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Tag Archives: bitters
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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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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Bond’s Dandelion Bitters – Fort Wayne, Indiana
Bond’s Dandelion Bitters – Fort Wayne, Indiana 1868. — XX. — S-Y-L. 04 February 2015 A short post this morning looking at yet another unlisted bitters. This time it is the Bond’s Dandelion Bitters from Fort Wayne, Indiana. The bitters … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Medicines & Cures, Tonics
Tagged bitters, Bond, chemist, Columbia, Dandelion, Fort Wayne, herbs, indiana, Medicine, Nomes, roots, Sarsaparilla, Tonic, William, Wine
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Dandelion Bitters – The Great Herb Blood Remedy
Dandelion Bitters – The Great Herb Blood Remedy John H. Sheehan & Company, Utica, N.Y. 03 February 2015 The other day I noticed a Dandelion Bitters advertising trade card on eBay that I was not familiar with. The bitters was … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, Medicines & Cures, Remedy, Trade Cards
Tagged advertising, bitters, Blood, card, Dandelion, DeWolf, Dow, drug, Druggist & Drugstore, Gourd, Greenway, grocer, Herb, Kelly, liquor, Meyer, New York, Remedy, Sheehan, trade, Utica, Vidvard, Wine, XXX
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Willard’s Golden Seal Bitters – Taunton, Massachusetts
Willard’s Golden Seal Bitters – Taunton, Massachusetts 01 February 2015 (R•110715) I thought it might be a good idea to circle back and find out who A. L. Willard was from Taunton, Massachusetts. He was known best for his Willard’s … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Apothecary, Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Medicines & Cures, Trade Cards
Tagged Abel, advertising, Apothecary, bitters, Bordon, cards, drug, Druggist & Drugstore, golden, Gourd, Lyman, Massachusetts, seal, Taunton, trade, Weir, Willard
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Is the Hunyadi Janos Saxlehner’s Bitterquelle a bitters bottle?
Is the Hunyadi Janos Saxlehner’s Bitterquelle a bitters bottle? 01 February 2015 (R•020215) No, the Hunyadi Janos Saxlehner’s Bitterquelle is not a bitters bottle so let’s get that out-of-the-way, right quick. Most new bitters collectors, including myself, remember seeing a Bitterquelle either … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Bottling Works, Ephemera, History, Medicines & Cures, Mineral Water, Postage, Trade Cards, Water
Tagged Andreas, Aperient, Bitterquelle, bitters, Bottle, Buda, Budapest, card, French, Hungary, Hunyadi, Janos, Laxative, Mineral, postal, Saxlehner, spring, water
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