Tag Archives: pharmacy

Curtis’ Little Giant Bitters “The King of Tonics”

Posted on 5 May 2015 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Curtis’ Little Giant Bitters “The King of Tonics” The Cheapest Drug Store in the World! 05 May 2015 (R•052419) The other day, I did a post on The Little Clark’s Giant Bitters that inspired bitters ephemera collector Joe Gourd, to … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Medicines & Cures, Tonics, Trade Cards | Tagged advertising, Baldwin, bitters, Bridgeport, card, chemists, Connecticut, Cornelia, Curtis, Druggists, drugs, elm, Frederick, giant, Gourd, Hair, Ham, king, Lacey, Lewis, little, Main, Mary, Peck, pharmacy, Teeple, Tonic, trade, unlisted | Leave a comment

Knoefel’s Orolo Bitters – New Albany, Indiana

Posted on 20 January 2015 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Knoefel’s Orolo Bitters – New Albany, Indiana 20 January 2015 Hard drinking and fast women are said to be causes. I did not win some bottles yesterday but it was not for “Hard drinking and fast women” which affected one of our characters in todays … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Remedy | Tagged August, Bruno, Charles, drug, Druggist & Drugstore, Ernst, Germany, indiana, Knoefel, Louisville, MacKenzie, New Albany, Orolo, pharmacy, Robert, Saxony, slaves, Wichmann | 4 Comments

Drug Stores from Bygone Days

Posted on 10 April 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Drug Stores from Bygone Days 10 April 2014 I know of some traffic routes now where I pass a Walgreens, Rite Aid, and CVS Pharmacy in succession. Usually when nearing a hospital. These homogenous drug stores and the drugs stores within grocery … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Art & Architecture, Cola, Display, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Medicines & Cures, Photography, Soft Drinks | Tagged Bertram, Bolton, Charles Young, corner, CVS, CW Heister, Dana Andrews, drug, Druggist & Drugstore, F.A. Cooke, Fiesta, History, Linders, Peoples, pharmacy, photography, Riker - Jaynes, Rite Aid, Shorpy, Walgreens | Leave a comment

Moutoux’s German Stomach Bitters

Posted on 2 February 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Moutoux’s German Stomach Bitters 02 February 2014 by James Viguerie While doing research on an unlisted bitters I came across yet another unlisted bitters in an Indiana newspaper. As the first bitters will take a little more time to research, … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Medicines & Cures, Questions | Tagged bitters, california, Cannelton, Drugstore, German, indiana, Jasper, Moutoux, oakland, Paine's Celery Compound, pharmacy, Purdue, Stomach, Viguerie | Leave a comment

J. M. Laroque’s Liquid Anti Bilious Bitters – Baltimore

Posted on 29 January 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

J. M. Laroque’s Liquid Anti Bilious Bitters – Baltimore 29 January 2014 (R•092818) John M. Laroque, a Frenchmen, was the proprietor of Laroque’s Drug Store at 20 Baltimore Street from 1817 until his death in 1864 making the drug store one of … Continue reading →

Posted in Apothecary, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Medicines & Cures, Revolutionary War, Trade Cards | Tagged Baltimore, Bladensburg, drug, Gourd, Laroque, Marlyland, Milhau, pharmacy, Rowell, Thornton | Leave a comment

Levi Tower Jr. and his Calmon’s Tonic Billious Bitters

Posted on 17 November 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Levi Tower Jr. and his Calmon’s Tonic Billious Bitters 17 November 2013 (R•112314) For a severe attack of Billiousness, one Triplex Pill taken every other night for two or three nights followed by a glass of Bitters before breakfast the … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Apothecary, Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Medicines & Cures, Remedy, Tonics | Tagged Apothecary, Billious, bitters, Boston, Calmon, Cohasset, Commonwealth, J. T. Brown & Co., John G. Godding, Levi Tower Jr., Massachusetts, pharmacy, Tonic, Whipple | Leave a comment

A Riker – Jaynes’ Drug Store Question

Posted on 18 June 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

“You Are Safe When You Buy At Riker-Jayne.” Over on the Peachridge Glass facebook page and in response to the Dr. D. Jayne & Son – The Almanac King post, Lori Burns-Joyce said that she has a small, 2-2 1/2″ bottle that … Continue reading →

Posted in Druggist & Drugstore, History, Medicines & Cures, Questions | Tagged Dr. D. Jayne & Son, Drug Store, George J. Whelan, L.K. Liggett Company, Lori Burns-Joyce, Maine, New York, pharmacy, Philadelphia, Portland, Rexall, Riker - Jaynes, Riker-Hegeman Corporation, Shultis, United Cigar Store Company, United Drug Company, William B. Riker, William B. Riker & Son Company | Leave a comment

L. Deloche, Pharmacien Encoignure Dumain & Bourbon, Nouvelle Orleans – Pot Lid

Posted on 5 May 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

I was looking at this pretty cool New Orleans pot lid on ebay last night wondering if Greg Dean or Rex Barbour (both major pot lit collectors living in Australia) knew anything about it. Also Dr. Charles Aprill (New Orleans), had he any … Continue reading →

Posted in Apothecary, Druggist & Drugstore, eBay, History, Mineral Water, Pot Lids, Questions | Tagged Bourbon Street, Dr. Charles Aprill, eBay, Lewis Deloche, New Orleans, pharmacy | Leave a comment

Arabian Bitters – One Thousand and One Nights

Posted on 8 April 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Did you know that there is an Arabian Bitters from Savannah? I wonder what the product name was inspired from? Arabian Nights? Or maybe from a horse or some mystical place? Maybe from a dance or Aladdin’s Lamp? Let’s see … Continue reading →

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Apothecary – A Collection of Images

Posted on 30 November 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

I wanted to post some interesting Apothecary pictures that I have accumulated. Just archiving this information for the Virtual Museum. Like my 3rd grade teacher always said “write it down and you will remember”. [from Wikipedia] Apothecary is a historical … Continue reading →