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Category Archives: Questions
The Davidson Feeding Bottle – 19 Milk Street Boston
The Davidson Feeding Bottle 19 Milk Street Boston 18 November 2013 A couple of my last bitters posts have taken me to Boston. It was there that I noticed this cool, 1866 Davidson Feeding Bottle advertisement (see above) by Davidson Rubber … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, History, Infant Feeders, Questions, Technology
Tagged Benjamin Franklin, Boston, Bottle, Charlestown, Davidson, feeding, Massachusetts, Milk, Nipples, nursing, rubber, syringe
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Unknown New England Glass factory’s contract with Clapp & Townsend July 15, 1848
Unknown New England Glass factory’s contract with Clapp & Townsend July 15, 1848 16 November 2013 (R•112413) I agree to make for Clapp & Townsend and deliver at the Boston Rail Road Depot at Greenbush (NY) between the first of … Continue reading
Posted in Digging and Finding, Early American Glass, Ephemera, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, History, Questions, Sarsaparilla
Tagged Albany, Clapp & Townsend, Don Carpentier, Dr. Dyott, dumpster, Greenbush, New England, New York, Ruell Clapp, Sarsaparilla, Townsend, Wheeler, Wolff, Wood and Co.
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Looking at Gardiner’s Rheumatic and Neuralgic Compound
Looking at Gardiner’s Rheumatic and Neuralgic Compound 14 November 2013 (R•111513) I am always on the lookout for well designed advertising promoting a product in the time period of my bottles. As a designer, I especially like the illustrations, lithography … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Medicines & Cures, Questions
Tagged Boston, Charles, Compound, Copeland, Frederick, Gardiner, Gardinerstown, Maine, Marianne Dow, Mexico, Neuralgic, rheumatic, Rheumatism, Rhode Island, Silvester, Spaniard, Watson
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Bininger’s Knickerbocker Wine Bitters
Bininger’s Knickerbocker Wine Bitters 03 November 2013 I just love the old files that are being held by the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division in Washington, D.C. I just wish they would make more color files available. In this … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, Ephemera, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Questions, Wine & Champagne
Tagged A.M. BININGER, Bininger, bitters, Knickerbocker, label, New York, Wine
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Sterne’s Celebrated Congress Bourbon Bitters
Sterne’s Celebrated Congress Bourbon Bitters 3 November 2013 (R•101818) While looking at Bourbon Cordial advertising last night, I came across this wonderful lithograph of an early agriculture and hunting scene held by the the Library of Congress. The date is … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, Bourbon, Cordial, History, Liquor Merchant, Questions, Spirits
Tagged bitters, Bourbon, Celebrated, Congress, Evan Williams, Kentucky, Louisville, Sterne
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Don’t Bogart that Gin . . . ger Ale
Don’t Bogart that Gin . . . ger Ale 01 November 2013 The ad also reveals that Gordon & Co. purchased the Equinox Springs bottling business in Manchester, Vermont. Another post from Ginger Ale authority Ken Previtali. This will join … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Collectors & Collections, Gin, Ginger Ale, History, Liquor Merchant, Mineral Water, Questions, Soft Drinks, Spirits
Tagged African, Ale, Alexander Gordon, Bogart, distilled, Equinox, Gin, Ginger, Gordon, Humphrey, J. Digby Maitland, Ken Previtali, London, Manchester, Queen, Springs, Vermont
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A little on African Gin bottles
A little on African Gin bottles 22 October 2013 The two pictures above came across my wires with the email below. I was curious about the African embossing and why Dutch Gin was so popular in Africa, so I thought … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Gin, History, Liquor Merchant, Questions, Spirits
Tagged Africa, African, dutch, Gin, Netherlands
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J. Boardman & Co. – New York – Mineral Waters
J. Boardman & Co. – New York – Mineral Waters 21 October 2013 Over the last decade or so, I have only seen two examples that came out of the ground in New York City (and heard of a third … Continue reading
Posted in Auction News, Color Runs, Digging and Finding, Facebook, Mineral Water, Questions, Soda Water
Tagged Biro, Boardman, Broadway, Goldfrank, Kramerich, Mineral, New York, Pastor, Tim Henson, water, Wilmington
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The Wyatt Earp Northern Saloon and Tonopah, Nevada Layers
The Wyatt Earp Northern Saloon and Tonopah, Nevada Layers 17 October 2013 (R•101913) As a design and image consultant, I have to admit that I enjoy putting together and designing the covers for the FOHBC Bottles and Extras each issue. … Continue reading