Tag Archives: Brooklyn

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

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. L. G. Bertram’s Long-Life Aromatic Stomach Bitters

Posted on 28 May 2015 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Dr. L. G. Bertram’s Long-Life Aromatic Stomach Bitters 28 May 2015 (R•052915) (R•060215) Here is another extremely rare bitters that John Pastor presented in his American Glass Gallery Auction 14 that closed last night. The extremely rare Dr. L. G. Bertram’s Long-Life … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, History, Medicines & Cures, Questions, Scams & Frauds | Tagged Aromatic, auction, Batouche, Bertram, bitters, Brooklyn, canada, de Bertram, Dow, French, long-life, louis, Marianne, Moncton, New York, Pastor, physician, railway, Stomach | Leave a comment

Demas S. Barnes – Medicine Man to Politician

Posted on 5 January 2015 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Demas S. Barnes – Medicine Man to Politician 05 January 2015 Periodically I come across the Demas Barnes name and have wondered about the man. Most recently with John F. Henry (Read: Johnson’s Calisaya Bitters – Burlington, Vermont) who came to … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Article Publications, Bitters, Currency, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Medicines & Cures, Tax Stamps | Tagged Barnes, Blaksley, Broadway, Brooklyn, Castoria, Centaur, Congress, Cora, Demas, Democrat, Drakes, Fletcher's, Hyde, Liniment, Medicine, Mildred, minerals, New York, Patent, Pitcher's, politician, proprietary, Representative, Revenue, Stamps | Leave a comment

Dr. Von Cort’s Restorative Bitters (and his Segars for Asthma)

Posted on 6 December 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Dr. Von Cort’s Restorative Bitters (and his Segars for Asthma) 06 December 2014 With this series of Restorative Bitters posts of late, I can not but feel that they are all connected. The brands all contain the word “Restorative”, “Health” or … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Medicines & Cures, Remedy | Tagged adultery, bitters, Bremen, Broadway, Brooklyn, divorce, Elixir, Germany, health, Medicine, New York, physician, pills, Remedy, Restorative, Von Cort | Leave a comment

Could a mundane bottle of wine-flavored ginger ale be a descendent of a winery established in 1835?

Posted on 24 April 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Could a mundane bottle of wine-flavored ginger ale be a descendent of a winery established in 1835? 24 June 2014 by Ken Previtali Two earlier PRG posts, one on Bininger’s Knickerbocker Wine Bitters and another more recently, on California Wine … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Ales & Ciders, Bottling Works, Collectors & Collections, eBay, Ephemera, Ginger Ale, History, Postage, Questions, Soda Bottles, Soft Drinks, Wine & Champagne | Tagged Ale, Brooklyn, Dare, FDR, Garrett, Ginger, Grape, label, Medoc, mother, mundane, New York, Previtali, Prohibition, Scuppernong, Verrazano, vine, vineyard, Virginia, Wine, winery | Leave a comment

The labeled Constitutional Beverage (Bitters?) from New York

Posted on 18 March 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The labeled Constitutional Beverage (Bitters?) from New York 18 March 2014 I suppose many of you may have noticed that gorgeous, rectangular, yellow-olive, Constitutional Beverage bottle in the Glass Works Auctions “Winter be Gone” Catalogue Auction 101 that ended last night. … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Bitters, History, Medicines & Cures, Tonics | Tagged beverage, bitters, Brooklyn, Constitutional, Elmira, Medicine, New York, Olmstead, Olmsted, Patent, Tonic, Waller | Leave a comment

The Isabella Glass Works of Thomas Stanger – 1841 to 1856

Posted on 13 March 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The Isabella Glass Works of Thomas Stanger – 1841 to 1856 Part 3 by Stephen Atkinson 13 March 2014 Part 1: Frederick Stanger and John Marshall 1831-1832 Part 2: Thomas Wriggins Stanger and John Marshall 1832-1839 Thomas Stanger began building a new … Continue reading →

Posted in Collectors & Collections, Currency, Early American Glass, Flasks, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, Historical Flasks, History | Tagged Anchor, Atkinson, banner, Brooklyn, factory, Glass, GXIII-56, GXIII-57, Isabella, Marshall, McKearin, Shin-Plaster, Stanger, Stephen, Wheat, Works | Leave a comment

Frederick Stanger and John Marshall 1831-1832

Posted on 12 October 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Frederick Stanger and John Marshall 1831-1832 Part 1 by Stephen Atkinson 12 October 2013 Part 2: Thomas Wriggins Stanger and John Marshall 1832-1839 Part 3: The Isabella Glass works of Thomas Stanger 1841 to 1856 In 1831, John Marshall purchased … Continue reading →

Posted in Article Publications, Blown Glass, Early American Glass, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, History | Tagged Brooklyn, Frederick Stanger, Gloucester, John Marshall, New Jersey, Seven Causeways, Stephen Atkinson, Union Glass Works, Williamstown, Winslow | Leave a comment

Brooklyn (Glass House Co.) 1754-1758

Posted on 9 September 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Brooklyn (Glass House Co.) 1754 – 1758 Part 2 of a Series by Stephen Atkinson 09 September 2013 A glass works was founded on what would become State Street in the present day Brooklyn, NYC in 1754 by the Glass … Continue reading →