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Mack’s Orange Tonic Bitters – a sweet bitters from Orlando

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Bottles under the pier in Fredeiksted, St. Croix

Posted on 13 February 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Bottles under the pier in Fredeiksted, St. Croix

by Vince Staley

13 February 2014

The new Fredeiksted pier after Hurricane Hugo 1988. The pier has yielded hundreds of bottles, ceramics, and ship parts.

This U.S. NAVY PEPPER bottle above, and a MUSTARD were found under the pier (see above) in Fredeiksted, St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. For several years US Navy vessels called here during negotiations to purchase the Virgin Islands from Denmark. The United States wanted to prevent Germany from obtaining the islands as coaling stations.

Sailor’s grave who died in the Tsunami.

In 1867, the US Navy steam-sail vessel USS Monongahela, was driven into the town by a tsunami caused by an earthquake on the island of Dominica. One year later, the navy finished blasting a channel through the onshore coral reef to free the Monongahela. In all, five bottles have been found but only three undamaged.

Read: The Terrible Earthquake and Tsunami of Nov. 18, 1867

The November 1867 tsunami left USS Monongahela high and dry on the Frederiksted shoreline until it was refloated in May 1868. (U.S. Navy Historical Archive)

Following the War, Monongahela was assigned to the West Indies. On 18 November 1867, she was cast ashore at St. Croix, Virgin Islands, by a tidal wave and was only refloated six months later. In 1873, after extensive repairs, she began six years’ service in the Pacific, the western Atlantic and in Asiatic waters. Monongahela was converted to a sailing storeship in 1883-84, with her engines removed to increase storage space. From then until 1890, she served as supply vessel at Callao, Peru.

Read: USS Monongahela (1863-1908)

After Hurricanes David and four days later Frederic in 1979, the old town dump, adjacent to Fort Frederik (pictured below), washed out to sea and thousands of artifacts were uncovered. While snorkeling in the muddy sea you could hear the bottles clinking in the surf. There were instant collections made that week.

Fort Frederik, Frederiksted St. Croix, USVI

Mooring anchor for lightering ships. Frederiksted had no piers in the colonial era. The ships would pick up a buoy attached to an anchor. If a storm came up they could cast off to avoid dragging ashore. This area is called a “lee shore”.

I wonder what my example might be worth? I have been told that this bottle has been reproduced. Mine has sea growth on one panel.

U.S. Navy peppersauce bottle – Staley Collection

U.S. Navy peppersauce bottle – Staley Collection

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Ladies and Gentlemen… the Landsberg Sphinx Bottles

Posted on 12 February 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Ladies and Gentlemen… the Landsberg Sphinx Bottles

12 February 2014 (R•121318 – new GWA example & Moses G. Landsberg Info)

This post is a follow-up to the “Another Patended Landsberg Bottle” article on 04 February 2014 by James Viguerie. It is really great that we are now seeing examples of this bottle. Ladies and gentlemen… the Landsberg Sphinx bottles!

Hi Ferdinand,

Because of some remodeling projects here, I have fallen behind on my frequent doses of Peachridge. When I was catching up yesterday, I noticed your piece on the Moses Landsberg Sphinx bottle. As it happens, I have two versions of this bottle. Both are shown above.

The example on the left is the older version, having an applied lip. It is the version depicted in the patent drawings, and it bears the Moses Landsberg Co. monogram. The example on the right bears a tooled lip and the monogram reads SLCo. Since acquiring these two versions, I have wondered if Moses sold out to a family member so that the monogram retained the L. While the two vessels share many qualities, they are clearly from different molds. The later example is embossed Chicago, Ill at the base, below the monogram.

The earlier version stands about 12 1/4 inches tall, the later version about 12 3/8 inches tall.

Steve (Ketcham)

I might add that I have heard of at least one more example in the collection of some Chicago Bottle Club members, but I have never been able to verify this or speak with them.

Landsberg Sphinx bottle – Older version, having an applied lip. It is the version depicted in the patent drawings, and it bears the Moses Landsberg Co. monogram – Ketcham Collection

Landsberg Sphinx bottle – Newer version, tooled lip and the monogram reads SLCo. – Ketcham Collection

(Mortar and Pestle) / “M.G.L.” (monogram) – (Griffin) / (Front view of the Sphinx) / (Human Headed Lion). The neck in the form of an Egyptian Obelisk is covered with hieroglyphics as is other areas of the bottle. (unlisted), Illinois, ca. 1883 – 1885, yellow amber, 12 1/4”h, smooth base, applied double collar mouth. – Glass Works Auctions | Auction #126

Moses G. Landsberg Bottles

From left t0 right:

a) Landsberg Pure Blackberry Brandy | A. Heller & Co. New York.

b) MGL “Sphinx” (variant 1)

c) MGL “Sphinx” (variant 2)

d) M. G. Landsberg | Chicago (L 15) (presumed bitters)

e) Landsberg Century Bitters | The Adler Company St. Louis

Moses G. Landsberg

Moses G. Landsberg is associated with some of the finest American antique bottles ever made. They are extremely ornate and finely detailed and are considered prized collectibles. Unfortunately, much about Landsberg remains a mystery.

