Category Archives: History

A. Vogeler & Company, Baltimore, Md. – March 1881 Scientific American Illustrations

A. Vogeler & Company, Baltimore, Md. March 1881 Scientific American Illustrations AMERICAN INDUSTRIES – No. 68 PROPRIETARY SPECIALTIES 13 January 2014 Yesterday, while working on the post for the wholesale druggist, A. C. Meyer & Company in Baltimore, Maryland, I … Continue reading

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So who is A. C. Meyer?

So who is A. C. Meyer? 12 January 2014 (R•012514 – Salvation Oil Trade Card added) I have wondered before, with the last name Meyer, and being from Baltimore, if I was related in any way to A. C. Meyer … Continue reading

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Looking at Austen’s Forest Flower Cologne Ephemera

Looking at Austen’s Forest Flower Cologne Ephemera 11 January 2014 While working on the post yesterday for the King’s Liver and Kidney Bitters, based on the below trade card from Joe Gourd, I said I would circle back and look at … Continue reading

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John A. King – Druggist to Bank President

John A. King – Druggist to Bank President KING’S LIVER AND KIDNEY BITTERS 10 January 2014 I like trying to imagine the lives of some of the people I am researching. I mean, of all the people in the world, … Continue reading

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Brophy’s Bitters – A Mailman and his Bitters

Brophy’s Bitters – A Mailman and his Bitters Nokomis, Montgomery County, Illinois 08 January 2014 This post was inspired by an image provided by Jim May depicting Brophy’s Depot, which was a post office and establishment for selling Brophy’s Bitters. The … Continue reading

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The Doyle’s & Soule’s Hop Bitters – Rochester, N.Y.

The Doyle’s & Soule’s Hop Bitters Rochester, New York 07 January 2014 (R•010814) (R•052315) (R•100518) $1,000 in gold will be paid for a case they will not cure or help. Bitters trade card collector and authority Joe Gourd, has provided a … Continue reading

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King Solomon’s Stomach Bitters – Seattle, Washington

King Solomon’s Stomach Bitters – Seattle, Washington 06 January 2014 (R•102115) Why not add another “King” bitters to the group with the previous King’s Hop Bitters from England and the King’s 25 Cent Bitters from Rochester, New York. Now we … Continue reading

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King’s 25 Cent Bitters – Just what I vants.

King’s 25 Cent Bitters “I say Hans, Now I’s got just what I vants.” 05 January 2014 I developed a post the other day on King’s Hop Bitters which reminded me of my aqua, King’s 25 Cent Bitters. I suspect there … Continue reading

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Dr. R. T. Hylton’s Wild Cherry Tonic Bitters – Pat’d 1867

Dr. R. T. Hylton’s Wild Cherry Tonic Bitters – Pat’d 1867 02 January 2014 This is the story of Reginald Tonge Hylton, his famous brother, John Dunbar Hylton and Reginald’s extremely rare, Dr. R. T. Hylton’s Wild Cherry Tonic Bitters from Philadelphia. … Continue reading

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Sometimes when a shot of Bitters is not enough

Sometimes when a shot of bitters is not enough… Tent Revivals, Snake Handling & Faith Healers 01 January 2014 I came across the above picture the other day which pretty much captured the ‘spirit’ of this post and put my … Continue reading

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