Tag Archives: Smith

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

Best Pit ever dug in Mississippi

Posted on 4 March 2017 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Best Pit ever dug in Mississippi 04 March 2017 Hi Ferdinand! Just checking in to say hello and to send you some pics from the best pit of Hutch sodas ever dug in Mississippi. We found a brick lined cistern … Continue reading →

Posted in Bottle Shows, Digging and Finding, Hutches, News, Soda Bottles | Tagged Barq's, Biloxi, Bottle, cistern, Daphne, dig, Digging, Gulfport, Hattiesburg, Hudson, hutch, Hutchinson, Mike Burkett, Mississippi, Scranton, Smith, sodas | Leave a comment

Dr. W. B. Fuller’s Anti-Dyspeptic Bitters – Uniontown, Penn.

Posted on 11 September 2015 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Dr. W. B. Fuller’s Anti-Dyspeptic Bitters – Uniontown, Penn. 11 September 2015 Always nice to get information that inspires some research on a bitters brand that I am unfamiliar with. In this case the Dr. W. B. Fuller’s Anti-Dyspeptic Bitters from Uniontown, … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Medicines & Cures, Trade Cards | Tagged advertising, Andy, bitters, card, Doctor, Dyspeptic, Fuller, Gourd, Joe, Liver, Neuralgia, Pennsylvania, powder, Regrut, Smith, trade, Uniontown, William | Leave a comment

I recently picked up a Summer/Winter GX-15 Pontil Pint Aquamarine Flask

Posted on 12 February 2015 by Ferdinand Meyer V

I recently picked up a Summer/Winter GX-15 Pontil Pint Aquamarine Flask 12 February 2015 It seemed like a nice day to do a post on a Summer Winter flask and put the Winter side on the top of the page. … Continue reading →

Posted in Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, Historical Flasks, Questions | Tagged Abel Da Silva, aquamarine, Dyottville, Flask, GX-15, Historical, Howell, McKearin, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, pint, Smith, summer, Taylor, Twitchell, Washington, winter | Leave a comment

Peters & Smith – Drugs & Medicines

Posted on 12 February 2015 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Peters & Smith – Drugs & Medicines The Dandelion Bitters Co., Allentown, Pennsylvania 12 February 2015 Collecting bitters bottles is just too much fun. I realize to some, or probably many, that there is monotony in looking at all of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, History, Medicines & Cures, Trade Cards | Tagged Allentown, bitters, Dandelion, Druggist & Drugstore, eugene, Gourd, Hamilton, Harold, Henry, Pennsylvania, Peters, Pharmacists, Smith | Leave a comment

Smith’s Gentian, Dandelion and Yellow Dock Bitters

Posted on 8 February 2015 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Smith’s Gentian, Dandelion and Yellow Dock Bitters Ebin R. Smith, Apothecary 08 February 2015 (R•090119) The Smith’s Gentian, Dandelion and Yellow Dock Bitters appears to be unlisted in Bitters Bottles. You have to look carefully as there are about 15 brands … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Apothecary, Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, History, Legal, Medicines & Cures, Tonics, Trade Cards | Tagged advertising, Apothecary, Biddy, bitters, Boston, Caldwell's, card, dock, Druggist & Drugstore, Ebin, ephemera, Gentian, Gourd, Ipswich, Massachusetts, Medicine, pharmacist, Ryder, Smith, Smith's, stimulant, Theophilus, Tonic, trade, yellow | Leave a comment

Comus Stomach Bitters – Crescent City

Posted on 1 December 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Comus Stomach Bitters – Crescent City 01 December 2014 The four “C’s”. I guess I could have said NOLA or New Orleans but”Comus”, “Clerc” and “Crescent City” roll off the tongue a little easier. I suppose many of you bitters collectors have … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, eBay, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Wine & Champagne | Tagged Albert, bitters, Brothers, city, Clerc, Comus, Crescent, German, grocer, Louisiana, New Iberia, New Orleans, NOLA, Rene, Smith, Stomach, wholesale, Ziegler | Leave a comment

Digging News from St. Joe

Posted on 29 November 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Digging News from St. Joe 29 November 2014 Nice to get some digging news from St. Joseph, Missouri. I went to college in Kansas City, Missouri and I remember St. Joe being north. In business I am aware of St. Joe … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Digging and Finding, Historical Flasks, Liquor Merchant, News, Whiskey | Tagged bricks, Digging, E.H. Taylor, grocer, Kerr, Missouri, Moser, nebraska, Ogden, Rulo, Smith, snow, St. Joseph, Turkey | Leave a comment

Bertinguiot… French or American Inks?

Posted on 27 August 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Bertinguiot… French or American Inks? 27 August 2014 (R•082814) Must be Dale Mlasko week (visit Oregon Trail Antique Bottles & Glass). Keep getting these drop-dead, stunning pictures of bottles that were dug in San Francisco. Earlier this week it was the E. Julin – ABO … Continue reading →

Posted in Digging and Finding, History, Inks, Questions | Tagged american, Bertinguiot, Brandon, Connecticut, Coventry, Dale Mlasko, French, George, Guyot, Ink, Lambert, Maurin, New Orleans, Noordsy, Pastor, pontil, Puce, purple, San Francisco, Smith | Leave a comment

FOHBC 2014 Lexington National | Educational Displays

Posted on 14 August 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

FOHBC 2014 Lexington National | Educational Displays 14 August 2014 We ended up with thirteen education displays at the Lexington National that were as different from the recent Reno and Manchester National displays as possible. Interesting and interactive to some extent, they … Continue reading →