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Tag Archives: Frank Wicker
Looking at the two Caldwell’s Herb Bitters lattice variants
Looking at the two Caldwell’s Herb Bitters lattice variants The Great Tonic 12 September 2018 I thought I would circle back to two tall triangular bitters bottles I picked up in 2002 when I first started collecting bitters. I’m talking … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Medicines & Cures, Tonics
Tagged bitters, Blattenberger, Caldwell, Doctor, Frank Wicker, Goshen, great, grid, Harrisburg, Herb, Keech & Frey, L.A. Marshall, lattice, Lawrence & Co., Tonic, york
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Dr. Van Dyke’s Holland Bitters and the Headless Man
Dr. Van Dyke’s Holland Bitters and the Headless Man 10 October 2017 My friend Gary Beatty forwarded the above picture and email below of possibly an unlisted variant of a Dr. Van Dyke’s Holland Bitters bottle from St. Louis, Missouri. I … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, eBay, Ephemera, Gin, History, Medicines & Cures, Questions, Tax Stamps, Trade Cards
Tagged bitters, Blemmyes, Boerhave, Frank Wicker, Gary Beatty, Gin, headless, Henry Van Dyke, Holland, James M. Van Dyke, Joe Gourd, label, Man, Medicine, Missouri, Pier Gerlofs Donia, shield, St. Louis, Van Dyke
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Kaiser Wilhelm Stomach Bitters – Sandusky, Ohio
Kaiser Wilhelm Stomach Bitters – Sandusky, Ohio 20 February 2016 (R•091919) My good friend and fellow bitters collector Gary Beatty (North Port, Florida) sent me an email and pictures today of a fun little side step that we all do … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, eBay, History, Medicines & Cures
Tagged bitters, eBay, Emperor, Frank Wicker, Gary Beatty, German, Germany, Hugo Ohly, irradiated, Kaiser, Magan, nuked, ohio, Prussia, Sandusky, Wilhelm
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Mayer’s Genuine Stomach Bitters
Mayer’s Genuine Stomach Bitters 23 January 2016 (R•043019) Here is an unlisted and labeled Mayer’s Genuine Stomach Bitters that Frank Wicker recently added to his collection. Thank you Frank for sending in the pictures. A late bitters with a pretty cool … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, History, Medicines & Cures
Tagged bitters, Distiller, distilling, Frank Wicker, Joseph Mayer, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Stomach, unisted
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Jacob Pinkerton’s Wahoo & Calisaya Bitters
Jacob Pinkerton’s Wahoo & Calisaya Bitters 21 November 2015 (R•020116) Have you ever used the celebrated Wahoo and Calisaya Bitters better known by the cabalistic letters “I.M. O. K. — 1864– Y! Y!” This phrase is repeated in various period … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Ales & Ciders, Article Publications, Bitters, Digging and Finding, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Questions, Tonics
Tagged alcohol, Ale, bitters, Calisaya, cigar, Corey Stock, depot, Digging, ferdinand meyer, fire, Frank Wicker, Gary Beatty, Jacob, Jeff Wichmann, liquor, Memphis, merchant, New York, Pinkerton, Saloon, Syracuse, Tonic, W. H. Warner, Wahoo, Whiskey
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Dr. Mampe’s Herb Stomach Bitters from Oshkosh
Dr. Mampe’s Herb Stomach Bitters from Oshkosh 02 June 2014 (R•042919) After the pretty lady’s legs we’ve been looking at, I wanted to take a moment and look at a squat little fellow from Oshkosh, Wisconsin that is more like … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Ephemera, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Postage, Whiskey
Tagged bitters, distilling, Frank Wicker, German, grocer, Herb, John Thielen, liquor, Mampe, Oshkosh, Silver Spring, Stomach, Weidener, Wisconsin
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May 2014 – Antique Bottle & Glass Photo Gallery
Here we go with the May 2014 group of pictures culled from a few of the web and Facebook sites that we all like. My favorite is the picture above from Chip Cable. What a great picture! Chip titles it “Some nice … Continue reading
Posted in Collectors & Collections, Display, Photography
Tagged Adam Doughty, Alan Adams, Chip Cable, Chris Rowell, Clayton Johnson, Cody Zeleny, Dale Santos, Evan Belanger, Frank Wicker, James Leubner, James Viguerie, Keith Bellew, Lou Holis, Michael George, Mike Newman, Woody Douglas
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Bitters Spotting (and more) at Manchester
Bitters Spotting at Manchester FOHBC 2013 National Antique Bottle Show | Manchester, NH 29 July 2013 Whew, been cramming for the past 3 or so days trying to get the September | October issue of Bottles and Extras ready for … Continue reading
Wicker Visit – Austin Healey’s and Elephants
Wicker Visit – Austin Healey’s and Elephants 18 July 2013 (R•043019) As I work my way east to Manchester, New Hampshire for the FOHBC 2013 National Antique Bottle Show, I had the chance last night to run from Fort Wayne, Indiana, … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Display, Liquor Merchant, News
Tagged Austin Healey, Carl Mampe, Elephant, Ferdinand Mampe, Frank Wicker
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Paul G. Klinkenberg Drug Store – Kendallville, Indiana
Hi Ferdinand. I was reading your post on the Yamara Cordial Bitters (pictured above) and noticed the advertisement (see below) which had Klinkenberg’s Store as selling this bitters. Here is a little of the drug store and some good memories that I … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Druggist & Drugstore, Holiday, Medicines & Cures, Remedy
Tagged Alaska Bitters, bitters, Bob Klinkenberg, Fort Wayne, Frank Wicker, George Lohman, indiana, Kendallville, Klinkenberg, Lincoln Bitters, Paul G. Klinkenberg, Terry G. Housholder., Yamara Cordial Bitters
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