Tag Archives: New York

Looking at Austen’s Forest Flower Cologne Ephemera

Looking at Austen’s Forest Flower Cologne Ephemera 11 January 2014 While working on the post yesterday for the King’s Liver and Kidney Bitters, based on the below trade card from Joe Gourd, I said I would circle back and look at … Continue reading

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Brophy’s Bitters – A Mailman and his Bitters

Brophy’s Bitters – A Mailman and his Bitters Nokomis, Montgomery County, Illinois 08 January 2014 This post was inspired by an image provided by Jim May depicting Brophy’s Depot, which was a post office and establishment for selling Brophy’s Bitters. The … Continue reading

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The Doyle’s & Soule’s Hop Bitters – Rochester, N.Y.

The Doyle’s & Soule’s Hop Bitters Rochester, New York 07 January 2014 (R•010814) (R•052315) (R•100518) $1,000 in gold will be paid for a case they will not cure or help. Bitters trade card collector and authority Joe Gourd, has provided a … Continue reading

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King’s 25 Cent Bitters – Just what I vants.

King’s 25 Cent Bitters “I say Hans, Now I’s got just what I vants.” 05 January 2014 I developed a post the other day on King’s Hop Bitters which reminded me of my aqua, King’s 25 Cent Bitters. I suspect there … Continue reading

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Madame Doctress Ross – The Wonderful Astrologist and Healing Medium

Madame Doctress Ross – The Wonderful Astrologist and Healing Medium 20 December 2013 (R•112915) (R•090619) “Madame Ross, doctress and astrologist, was born with a natural gift and was never known to fail. She can tell your very thoughts, cause speedy … Continue reading

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Dr. D. B. Wiggins had a Tonic Bitters in Buffalo, New York

Dr. D. B. Wiggins had a Tonic Bitters in Buffalo, New York A Puzzle that will Puzzle you. 05 December 2013 (R•091919) There are a number a puzzle’s here, like the puzzle on this extremely rare, 1883 trade card provided … Continue reading

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Greene’s Lupuline Bitters – Watertown, N.Y.

Greene’s Lupuline Bitters – Watertown, N.Y. The Great Regulator of the Stomach, Liver and Kidney 17 November 2013 Over on the facebook Bottle Collectors page, Gordon Myers posted a really nice example of a labeled Greene’s Lupuline Bitters from Watertown, … Continue reading

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Unknown New England Glass factory’s contract with Clapp & Townsend July 15, 1848

Unknown New England Glass factory’s contract with Clapp & Townsend July 15, 1848 16 November 2013 (R•112413) I agree to make for Clapp & Townsend and deliver at the Boston Rail Road Depot at Greenbush (NY) between the first of … Continue reading

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Dr. Newton’s Jaundice Bitters Pill Box

Dr. Newton’s Jaundice Bitters Pill Box 08 November 2013 (R•110913) Nathan Crary founded the industry that turned Knox, New York into the “Pillbox Capital of the World” I have written about Dr. Israel Newton before (Read: Dr. I. Newton’s Anti-Bilious Bitters – Norwich, Vermont) but elected … Continue reading

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Dissecting a Turner Brothers Advertisement

Dissecting a Turner Brothers Advertisement 04 November 2013 It is interesting to see liquor merchants pushing their products for medicinal purposes including wines such as Bininger’s Knickerbocker Wine Bitters. Sharing  page space within the Daily Sacramento Union on 29 December … Continue reading

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