Tag Archives: Civil War

U.S.A. Hospital Department bottles

Posted on 31 March 2019 by Ferdinand Meyer V

U.S. Army Hospital Department bottles 31 March 2019 I’ve always wanted to create a gallery of U.S. Army Hospital Department bottles. The molds, colors and use during the Civil War and later years epitomizes the history and stunning glass in our … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil War, Color Runs, Display, Medicines & Cures | Tagged army, Civil War, Color, department, Dept, display, Frank Sternad, gladd, Henry & Cecilia Guillen, History, Holly Noordsy, Hosp, Hospital, Jeff Noordsy, medical, Medicine, molds, Richard Siri, Robert J. Dalessandro, sacramento, Shootout, U.S.A. | Leave a comment

Excelsior Stomach Bitters – Drs. Ault and McGavern – St. John, Iowa

Posted on 1 January 2019 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Excelsior Stomach Bitters – Drs. Ault and McGavern St. John, Iowa 01 January 2019 I recently received, reviewed and responded to a couple of emails and newspaper clippings from Mark Wiseman, a well-known antique bottle collector from Iowa that included … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Questions | Tagged Adam Thompson Ault, Alfred Hammer, Alvin G. Hammer, bitters, Captain, Cemical, Civil War, County, Des Moines, Doctor, drugs, Excelsior, George Henry McGavern, hardware, Harlan, Harrison, Iowa, Lucinda Fosnancht, Mark Wiseman, McGavern & Hull, Medicine, Missouri Valley, ohio, Pennsylvania, physician, Pioneer, Robert McGavern, Shelby, Sioux City, Smith & Moore, St. John, Stomach, store, unlisted, Wapello | Leave a comment

Dr. Smith’s Magic Bitters – Council Bluffs, Iowa

Posted on 9 December 2018 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Dr. Smith’s Magic Bitters John Brown Adkins – Council Bluffs, Iowa 09 December 2018 I recently received an email and newspaper clipping from Mark Wiseman about an unlisted Dr. Smith’s Magic Bitters. He found the ad below in The Council Bluffs … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Civil War, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Medicines & Cures, Remedy, Tonics | Tagged army, beverage, bitters, Bottle, Broadway, cherry bark, Civil War, Council Bluffs, Cumberland, Detroit, Doctor, drug, Freemason, Fruit, Iowa, J B Atkins, John Brown Atkins, Los Angeles, Lydia B. Allen, Magic, Mark Wiseman, Mason, Medicine, Michigan, Mollie, Remedy, Rye, Smith, stimulant, store, T. B. Lacey, Tonic, Western, Whiskey, William Conger | Leave a comment

Kohn & Adler’s Bitters – Rock Island, Illinois

Posted on 8 December 2018 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Kohn & Adler’s Bitters Rock Island, Illinois 08 December 2018 I recently received an email and 1866 newspaper clipping from Mark Wiseman about an unlisted Adler’s Celebrated Anti-Cholera Bitters which led me to do a search for “Adler” information. This … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Civil War, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures | Tagged Austria, bitters, Bohemia, Civil War, illinois, Joseph H. Adler, Kohn & Adler, liquor, M. Levy & Son, Medicine, merchant, Monroe Kohn, Post Office, provisions, Railroad, Rock Island, Solomon Kohn, spirits, wholesale, Wine | Leave a comment

Jacob & David Hostetter – Dr. J. Hostetter’s Celebrated Stomach Bitters

Posted on 30 October 2018 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Jacob & David Hostetter Dr. J. Hostetter’s Celebrated Stomach Bitters 30 October 2018 (R•033119) (R•130919) David Hostetter was a millionaire manufacturer of one of the most, if not the most famous and successful bitters ever produced, the Dr. J. Hostetter’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Civil War, Collectors & Collections, Ephemera, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Tonics | Tagged almanac, bitters, Celebrated, Civil War, Compound, D. Herbert Hostetter, David Hostetter, Dr. Jacob Hostetter, Dragon, ephemera, famous, Frederick G. Hostetter, George W. Smith, Gold Rush, grocer, Hostetter & Smith, Hostetter and Company, Joe Gourd, Jr., lancaster, manufacture, Mary Landis, Medicine, Pennsylvania, Pittsburg, Pittsburgh, Railroad, Redington, Richard T. Siri, Rosetta Cobb Rickey, San Francisco, St. George, Stomach, successful, The Hostetter Company, Theodore R. Hostetter, Tonic, Water Street, york | Leave a comment

Koopmann’s Bitters dug in Savannah

Posted on 21 August 2016 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Koopmann’s Bitters dug in Savannah 21 August 2016 Pretty exciting bitters here submitted by Robert Biro. Looks like a beauty to me! I’ll check it out in the Ring & Ham books. Notice the backwards “S” on “Koopmann’s”. Ah-so… I’ve written … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Digging and Finding, Medicines & Cures, News | Tagged bitters, Civil War, dig, dump, Georgia, Koopmann's, Robert Biro, Savannah | Leave a comment

Lud’s Aromatic Stomach Bitters – Lawrence, Kansas

Posted on 10 May 2015 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Lud’s Aromatic Stomach Bitters – Lawrence, Kansas Reuben Winchell Ludington 10 May 2015 While poking around the internet this morning, which is something akin to looking at the sky with a telescope, I spotted a listing for a Lud’s Aromatic … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Civil War, History, Liquor Merchant, Revolutionary War, Tobacco | Tagged Aromatic, bitters, cigar, Civil War, free-stater, Holyoke, Kansas, Lawrence, liquor, Lud's, Ludington, Massachusetts, Massacre, mayor, merchant, Quantrill, Reuben, tobacco, Winchell, Wine | Leave a comment

W. A. Carlton’s Anti-Dyspeptic Tonic Bitters – Athens, Georgia

Posted on 17 March 2015 by Ferdinand Meyer V

W. A. Carlton’s Anti-Dyspeptic Tonic Bitters – Athens, Georgia 17 March 2015 Jim Hagenbuch with Glass Works Auctions has this really neat and extremely rare Carlton’s Anti-Dyspeptic Tonic Bitters square from Athens, Georgia in his “Winter Classic” Auction #106 that closes on March 23rd. … Continue reading →

Posted in Auction News, Bitters, Civil War, History, Medicines & Cures, Tonics | Tagged Alexander, anti, Athens, Augusta, Barnett, Carlton, Civil War, Clarke, college, Doctor, Dyspeptic, Georgia, hagenbuch, Henry, Hull, James, Joseph, Philadelphia, physician, Tonic, university, William | Leave a comment

Drakes Plantation Bitters on 1874 Stereoview Mock Medical Scene

Posted on 7 October 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Drakes Plantation Bitters on 1874 Stereoview Mock Medical Scene 07 October 2014 Frank Wicker over at BottlePickers.com tipped me off to this wonderful, yet bizarre stereoview card on eBay with a mock medical scene, a wizard of some sort, some … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Civil War, eBay, Ephemera, Figural Bottles, Humor - Lighter Side, Medicines & Cures | Tagged bitters, Civil War, Dow, Drakes, eBay, Hospital, mock, Plantation, Pluto, Quintard, stereoview, wicker | 1 Comment

Historical Canteens – Canteen Figural Bottles

Posted on 19 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

HISTORICAL CANTEENS Canteen Figural Bottles 19 July 2013 (R•102913) (R•012415) (R•022115) (R•082615) Jim Hagenbuch has one of the finest H. A. GRAEF’S SON N.Y. CANTEEN bottles I have ever seen at his Glass Works Auction #96 “Cabin Fever” auction that … Continue reading →