen, Brandon DeWolfe, card, Castanaine, Druggist & Drugstore, E. S. Russell, Elias, George Waddy, Hair, Joe Gourd, Nashua, New Hampshire, Russell, Russell's, Smith, Tonic, trade, Whittemore
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2014 Morro Bay Bottle Show
2014 Morro Bay Bottle Show San Luis Obispo Bottle Society 05 April 2014 I have always heard that the Morro Bay, California bottle show, put on by the San Luis Obispo Bottle Society, was an experience. This quaint show, in … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, Bottle Shows, Club News, Collectors & Collections, Figural Bottles, Hair Tonics, Medicines & Cures, News, Utility Bottles
Tagged Anthony, bay, Bird, bitters, california, Edward, Forbes, Gildea, Hansen, Henness, Kyle, Lambert, Lindgren, Mello, Monterey, Morro, Obispo, Pol, Ronald, sausage, Selenak, steak, Swearingen, Tartaglia, Weathersbee, Webb, Wine
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Why White? or How the %$#@! did you choose that Category?
Why White? or How the %$#@! did you choose that Category? Part 2 – Medicine Types: The Katzen Milk Glass Collection Read Part 1: Gary Katzen Milk Glass Collection by Gary Katzen Bottle Photography by Jesse Sailer 13 December 2013 (R•122813) … Continue reading
Posted in Apothecary, Article Publications, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Druggist & Drugstore, Hair Tonics, History, Medicines & Cures, Milk Glass, Perfume
Tagged Baltimore, Benly, bitters, Bradford, British, Burger, Clark, Enameline, Gardner, Gary, Germania, Glass, Haddonfield, Harvey, Katzen, Kobolo, Laird, Magen, Milk, Mykrantz, New Jersey, Oreste, Reed, Sailor, Shisler, Sinanide, Tricopherous, Urben, White
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The Morley Brothers – Austin, Texas
The Morley Brothers Austin, Texas 30 October 2013 (R•110113) I like to stay in touch with my bottle friend, Brad Seigler, another Texan, in his pursuit of great and elusive Texas medicine and drug store bottles. We see each other … Continue reading
Posted in Collectors & Collections, Cordial, Digging and Finding, Druggist & Drugstore, Hair Tonics, History, Medicines & Cures
Tagged austin, Brad Seigler, Brothers, Buchu, David Cole, Druggist & Drugstore, drugs, Grove, Marvelous, Morley, O. Henry, S. K. Morley, T-X-S, texas, W. J. Morley, Wonderful Eight
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Xavier Bazin, Steam Fancy Soap Works and Perfumery
Hello Ferdinand: Have enclosed some pictures of an interesting bottle that I dug in St. Louis. I dug this large flint glass pictured hair bottle from a pontiled era privy. It is a large bottle 8 1/2″ tall and 4″ … Continue reading
Posted in Cologne, Ephemera, Hair Tonics, History, Mineral Water, Perfume, Pot Lids, Soda Water, Tax Stamps
Tagged Eugene Roussel, Hair, Hall and Ruckel, perfume, Philadelphia, Robert O. Kilduffe, soap, X. Bazin & Co., Xavier Bazin
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