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Highlands Bitters and Scotch Tonic – 1990 Federation Glass Works Article

Posted on 14 April 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Gene Bradberry (Memphis, Tennessee) mailed me this super article from the Federation Glass Works in 1990. The Highlands Bitters and Scotch Tonic came from Memphis. This was the monthly publication of the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors (FOHBC). We’ve come … Continue reading →

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Heminger Figural Bitters Collection – All Top Shelf

Posted on 13 April 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

HEMINGER COLLECTION Bill Heminger (Virginia, Minnesota) and I were having a telephone conversation the other night and the conversation eventually came around to the Barto’s Great Gun Bitters and guns! You see, Bill and I had chased a few of … Continue reading →

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Elvin Moody Bottle Collection pictures surface!

Posted on 11 April 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Hi Ferd, Back in 1982, when I was pretty new to bottle collecting, I had the priviledge to visit Elvin Moody and see his fantastic bottle collection. What a pleasure it was to visit with Elvin and his wife Cherie. … Continue reading →

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Old Dr. Townsend’s Daisy Vases, more common than you think

Posted on 11 April 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

OLD DR. TOWNSEND’S CELEBRATED STOMACH BITTERS “The wife said they had gotten it out of a rural school in Alabama, where it was being used as a flower vase” Ferdinand: About a month and a half ago, a person contacted … Continue reading →

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Could this be the Nathan’s Celebrated Union Bitters?

Posted on 9 April 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

M. NATHAN & CO. – 31 VINE ST. – CINCINNATI Dear Ferd, I know you really love Bitters and so do I. I have a beautiful yellow amber square with lot’s of whittle and bubbles embossed M. NATHAN & CO. … Continue reading →

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Who is I & L. M. Hellman of St. Louis, Missouri?

Posted on 9 April 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Hi Ferd, I was wondering if you have seen this square before? I am not seeing any others online although I do seem to remember seeing one before. This showed up for ‘show and tell’ at our first meeting of … Continue reading →

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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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Argyle Bitters – Adapted for a warm climate!

Posted on 7 April 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

A R G Y L E   B I T T E R S E. B. Wheelock  - New Orleans These elegant Bitters are peculiarly adapted for a warm climate” Good grief, I love this outlandish marketing stuff. The female … Continue reading →

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Brady’s Family Bitters – “Every Body Takes It!”

Posted on 6 April 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

“ David C. Brady BRADY’S FAMILY BITTERS Louisville, Kentucky “EVERY BODY TAKES IT!” It was interesting to find out that Brady’s Family Bitters was being sold in Houston in 1869. Quite a few issues of The Houston Telegraph, which was … Continue reading →

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What was here, Early Houston Advertisements – Part IIA

Posted on 5 April 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1860 I was able to locate another issue of The Weekly Telegraph in Houston. The day was Tuesday, 20 April 1860. This is nine years prior to the previous issue of The Houston Telegraph … Continue reading →

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