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Category Archives: History
Looking at Boerhave’s Holland Bitters – Pittsburgh
Looking at a Boerhave’s Holland Bitters – Pittsburgh 25 February 2015 (R•022715) (R•042619) (R•012123) Jeff Wichmann currently has a Boerhave’s Holland Bitters up on his American Bottle Auctions “For Sale” page that prompted me to pull my example out of … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Remedy
Tagged Amsterdam, Benjamin, bitters, Boerhaave, Boerhave, Cable, chemical, chemist, Disrael, Druggist & Drugstore, Electro, Holland, Missouri, Netherland, Page, Pennsylvania, pharmacist, Pittsburgh, Remedy, Wichmann
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Dr. C. G. Garrison’s Bitters for Dyspepsia – Philadelphia
Dr. C. G. Garrison’s Bitters for Dyspepsia – Philadelphia 21 February 2015 (R•031215) Here is another great aqua bitters that sold last week on Jeff Wichmann’s American Bottle Auctions Sale Page. I have not seen an example of a Dr. C. G. Garrison’s Bitters … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, History, Medicines & Cures
Tagged bitters, Camden, Charles, Dyspepsia, Fithian, Garrison, Medicine, New Jersey, Patent, Philadelphia, physician, Swedesboro, Wichmann
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Dr. Sperry’s Rheumatic Bitters – Hartford, Connecticut
Dr. Sperry’s Rheumatic Bitters – Hartford, Connecticut One of the first Eclectic Botanic Physicians 18 February 2015 Selling for a song last week at Jeff Wichmann’s American Bottle Auctions Sale Page was this rare, actually I think extremely rare, Dr. Sperry’s … Continue reading
Dr. Trowbridge’s Dandelion Bitters – Stamford, Connecticut
Dr. Trowbridge’s Dandelion Bitters – Stamford, Connecticut 15 February 2015 Sitting lonely on page 540 of the Carlyn Ring and W.C. Ham Bitters Bottles book is a listing for Trowbridge’s Dandelion Bitters. It might have been forgotten until bitters ephemera … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, Ephemera, History, Medicines & Cures, Trade Cards
Tagged advertising, bitters, card, Clasen, Connecticut, Dandelion, dentist, Franklin, Gourd, Hoyt, Isaac, Stamford, trade, Trowbridge, Wardwell
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McKelvy’s Stomach Bitters – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
McKelvy’s Stomach Bitters – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Aqua and Cornflower Blue 14 February 2015 Sometimes there is just so little information available to help identify a bottle that you just have to connect the dots and make assumptions. In today’s case it … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, History, Questions
Tagged bitters, Bottle, Glass, John, manufacture, McCully, McKelvey, McKelvy, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Samuel, Stomach
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Peters & Smith – Drugs & Medicines
Peters & Smith – Drugs & Medicines The Dandelion Bitters Co., Allentown, Pennsylvania 12 February 2015 Collecting bitters bottles is just too much fun. I realize to some, or probably many, that there is monotony in looking at all of the … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, History, Medicines & Cures, Trade Cards
Tagged Allentown, bitters, Dandelion, Druggist & Drugstore, eugene, Gourd, Hamilton, Harold, Henry, Pennsylvania, Peters, Pharmacists, Smith
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Lucius W. Bissell and his Dandelion Bitters
Lucius W. Bissell and his Dandelion Bitters Bellows Falls Vermont & Keene, New Hampshire 11 February 2015 (R•042419) (R•051019) Wow, another in the Dandelion Bitters series inspired by bitters ephemera authority, Joe Gourd. The three advertising trade cards used in … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Civil War, Ephemera, History, Medicines & Cures, Trade Cards
Tagged Bellows Falls, Bissell, bitters, Dandelion, drug, Lucius, Lynn, Massachusetts, medicine. company, New Hampshire, Vermont, Wardsboro, Warren
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Smith’s Gentian, Dandelion and Yellow Dock Bitters
Smith’s Gentian, Dandelion and Yellow Dock Bitters Ebin R. Smith, Apothecary 08 February 2015 (R•090119) The Smith’s Gentian, Dandelion and Yellow Dock Bitters appears to be unlisted in Bitters Bottles. You have to look carefully as there are about 15 brands … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Apothecary, Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, History, Legal, Medicines & Cures, Tonics, Trade Cards
Tagged advertising, Apothecary, Biddy, bitters, Boston, Caldwell's, card, dock, Druggist & Drugstore, Ebin, ephemera, Gentian, Gourd, Ipswich, Massachusetts, Medicine, pharmacist, Ryder, Smith, Smith's, stimulant, Theophilus, Tonic, trade, yellow
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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
Lyman’s Dandelion Bitters – Bangor, Maine
Lyman’s Dandelion Bitters – Bangor, Maine Caldwell Sweet & Bro. Druggists and Apothecaries 06 February 2015 (R•020715) Yet another dandelion bitters, this time put out by Caldwell Sweet & Brother in Bangor, Penobscot, Maine. We are now talking about Lyman’s … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Apothecary, Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, History, Medicines & Cures, Remedy, Tonics, Trade Cards
Tagged Abel, Apothecary, Bangor, bitters, Blood, Bradbury, Caldwell, card, Dandelion, Druggist & Drugstore, Emery, Gourd, kidney, Liver, Lyman, Lyman's, Maine, Patten, purifier, Remedy, Sweet, Tonic, trade
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