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Professor Lennords or Leonnard’s or Leonard’s Celebrated Nectar Bitters

Posted on 12 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Lennords (nope) let’s try again Leonnard’s (almost) once more Leonard’s (bingo) and finally Professor Leonard’s Celebrated Nectar Bitters 12 January 2013 (R•092418) C H I C A G O – C I N C I N N A T I … Continue reading →

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Big Bill Best Bitters

Posted on 10 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

BIG BILL BEST BITTERS STOMACH-MAGEN 10 January 2013 (R•102013) Alcohol 21% Guaranteed by Liebenthal Bros. & Co. under The Food and Drugs Act, June 30th 1906 As a companion post to the Royal Flush Bitters article (Read: The Ultimate Hand – … Continue reading →

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B. E. Mann before he became a Professor Overnight

Posted on 8 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Extremely rare B. E. Mann’s Oriental Stomach Bitters bottle 08 January 2013 (R•103114 update with Chicago connections) (R•111915) “I dug a very rare bottle this weekend in Vicksburg, MS in a Confederate artillery camp that was also occupied by union … Continue reading →

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Shipping Crates

Posted on 7 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

How about those old bottle boxes. The stories they might tell? Tami Barber Tami Barber attached the above picture of a stacked Richardson Coca-Cola Bottling Works, Lead, South Dakota and Anheuser Busch St. Louis, Mo. beer shipping crate to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Ales & Ciders, Bitters, Breweriana, Cola, Medicines & Cures, Milk & Creamers, Root Beer, Soda Bottles, Spirits, Whiskey | Tagged Baltimore, bitters, Box, C.W. Abbott & Co., Chamberlain & Co., Charles E. Hires Co., Coca-Cola, Dairylea, Dewar's, Dr. Peter Fahrney, Electric Bitters, Euclid Race, Father John's Medicines, Griel & Bro, Hire's Root Beer, Homer's Ginger Brandy, Hostetter's, Jeff Burkhardt, John Dewar & Sons, Kerosene, Lowell, Marlboro, Massachusetts, Mishler's Keystone, Peruna, Shipping Crate, Sloan's, Tami Barber, Texaco, Whiskey, whisky | 1 Comment

Walker’s Vinegar Bitters bottled in Pastel Shades to “conceal the mess”

Posted on 3 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Dr. Walker’s California Vinegar Bitters “This ‘Bitters’ is one of the nastiest nostrums, introduced and largely sold by the most extensive and brazen advertising under the false pretense of being free from alcohol.” Walker’s Vinegar Bitters bottled in Pastel Shades … Continue reading →

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Pictures of the Week – 12 – 30 – 12

Posted on 30 December 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

This is the fourth weekly round-up of some really nice photography from various facebook and other glass web sites that have caught my eye. Of course this is subjective, but it is fun to see the composition, lighting and topic … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, eBay, Figural Bottles, Hair Tonics, Medicines & Cures, Photography | Tagged bitters, Bromo-Seltzer, Brown's Indian Queen, Charles Flint, Cindy Suter, Cram's Vegetable Hait Tonic, Daffy's Elixir, Dave Kam, Drakes, Eric Richter, Figural, Fisher's Seaweed Extract, Handyside's Rheumatic Cure, John April, John Panella, Joseph Bottone, Kilmers, Mike Holzwarth, photography, Price's Patent Candle Company, Randy Cobb, Steven Harris, Tom Marshall | 1 Comment

A Summer Day at Peachridge in 2007

Posted on 29 December 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

In 2007, Elizabeth and I commissioned our friend and professional photographer, Steve Harris, to spend the morning in our home taking pictures of windows and bottles. We gave him free reign and left him alone. A few of the photographs … Continue reading →

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1865 San Francisco Directory – All Quiet before the Quake

Posted on 27 December 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

1865 San Francisco Directory All Quiet before the Quake SAN FRANCISCO – 1865 27 December 2012 Interesting to look at the innocence of an 1865 San Francisco business directory right before the first great earth quake. With all of the … Continue reading →

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Greeley’s Bourbon Bitters Stamp Question

Posted on 25 December 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

GREELEY’S BOURBON BITTERS STAMP 25 December 2012 Hi Ferdinand and Elizabeth. I have been enjoying your Peachridge site ever since finding this item and looking for information. The basics are: It appears to be a stamp for Greeley’s Bourbon Bitters. … Continue reading →

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Log Cabin Series – Kelly’s Old Cabin Bitters

Posted on 22 December 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Log Cabin Series – Kelly’s Old Cabin Bitters 22 December 2012 (R•052714) KELLY’S OLD CABIN BITTERS Kelly Brand Development The Kelly’s Old Cabin Bitters is a dramatic example of a figural cabin with a story. With a number of great … Continue reading →