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Tag Archives: bitters
Axel Lindskog attended the Wright & Taylor Old Charter Distillery Event
Axel Lindskog attended the Wright & Taylor Old Charter Distillery Event DR. LINWOOD CABINET BITTERS 11 October 2013 I recently added this unlisted color, extremely rare Dr. Linwood’s Cabinet Bitters to my collection from a listing on ebay. According to the … Continue reading
Posted in Article Publications, Bitters, eBay, History, Liquor Merchant, Questions, Spirits, Whiskey
Tagged Axel Lindskog, bitters, cabinet, chicago, Distillery, Dr. Linwood, Kentucky, Louisville, Old Charter, Sweden, train, Wright & Taylor
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The Betterton Bitters brands – Knoxville, Tennessee
The Betterton Bitters brands Knoxville, Tennessee 10 October 2013 (R•110513) (R•032818) While looking through the 1881 Internal Revenue Record and Customs Journal, I came across three unlisted bitters from Knoxville, Tennessee with the name Betterton attached. To this bitters collector, the excitement … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Questions
Tagged Aperient, Apple, Apple Brandy Bitters, Betterton, Betterton Bros., bitters, Brandy, Bristol, Celebrated, corn, Eureka, Evening Star, home, Kingston, Knox, Knoxville, McClung, pepper, Tennessee, Travis Layman
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Bitters Stamped – 1881 Internal Revenue Record and Customs Journal
Bitters Stamped – 1881 Internal Revenue Record and Customs Journal Published by P.V. Van Wyck & Company, 1881 09 October 2013 (R•042019) Here is an interesting Internal Revenue document dated, April 19, 1881 that shows a list of bitters brands … Continue reading
Posted in Article Publications, Bitters, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Questions, Tax Stamps, Tonics
Tagged Angelica, Anti-Malarial, Baer, Betterton, bitters, Bolivian, california, Chamomile, chill, Chill-Chilli, Cocoaine, Cohosh, Creole, D.T. Everts, Dandelion, Dr. H. Baer, Electric, Forest, George H. Fickardt, Halland, Henry Clay, Indian, Internal, IRS, J. A. Mayes, Jepson, Keystone, L. Brewer, Minnesota, O.K., Otto, Peruvian, Plant, Rathburn, Rector, Revenue, Samuel A. Groff, service, Smoke, stamp, Staunton, stone, tax, Valley, Van Wyck, White Ash
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Indian Blood Bitters – Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Indian Blood Bitters Fond du Lac, Wisconsin 09 October 2013 Mark Nelson posted the really nice picture above of an Indian Blood Bitters over on the facebook Bottle Collectors page. I like the setting with the other labeled bitters and … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, eBay, History, Legal, Medicines & Cures
Tagged bitters, Blood, Fond du Lac, Indian, Liniment, Mark Nelson, Marshall, ontario, Portland, Sterling, T. K. Scovil, Wisconsin
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Canteen Bitters – John Hart & Co. – Lancaster PA
CANTEEN BITTERS JOHN HART & CO. – LANCASTER PA FOR ALL DISORDERS OF THE STOMACH 04 October 2013 (R•100915) (R•123120) Scarcely a man was there who had not his canteen full; the most of the boys had already become inebriated, and were … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, Civil War, Collectors & Collections, eBay, Figural Bottles, History
Tagged Baden, balm, bitters, Canteen, Chris Batdorff, Germany, Hart, Italian, lancaster, Myers, Neufeld, Pennsylvania, Roger Long
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What is Tokay Cordial Bitters?
What is TOKAY CORDIAL BITTERS? 02 October 2013 (R•03Oct13) Bitters trade card and ephemera authority Joe Gourd sent in this gorgeous label image (top of post) for Tokay Cordial Bitters made by Sarony, Major & Knapp, the superb New York … Continue reading
Fenner’s Capitol Bitters – Fredonia NY
Fenner’s Capitol Bitters Fredonia N.Y. 02 October 2013 Always nice to open your e-mails each morning to see what ‘bottle’ surprises’ might be waiting for you. In today’s case it was an e-mail from my Houston bottle friend and Civil … Continue reading
“Where Shall I Spend The Summer?” – Burdock Blood Bitters
“Where Shall I Spend the Summer?” BURDOCK BLOOD BITTERS 01 October 2013 The other day I posted the above image of a trade card (from Daves Great Cards Galore) and said “I havent’t seen this example of a Burdock Blood Bitters … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Ephemera, Humor - Lighter Side, Trade Cards
Tagged bitters, Blood, Burdock, card, Gourd, Hotel, summer, trade
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C. K. Wilson’s Original Compound Wa-Hoo Bitters
C. K. Wilson’s Original Compound Wa-Hoo Bitters 29 September 2013 (R•031214) A purely mineral and vegetable compound free from all mineral poison, also free from all poisonous drugs as morphine, heroin, opium, cocaine, nux vomica or strychnine. Perusing the trade … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, History, Medicines & Cures, Trade Cards
Tagged bitters, C. K. Wilson, Charles Kent Wilson, Indian, ohio, Toledo, Wa-Hoo
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