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Category Archives: Advertising
Dr. D. Jayne & Son – The Almanac King
Dr. D. Jayne & Son Family Medicines Philadelphia I was spinning around the Internet earlier today and came across three really neat Internal Revenue Proprietary Stamps (pictured below) for Dr. D. Jayne & Son from Philadelphia. Of course I had … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, Hair Tonics, History, Medicines & Cures, Publications, Tax Stamps, Tonics
Tagged almanac, David Jayne, Dr. D. Jayne & Son, Ebenezer Jayne, Jayne's Expectorant for Coughs due to Colds, Jayne's Vermifuge, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Proprietary Stamp
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Mishler’s Herb Bitters Advertising Wall Clock
Glass Works Auctions has a really cool advertising clock in their current Auction 98. I wish I had more wall space. We already have a old ticking and gonging Ansonia wall clock, Cuckoo Clock, and two mantle top clocks. Lot … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Auction News, Bitters, Ephemera, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Tax Stamps
Tagged Baird Clock Co., Benjamin Mishler, biiters, clock, East Cocalico Township, Herb, lancaster, Mishler, Mishler's Herb Bitters, Mishler's Herb Bitters Company, Mishler's Keystone Bitters, Old Lion Brewery & Distillery, Pennsylvania, Peruna Medicine Company, Reamstown, Samuel Brubaker Hartman
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Augauer Bitters and the Gauer Family – Chicago
AUGAUER BITTERS – CHICAGO John H. Gauer – Michael P. Gauer – Nicholas J. Gauer You can always spot an ebay picture (above) from George Waddy (bottleski). In this case it was an Augauer Bitters sitting on his deck in … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, eBay, Ephemera, History, Liquor Merchant
Tagged Augauer Bitters, Augauer Bitters Company, Augauer Vital drops, Augustin Gauer, chicago, Dr. Rusell's Pepsin Calisaya-Bitters, Dr. Russell Medicine Co., George Waddy, illinois, Jeff Burkhardt, Johann Heronomus Gauer, John H. Gauer, Michael P. Gauer, Michael Paul Gauer, Nicholas J. Gauer, Nicholas John Jr. Gauer, Pepsin Calisaya Bitters
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Young Children in Antique Trade Card Advertising
Young Children in Antique Trade Card Advertising I really get a kick out of looking at the art on vintage advertising trade cards. Recently I spotted this odd looking little fellow with reading glasses below that really gave me a chuckle. … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Art & Architecture, Bitters, Ephemera, Humor - Lighter Side, Trade Cards
Tagged A.B. Chase Piano, advertising, American Stomach Bitters, Burdock Blood Bitters, Clark's, Colgate, DeLand & Co., Hires Rootbeer, Horsford, Indian Wine Bitters, J.J. Foster Clothiers, Mishler's Bitters, Quaker Bitters, Scotch Oats, Trade Cards, W. Duke Sons
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Fleury’s Wa-Hoo Tonic and the Mad Chinaman
Fleury’s Wa-Hoo Tonic and the Mad Chinaman I do not know what would possess a merchant or doctor to opt for putting a mean Oriental midget, chop sticks, a rat and a cat eating a rat on any advertising to … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Remedy, Tonics, Trade Cards
Tagged Annie M. Herndon, Chinaman, DuFay's Magic Fluids, Fleury, Fleury Medicine Company, Fleury's Tasteless Cascarine, Frank Fleury, illinois, Indian Herbs of Joy, M.D., Meadville, Pennsylvania, Springfield, Wa-Hoo Tonic
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Francis Newbery & Sons Brain Salt – London
Francis Newbery & Sons, London Cruising around the Internet and world wide web, I jump across the pond today to look at F. Newbery & Sons Brain Salt from London. Yes you heard me right, Brain Salt. Certain words do not … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Medicines & Cures, Salt
Tagged Arthur Le Blanc Newbery, Brain Salt, Cambridge, Colonel John Newberry, Dr. Jame’s Fever Powder, Francis Newbery, Francis Newbery & Sons, Hooper’s Pills, John Newbery, Lionel Newbery, London, Sidney-Sussex College
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Carter’s Liver Bitters and Carter’s Little Liver Pills
C 67 CARTER’S LIVER BITTERS, Circa 1873 – 1899 CARTER’S / LIVER BITTERS / C. M. CO. NEW YORK // c // // b // WT&CO / 1 8 1/2 x 3 1/4 x 2 (6 1/4) Oval – Philadelphia, … Continue reading
What are all these Wormwood Bitters?
WORMWOOD - Artemisia absinthium I was tracking down some Turner Brothers information when I was directed to a full page Turner Brothers advertisement in the 1856 San Francisco City Directory and the half-page, blue, McMillan & Kester advertisement in a later 1871 San Francisco City … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Cordial, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Questions
Tagged Absinthe, absinthium, Artemisia, Boston, Calvin A. Richards, I. D. Richards & Sons, Isaiah D. Richards, McMillan & Kester, Pure Wormwood Bitters, San Francisco, Spice and Wormwood Bitters, Turner Brothers, Vermouth, Walter D. Richards, Wormwood Cordial, Wormwood. bitters
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William’s Royal Crown Remedy and Bitters – Isaac Williams Company
William’s Royal Crown Remedy and Bitters: price: $1 a bottle, six for $5, manufactured by Isaac Williams Company, 268 Dundas St., London, Ont., for sale by all druggists In pursuit of more information regarding Duncan Edwards Crown Bitters, I came … Continue reading
Alfred Speer and his Raised Sidewalk & Standard Wine Bitters
Speer’s Standard Wine Bitters Speer’s vineyard and wine business started on a small scale, with the vineyard expanding until it was “the largest in the State, containing over five miles of driveways, and over five hundred miles of wire.” The … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Art & Architecture, Bitters, History, Liquor Merchant, Wine & Champagne
Tagged Alfred Speer, Broadway, New Jersey, New York, Passaic, sidewalk, Speer's Standard Wine Bitters, vinyard, Wine
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