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Hampton’s Vegetable Tincture – Mortimer & Mowbray – Balto
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Strong clues as to depth and location of Baltimore privies
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The puce London Medicated Health Restorer circles back
Stdio photograph, “London – Medicated – Health Restorer – S. A. Foutz / Baltimore MD” – American Glass Gallery The same medium strawberry puce, London Medicated Health Restorer bottle is making an...
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S. A. Foutz & Bro. – Baltimore…What Happened?
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Summer Tree – Winter Tree Historical Flasks
What a wonderful day here in Augusta, Georgia as I have my morning coffee on the porch of the historic Partridge Inn. As I look out, I see all the trees are already full of leaves, the big Magnolias...
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Bonn’s Pure Scotch Snuff – Baltimore
Bonn’s Pure Scotch Snuff - Baltimore BONN’S JAMES RIVER TOBACCO MANUFACTORY 27 October 2013 Hi Ferdinand, I was lucky enough to buy this great, pontiled snuff bottle at the Manchester show. I believe...
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So who is A. C. Meyer?
Death Dust sold by A. C. Meyer & Co., Baltimore, Maryland So who is A. C. Meyer? 12 January 2014 (R•012514 – Salvation Oil Trade Card added) I have wondered before, with the last name Meyer, and...
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A. Vogeler & Company, Baltimore, Md. – March 1881 Scientific American...
A. Vogeler & Company, Baltimore, Md. March 1881 Scientific American Illustrations AMERICAN INDUSTRIES – No. 68 PROPRIETARY SPECIALTIES 13 January 2014 Yesterday, while working on the post for the...
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Doc’ Houcks Medicine Show
Doc’ Houcks Medicine Show 30 April 2014 (R•050114) Darrin Irwin (Erie, Pennsylvania) has been sending me these cryptic images from a book talking about Houck’s Patent Panacea. I thought I would take a...
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Gouley’s Vegetable Bitters – Baltimore
Louis H. Gouley portrait by an unknown artist, estimated to have been painted between 1820 and 1830, when Louis Gouley lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [Original image, courtesy of George Lewis,...
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2015 Baltimore Bottle Experience
2015 Baltimore Bottle Experience Snow, Cold Weather and a Warm Time 11 March 2015 Towards the middle of last week, Elizabeth and I started getting alerts from the airlines that our scheduled flight...
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Dr. DeGurley’s Herb Bitters in the news again
Dr. DeGurley’s Herb Bitters in the news again… 06 April 2015 I reported a few months back of a new example of the extremely rare, Dr. DeGurley’s Herb Bitters. This bottle is a killer and has a motif...
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Maryland Tonic Bitters – Henry Litz
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Zu Zu Bitters – Zu Zu Medicine Company, Baltimore, Maryland
Zu Zu Bitters – Zu Zu Medicine Company, Baltimore, Maryland 18 April 2015 (R•041915) Bob Ford, with the Baltimore Antique Bottle Club, posted these fine pictures below of a labeled Zu Zu Bitters on...
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Goodwin’s Laree Bitters – Baltimore
Goodwin’s Laree Bitters – Baltimore Strictly A French Preparation 20 October 2015 (R•052517) The advertisement below was found in the bottom right corner of a Virginia newspaper in 1882. Right beneath...
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Democratic Bitters
Democratic Bitters 18 November 2015 Here is a communication below from James Viguerie who periodically helps out with bitters posts. Looks like we have references to an unlisted Democratic Bitters...
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So who is A. C. Meyer?
Death Dust sold by A. C. Meyer & Co., Baltimore, Maryland So who is A. C. Meyer? 12 January 2014 (R•012514 – Salvation Oil Trade Card added) I have wondered before, with the last name Meyer, and...
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A. Vogeler & Company, Baltimore, Md. – March 1881 Scientific American...
A. Vogeler & Company, Baltimore, Md. March 1881 Scientific American Illustrations AMERICAN INDUSTRIES – No. 68 PROPRIETARY SPECIALTIES 13 January 2014 Yesterday, while working on the post for the...
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Doc’ Houcks Medicine Show
Doc’ Houcks Medicine Show 30 April 2014 (R•050114) Darrin Irwin (Erie, Pennsylvania) has been sending me these cryptic images from a book talking about Houck’s Patent Panacea. I thought I would take a...
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Gouley’s Vegetable Bitters – Baltimore
Louis H. Gouley portrait by an unknown artist, estimated to have been painted between 1820 and 1830, when Louis Gouley lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [Original image, courtesy of George Lewis,...
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