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Sumter Bitters – The Great Southern Tonic

Bottle picture by Tom Leveille Where the American Civil War Began Decades of growing strife between North and South erupted in civil war on April 12, 1861, when Confederate artillery opened fire on this Federal fort in Charleston Harbor. Fort … Continue reading

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Edward Wilder and his Building Bottles

This weekend I was cataloging a bottle from Edward Wilder, who was a Wholesale Druggist in Louisville, Kentucky. I purchased the bottle from John Pastor at the Yankee Bottle Show in Keene, New Hampshire this past October 2011. Typically I … Continue reading

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