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Category Archives: Article Publications
Use Dr. Henley’s Celebrated California IXL Bitters
Use Dr. Henley’s Celebrated California IXL Bitters 21 December 2018 Dr. William Henley is associated with a wide variety of products ranging from bitters to various types of patent medicines. His bitters bottles, typically round cylinders, are highly prized collectibles … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Article Publications, Bitters, Color Runs, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Tonics, Trade Cards
Tagged Antique, antique bottle, Arpad Haraszthy, bitters, Bottle, california, Celebrated, Color, Cure, Doctor, Dr. Henley, Druggist & Drugstore, Edward Vollmer, Eric McGuire, Eye Opener, Grape, grower, Isador Landsberger, IXL, Joe Gourd, Louis Gross, Medicine, Nevada, oculist, ok, oregon, physician, Portland, Root, San Francisco, Simon & Henry Epstein, Stephen Hubbell, Tonic, William Henley, Wine
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PE-RU-NA For Catarrh – The Great American Fraud
PE-RU-NA For Catarrh – The Great American Fraud 08 October 2018 Yesterday, I put together a post on TO-NI-TA which reminded me of PE-RU-NA. Early 1900 fraudulent medicines with similar graphics treatment in their names, similar bottles, and the same time … Continue reading
Goldheim Bitters featured in Bottles and Extras
Goldheim Bitters featured in Bottles and Extras 08 August 2018 The July | August 2018 issue of Bottles and Extras has a super article on the extremely rare, Goldheim Celebrated Swiss Stomach Bitters from Baltimore. The article was written by … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Advice, Article Publications, Bitters, Bottles and Extras, Club News, Ephemera, liquor, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Spirits
Tagged article, Baltimore, bitters, Bottle, Bottles and Extras, Celebrated, Goldheim, liquor, merchant, Phillip Lobe, Stomach, Susan Helen Adler, Swiss, Wine
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No Fizz? Less Bizz!
by Ken Previtali 24 October 2017 In reading the Saving the Fizz post, a number of things came to mind. Keeping CO2 bubbles sealed in a bottle until they were set free to tickle the senses was indeed a challenge … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Article Publications, Bottling Works, Ephemera, Ginger Ale, Soda Bottles, Soda Water
Tagged Beer, Bizz, bubbles, closure, CO2, Codd, David Graci, David Jones, Fizz, Ginger Ale, Ken Previtali, Soda, Stopper
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The Bust of Columbia Liberty Cap Eagle Historical Flask
The Bust of Columbia Liberty Cap Eagle Historical Flask 22 February 2016 (R•022416) (R•031416) Just when you wonder when the long drought and absence of killer bottles will end, up comes this off-the-chart great Bust of Columbia with Liberty Cap – American Eagle … Continue reading
Posted in Article Publications, Auction News, Currency, Early American Glass, Flasks, Historical Flasks, History, Questions, Revolutionary War
Tagged auction, Bust, cap, coin, Columbia, Corning, dime, Eagle, flag, Flask, Glass, Historical, Kensington, Kevin A. Sives, Liberty, McKearin, Philadelphia, pint, Union, Works
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Celebrated Crown Bitters – F. Chevalier Sole Agent
Celebrated Crown Stomach Bitters – F. Chevalier Sole Agent 17 January 2016 Here is a nice connection with whiskey and bitters bottles submitted by FOHBC Treasurer, Gary Beatty. I worked on the pictures a little bit to work with the post. … Continue reading
Posted in Article Publications, Bitters, Bottles and Extras, liquor, Questions, Stained Glass, Whiskey
Tagged amber, bitters, Bottles and Extras, castle, Chevalier, Fortune, Gary Beatty, Glass, liquor, Meyer, Old, Placerville, rare, sacramento, San Francisco, Schwartz, stained, Western, Whiskey, window
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Bishops Oppose Bitters – The Hydra-Headed Monster Drink
Bishops Oppose Bitters. HYDRA-HEADED MONSTER DRINK 22 November 2015 While patrolling the internet looking for information on Bishop’s Wahoo Bitters, I pulled up the following article from The Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, Utah) in 1890. With the Temperance Movement in full … Continue reading
Posted in Article Publications, Bitters, History, Medicines & Cures, Temperance, Whiskey
Tagged Archbishop, Belfast, Bishop, bitters, Catholic, church, crusade, drink, Drinking, England, excess, Hercules, Hydra-headed, Ireland, John Edgar, Monster, Salt Lake City, Society, Temperance, Thomas Croke, Utah
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Jacob Pinkerton’s Wahoo & Calisaya Bitters
Jacob Pinkerton’s Wahoo & Calisaya Bitters 21 November 2015 (R•020116) Have you ever used the celebrated Wahoo and Calisaya Bitters better known by the cabalistic letters “I.M. O. K. — 1864– Y! Y!” This phrase is repeated in various period … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Ales & Ciders, Article Publications, Bitters, Digging and Finding, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Questions, Tonics
Tagged alcohol, Ale, bitters, Calisaya, cigar, Corey Stock, depot, Digging, ferdinand meyer, fire, Frank Wicker, Gary Beatty, Jacob, Jeff Wichmann, liquor, Memphis, merchant, New York, Pinkerton, Saloon, Syracuse, Tonic, W. H. Warner, Wahoo, Whiskey
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