Tag Archives: Coca-Cola

Ponce De Leon Bitters

Posted on 25 May 2015 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Ponce De Leon Bitters George Jefferson Howard and the Coca-Cola Connection 25 May 2015 Here another great bitters square that John Pastor has in his current American Glass Gallery Auction 14 which is now online. The picture at the top of … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Civil War, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Milk & Creamers | Tagged Asa, atlanta, Augusta, bitters, Candler, Civil, Coca-Cola, De Leon, Druggist & Drugstore, fountain, George, Georgia, Howard, jefferson, Ponce, war, youth | Leave a comment

California Aromatic Orange Bitters – San Francisco

Posted on 11 February 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

California Aromatic Orange Bitters – San Francisco PART OF THE ORANGE BITTERS SERIES 11 February 2014 (R•052119) Here is another, what appears to be, unlisted “Orange” bitters from San Francisco, California. The California Aromatic Orange Bitters was put out by … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Ephemera, History, Medicines & Cures, Mineral Water, Postage, Questions, Soda Bottles, Soda Water, Soft Drinks, Syrup | Tagged Abernathy, Aromatic, bitters, california, Coca-Cola, Irish, market, Mulhern, Orange, Orange-Kist, San Francisco, Soda, Watson | Leave a comment

Did N. A. Binks make an Alpine Bitters too?

Posted on 7 September 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

I wonder if the Alpine Bitters is the labeled bottle and the larger cylinder bottles are Fairmont and Clutch Rye? Could that be N.A. Bink with the tie? What about that Sheriff? Did N. A. Binks make an Alpine Bitters … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Bottling Works, Breweriana, Cola, History, Liquor Merchant, Questions, Spirits | Tagged Alpine, Belgium, Bill Ham, bitters, City Bottling, Coca-Cola, Decanter, Dispensing, Escanaba, Fredonia, Germany, Herb, Mary Bink, Michael Bink, Michigan, N.A. Bink, Nicholas A. Bink, Rye, Saloon, tray, Victorian, Wisconsin | Leave a comment

Grocery Stores from Yesteryear

Posted on 11 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

H I S T O R I C A L P H O T O G R A P H S There have been a number of historical photograph galleries this past year on Peachridge Glass such as Colorado Saloons, … Continue reading →

Posted in Ephemera, History, Liquor Merchant, Peachridge Glass, Photography, Windows | Tagged August Storz, C.D. Rake, Charles E. Miller, Clarence Saunders, Coca-Cola, Elbert T. Osborne, Fisher, Groceries, Grocery, J.F. Barker & Co., L.H. Marsh, Litsch, Maison Laurent, merchandise, merchant, Old Murphy Grocery Store, Piggly Wiggly, R.M. Richards, Roth Brothers, S.N. Lopez Co., Spiro Obradovich, store, Volkert, Wheeler's Boston Branch Grocery, Williams Brothers | Leave a comment

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

Ice Cold Collectibles Illinois – Scott Terrell

Posted on 8 September 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

I noticed a new facebook page called Ice Cold Collectibles Illinois last month developed by Scott Terrell. The graphics in particular on this cool Coca-Cola card pictured above caught my attention as Scott uses it as the primary art header … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Advice, Bottling Works, Cola, Collectors & Collections, Ephemera, Facebook, History, Photography, Soda Bottles | Tagged Alfred Eisenstaedt, atlanta, Coca-Cola, Coke, Facebook, Fayetteville, florida, Ice Cold Collectibles, illinois, Scott Terrell, Tampa, Utica | 1 Comment

If you wanna hang out you’ve got to take her out – Cocaine

Posted on 6 September 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

C O C A I N E “Nobody saves America by sniffing cocaine. Jiggling your knees blankeyed in the rain, when it snows in your nose you catch cold in your brain.” – Allen Ginsberg The Lure Not sure why I … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Cola, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, Hair Tonics, History, Medicines & Cures | Tagged Allen Ginsberg, Ayer's, Burdette's, Coca, Coca-Cola, Cocaine, Cocoaine, drug, Druggist & Drugstore, Eric Clapton, Erythroxylon, Friedrich Gaedcke, Harrison Act, hydrochloride, Incas, Lloyd Cocaine Toothache Drops, Narcotic, patent medicines and other popular products and was soon sold over the counter in many forms at pharma, Pepto Cocaina, Sigmund Freud, South America, stimulant, Tawny Cocaine Port, Utah Antique Bottle Cliche | Leave a comment

A Coca-Cola Hutch story from Alabama

Posted on 10 May 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Sometimes I get emails and posts on my Peachridge Glass facebook page with little more than just a photograph, which happened in this case. It parked for a day or so until I really looked at the rather nice photograph … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Cola, Collectors & Collections, Digging and Finding, Facebook, Figural Bottles, Hutches, Soda Bottles, Tonics | Tagged alabama, Birmingham, bitters, Bobby McGraw, Coca-Cola, Coke, Coleman's, Cullman, Dennis Humphrey, Ensley, hutch, Mobile, Northport, Pineapple, Tonic, W & Co | Leave a comment

I Bet None of You All Have Been to this Bottle Museum Yet!

Posted on 21 March 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

“I was born in 1926 … I’ve been collecting bottles for 70 years. I have hundreds of Coca-Cola bottles coming from all over the world, especially the United States … the oldest bottle dates back to 1915. I also collect … Continue reading →

Posted in Cola, Collectors & Collections, Diving, History, Museums, News, Soda Bottles | Tagged Coca-Cola, Second World War | Leave a comment

Bottle Buildings and Automobile Images

Posted on 31 December 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

This is an end-of-the-year post capturing some images of buildings and cars with architectural and design aspects tying back to bottles. I just love this kind of stuff. Most of it is gone now, only archived in our memories, in … Continue reading →