Category Archives: Trade Cards

Congress Bitters – The Great American Tonic!

Posted on 15 January 2019 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Congress Bitters – The Great American Tonic! Dundas Dick & Co. – New York 15 January 2019 I have an amber rectangular embossed Congress Bitters bottle in my collection (pictured at the top of post) that I know nothing about. … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Apothecary, Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Remedy, Scams & Frauds, Tonics, Trade Cards | Tagged advertising, american, bitters, Bottle, Brooklyn, Broome, calendar, Capitol, capsules, castor oil, chemist, Congress, croton oil, Cure, Domenico Minneill, Druggist & Drugstore, Dundas Dick, Edinburgh, Fraud, J. C. Saur, Joe Gourd, Medicine, New York, pills, Poison, powders, Quinine, Remedy, Sandalwood, Schumacher & Ettlinger, Scotland, Seidlitine, Seidlitz, Tape worm, Thermaline, Tonic, Wooster | Leave a comment

Use Dr. Henley’s Celebrated California IXL Bitters

Posted on 21 December 2018 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Use Dr. Henley’s Celebrated California IXL Bitters 21 December 2018 Dr. William Henley is associated with a wide variety of products ranging from bitters to various types of patent medicines. His bitters bottles, typically round cylinders, are highly prized collectibles … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Article Publications, Bitters, Color Runs, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Tonics, Trade Cards | Tagged Antique, antique bottle, Arpad Haraszthy, bitters, Bottle, california, Celebrated, Color, Cure, Doctor, Dr. Henley, Druggist & Drugstore, Edward Vollmer, Eric McGuire, Eye Opener, Grape, grower, Isador Landsberger, IXL, Joe Gourd, Louis Gross, Medicine, Nevada, oculist, ok, oregon, physician, Portland, Root, San Francisco, Simon & Henry Epstein, Stephen Hubbell, Tonic, William Henley, Wine | Leave a comment

Pond’s Bitters “Makes You Go Some”

Posted on 28 November 2018 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Pond’s Bitters “Makes You Go Some” 28 November 2018 (R•120418) The story here is about three related Chicago-sold bitters. The first is Lash’s Bitters from California which inspired Rex Bitters and Pond’s Bitters, the subject of this post. Pond’s Bitters was … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Apothecary, Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Spirits, Tonics, Trade Cards | Tagged advertising, Antique, bitters, Bottle, chicago, Fulton, George Morgan Pond, History, illinois, Joe Gourd, John Joseph Spieker, judge, kidney, Lash, law, Laxative, Liver, manager, Medicine, New York, Pond, Pond's, Prohibition, Rex, risque, San Francisco, sex, Steve Ketcham, Vermo | Leave a comment

If you can’t do business, drink Rex Bitters

Posted on 23 November 2018 by Ferdinand Meyer V

If you can’t do business, drink Rex Bitters Chicago 23 November 2018 (R•032319) Here is what I call a telephone bitters. A bitters product so late that you could call your favorite saloon, liquor or drug store and order a … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Ephemera, History, Humor - Lighter Side, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Regulations, Temperance, Tonics, Trade Cards | Tagged advertising, alcohol, bar, Black Hand, Blind Pig, Celebrated, chicago, Chief Collins, cocktail, drug, Drug Store, ephemera, furs, Humor, illegal, illicit, illinois, James P. McConnell, Joe Gourd, kidney, kink, liquor, Little Italy, Liver, Medicine, models, New Orleans, newspaper, Pond's, Prohibition, Pure Food and Drug Act, Pyramid, racy, Rex Bitters, risque, RX, Saloon, sex, Sherley Amendment, speakeasy, Subpoenas, suggestive, Temperance, William Edward Slaughter, Women | Leave a comment

Looking at Dr. Gottlieb Fisch’s Bitters and The Fish Bitters

Posted on 31 August 2018 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Looking at Dr. Gottlieb Fisch’s Bitters and The Fish Bitters Ware & Schmitz, Philadelphia 31 August 2018 I can not believe that I have not definitively written about the original figural fish bitters bottles before so I thought I would … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Cod Liver Oil, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Ephemera, Figural Bottles, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Tonics, Trade Cards | Tagged Berlin, bitters, Bottle, Color, Doctor, Figural, Fisch, fish, Germany, Gottlieb, Joe Gourd, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Prussia, Schmitz, Tonic, Ware | Leave a comment

Edward H. Hartshorn – Hartshorn’s Family Medicines

Posted on 25 August 2018 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Edward H. Hartshorn – Hartshorn’s Family Medicines Dr. Hartshorn’s Jaundice Bitters 25 August 2018 (R•092018) Recently, I saw the above Dr. Hartshorn’s Jaundice Bitters bottle on eBay (see listing) and liked the color and label which features a key. I don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, eBay, Ephemera, History, Medicines & Cures, Remedy, Trade Cards | Tagged bitters, Boston, card, family, Hartshorn, jaundice, Joe Gourd, Massachusetts, Medicines, Philadelphia, Remedy, trade | Leave a comment

Roger’s Specific Bitters – Moundsville, West Virginia

Posted on 20 February 2018 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Roger’s Specific Bitters – Moundsville, West Virginia 20 February 2018 It’s alway nice to hear from bitters trade card, advertising and ephemera collector Joe Gourd up Chi-town way. Quite often he includes some rare paper items that I have not … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Ephemera, History, Medicines & Cures, Shot Glasses, Trade Cards | Tagged Ben Swanson, bitters, Joe Gourd, Moundsville, Pennsylvania, physician, Roger's, Rogersville, Specific | Leave a comment

Herkules Bitters – Now in Three Sizes

Posted on 26 October 2017 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Herkules Bitters – Now in Three Sizes 26 October 2017 (R•102717) As most of us know, Hercules is a Roman hero and god. He was the equivalent of the Greek divine hero Heracles, who was the son of Zeus (Roman … Continue reading →

Posted in Apothecary, Auction News, Bitters, Cordial, Ephemera, History, Liquor Merchant, Questions, Tonics, Trade Cards | Tagged Apothecary, bitter, bitters, Brooklyn, Corey Stock, Edward Caverly, German, God, Hercules, Herkules, Hungary, Jeff Wichmann, Joe Gourd, Joseph C. Street, monogram, New York, pint, quart, Roman, unlisted | Leave a comment

Dr. Van Dyke’s Holland Bitters and the Headless Man

Posted on 10 October 2017 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Dr. Van Dyke’s Holland Bitters and the Headless Man 10 October 2017 My friend Gary Beatty forwarded the above picture and email below of possibly an unlisted variant of a Dr. Van Dyke’s Holland Bitters bottle from St. Louis, Missouri. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, eBay, Ephemera, Gin, History, Medicines & Cures, Questions, Tax Stamps, Trade Cards | Tagged bitters, Blemmyes, Boerhave, Frank Wicker, Gary Beatty, Gin, headless, Henry Van Dyke, Holland, James M. Van Dyke, Joe Gourd, label, Man, Medicine, Missouri, Pier Gerlofs Donia, shield, St. Louis, Van Dyke | Leave a comment

Stage Actress Beauties – Looking at some Damiana Bitters Advertising Trade Cards

Posted on 15 October 2016 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Stage Actress Beauties -Looking at some Damiana Bitters Advertising Trade Cards 15 October 2016 As we posted on an odd Damiana Bitters the other day, I thought it would be nice to round this off with some Damiana Bitters advertising … Continue reading →