Category Archives: Trade Cards

Annable’s Mandrake & Antibilious Bitters – New Hampshire

Posted on 20 April 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Annable’s Mandrake & Antibilious Bitters – New Hampshire 20 April 2014 Many of us had the opportunity to attend the great 2013 FOHBC National Antique Bottle Show in Manchester, New Hampshire last year and we look forward to our 2014 National … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Apothecary, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, History, Medicines & Cures, Trade Cards | Tagged Annable, antibilious, bitters, Brandon DeWolfe, Colebrook, Coos, extracts, flavoring, Joe Gourd, Lyman H. Annable, Lyman O. Shurtleff, Mandrake, Nashua, New Hampshire, Shurtleff, starch, Stewartstown, Susan Fletcher, True Loverin, Whitefield | Leave a comment

An unlisted Russell’s Alterative and Tonic Bitters

Posted on 18 April 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

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 | Leave a comment

Holloway’s Bitters from Syracuse

Posted on 13 April 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Holloway’s Bitters from Syracuse 13 April 2014 (082719) Well, finally we are seeing some great bottle pictures without snow in the background! What a winter! Spring has sprung. Yesterday, I was pleasantly surprised to see a labeled Holloway’s Bitters lady’s leg … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Druggist & Drugstore, eBay, Ephemera, Figural Bottles, History, Medicines & Cures, Tonics, Trade Cards | Tagged appetizer, Aromatic, bitters, Bob Newnham, Dan Cowman, eBay, G. A. Heyne, George W. Holloway, Holloway, Houston, Joe Gourd, Mark Yates, Nellie Brown, New York, Robert P. Brown, Stomach, Syracuse, Tonic | Leave a comment

Dr. Johnson’s Indian Dyspeptic Bitters – Maine

Posted on 9 April 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Dr. Johnson’s Indian Dyspeptic Bitters MAINE 09 April 2014 Robert Cohen posted the following on Bottle Collectors on Facebook, “Tough, Johnson’s Indian Dyspeptic Bitters bottle, open-pontil, circa 1840, picked-up at Dover N.H. bottle show on Sunday 4/6/14. Dealer (from Maine) … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, History, Medicines & Cures, News, Tax Stamps, Trade Cards | Tagged Abner, Bangor, bitters, Brewer, Calvary, Cohen, Dyspeptic, Indian, Isaac, Johnson, Johnson's, Liniment, Maine, Meyer, Morphine, Parson's, pills, powder, Purgative, Samuel, Sheridan's | Leave a comment

Swiss Stomach Bitters from Zwinger to Koch to Zoeller

Posted on 22 March 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Swiss Stomach Bitters from Zwinger to Koch to Zoeller 22 March 2014 (R•060314 – Z7 added) (R•110316-labeled Z7) (R•122820 Trade Mark) It is always nice to hear from fellow bitters collector Gary Beatty from sunny Florida. Gary is also a … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Trade Cards | Tagged Arnold, Augustus, Beatty, Birmingham, bitters, Crowe, Druggist & Drugstore, Gourd, Jacob, Koch, Meyer, Pennsylvania, physician, Pittsburgh, Stomach, Swiss, William, Zoeller, Zwinger | Leave a comment

The unlisted Yaupon Bitters – Norfolk, Virginia

Posted on 11 March 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The unlisted Yaupon Bitters – Norfolk, Virginia or Vegetable Elixir of Life 11 March 2014 (R•031615) (R•092019) Bitters trade card authority Joe Gourd (Chicago, Illinois) sent me the pictured advertising trade cards below for Yaupon Bitters put out by John … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Civil War, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, History, Medicines & Cures, Tea, Trade Cards | Tagged Antietam, auctioneer, bitters, Captain, Carolinas, Druggist & Drugstore, estate, Gourd, John R. Ludlow, mayor, Norfolk, real, tea, Virginia, Yaupon | Leave a comment

Two bitters that W. E. French was selling in Petersburg, Virginia

Posted on 9 March 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Two bitters that W. E. French was selling in Petersburg, Virginia 09 March 2014 I completed a post the other day on some extremely rare bitters put out by H. N. Winfree in Chester, Virginia and James D’Alton in Petersburg, … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Cologne, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, History, Medicines & Cures, Tonics, Trade Cards | Tagged Arnica, bitters, Cholera, Cockade, cologne, Diarrhea, Druggist & Drugstore, Erasmus, French, French's, Gourd, high, Hinton, Marian, Orlando, Petersburg, Tonic, Virginia, William | Leave a comment

Moosic Mountain Tansy Bitters

Posted on 2 March 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Moosic Mountain Tansy Bitters A TRIAL OF THESE GOODS WILL CONVINCE YOU OF THEIR MERITS 02 March 2014 (R•072019) Here is an unlisted bitters report based on trade card authority, Joe Gourd submitting the Moosic Mountain Tansy Bitters advertising pieces in this … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Ephemera, History, Medicines & Cures, Tonics, Trade Cards | Tagged Adfams, Annihilator, bitters, Cholera, Connell, Gilmore, Gourd, grocer, Liniment, Megargel, Moosic, Mountain, ointment, Pennsylvania, Remedy, Scranton, Tansy, White | Leave a comment

Dr. Copp’s White Mountain Bitters Advertising Trade Cards

Posted on 1 March 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Dr. Copp’s White Mountain Bitters Advertising Trade Cards From the Joe Gourd Collection 01 March 2014 (R•053019) As usual, when I ask bitters advertising, ephemera and trade card authority Joe Gourd a question, involving a rare bitters piece, I get … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, eBay, Ephemera, History, Trade Cards | Tagged advertising, Alexandria, ancient, Babylon, beach, bitters, Black, card, Collossus, Copp, Currier, Diana, Egyptian, ephemera, Gourd, Halicarnassus, Ives, Joe Gourd, jupiter, Lighthouse, Manchester, Mausoleum, Mountain, New Hampshire, Pyramid, Rhodes, road, sepia, sign, slavery, Temple, trade, White, wonders, world | Leave a comment

Rees’ Orange Tonica – The Best Bitters in the World

Posted on 19 February 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Rees’ Orange Tonica The Best Bitters in the World Risley Co. Sole Proprietors and Manufacturers – New York PART OF THE ORANGE BITTERS SERIES 19 February 2014 (R•082519) Well, this is the last advertising trade card from authority Joe Gourd … Continue reading →