What we do know is that Landsberg is of Jewish ancestry and was born in New York around 1844. Nothing is known about his parents or when he or they came to America. Of course, New York City was a great jumping off point for many immigrants, especially from Germany. Many arrived seeking religious or political freedom, others for economic opportunities greater than those in Europe, and others for the chance to start fresh in the New World.

Landsberg was apparently a traveling man as we first see him listed as a clerk, probably in a liquor store, at 47 Public Landing in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1870. Cincinnati was a preferred destination for many Germans, if Landsberg was German. He was boarding at a place called Spencer House which leads me to believe he was not living with his family. We see this situation repeating during his life and migration from city to city. In 1871, he is still clerking at a new address, 15 Sycamore in Cincinnati and boarding at 123 Main Street. In 1873, he is found in Cleveland, Ohio listed as an agent for Harris & Zilch (Henry Harris and John Zilch). They were liquor dealers located at 199 Ontario.

This experience clerking and being an agent or salesman for a liquor business leads Moses Landsberg next to New York City where in early 1875 he is selling liquor at his own con-cern at 169 E. Broadway. Shortly thereafter, in 1875, he takes on a partner and the busi-ness is called Landsberg, Kantrowitz & Company consisting of Moses G. Landsberg and Isaac Kantrowitz. They are at the same Broadway address. That same year, a Gerson Landsberg, who is a man of the cloth, is living at 236 E 54th Street in New York City. I be-lieve this is a brother of Moses.

Moses Landsberg next heads to the Windy City and we see him listed as Landsberg & Company (Moses G. Landsberg & Gerson Landsberg) selling flour at 118 Blue Island Ave-nue in Chicago, Illinois. Moses is boarding at the Atlantic Hotel in Chicago while Gerson Landsberg is noted in the Chicago directory as living in New York City.

It is in Chicago in 1882 where Moses G. Landsberg files a Patent and Design for a Bottle which is Landsberg Century Bitters. The patent is Design No. 12861 dated April 11, 1882. That same year, a newspaper notice puts Moses Landsberg as a guest at the Park Hotel in Chicago. It is assumed that the brand was first concocted in 1876 as it is embossed on the two variants of the Landsberg Century Bitters bottles.

In 1883, again in Chicago, Landsberg files another Patent and Design for a Bottle which is the Landsberg “Sphinx Bitters.” It is Design No. 13699 dated March 6, 1883.

In 1884, Landsberg is back to being listed as a traveling salesman addressed at 24 Syca-more in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is boarding at Hexter’s Hotel. I guess he was selling his way east as he was back in New York City in 1886 living at 297 E 109th. His next occupation, in 1888, is that of an editor in New York City. He is now living at 261 E 122nd.

In 1891, Landsberg is living in Boston, Massachusetts and he is the editor of the Jewish Chronicle. In 1892, he publishes the History of the Persecution of the Jews in Russia. In 1893 he is living at 34 School, Room D in Boston. Next he moves back to New York City and becomes the editor of the Jewish Herald. He continues in this position until his dealth on 23 January 1900 in Manhattan. He was 56 years old.

Select Listings:

1844: Moses G Landsberg birth about 1844 – New York, New York, Extracted Death Index, 1862-1948

1870: M G Landsberg, clerk, 47 Public Landing, bds Spencer House, Cincinnati – 1870 Cincinnati Ohio City Directory

1871: M G Landsberg, clerk, 15 Sycamore, bds 123 Main, Cincinnati – 1871 Cincinnati Ohio City Directory

1873: Moses Landsberg, agent Harris & Zilch (Henry Harris and John Zilch), Liquor Dealers, 199 Ontario, Cleveland – 1873 Cleveland Ohio City Directory

1875: Moses G. Landsberg, Liquors, 169 E. Broadway, NYC – 1875 New York City Directory

1875: Landsberg Kantrowitz & Company (Moses G. Landsberg & Isaac Kantrowitz), Liquors, 169 E. Broadway, NYC – 1875 New York City Directory

1875: Gerson Landsberg, Reverand, h 236 E 54th, NYC – 1875 New York City Directory

1878: Landsberg & Company (Moses G. Landsberg & Gerson Landsberg), Flour, 118 Blue Island Avenue, Chicago. Moses boards at Atlantic Hotel, Gerson lives in New York.– 1878 Chicago, Illinois City Directory

1882: (Below) Patent: Design for a Bottle (Landsberg Century Bitters), Design No. 12861, dated April 11, 1882, Moses G. Landsberg of Chicago Illinois

1882: Newspaper notice (below) Moses Landsberg, of Chicago, were guests at the Park Hotel – Chicago Tribune, Sunday, July 2, 1882

1883: Patent: Design for a Bottle (Landsberg Sphinx Bitters), Design No. 13699, dated March 6, 1883, Moses G. Landsberg of Chicago Illinois

1884: M G Landsberg, traveling salesman, 24 Sycamore, bds Hexter’s Hotel, Cincinnati – 1884 Cincinnati Ohio City Directory

1884: Newspaper notice (below) Moses G. Landsberg presses suit – Chicago Tribune, Friday, July 25, 1884

1886: Moses Landsberg, h 297 E 109th, NYC – 1886 New York City Directory

1888: Moses G. Landsberg, Editor, h 261 E 122nd, NYC – 1888 New York City Directory

1891: Newspaper notice (below) M.G. Landsberg, editor of the Jewish Chronicle – The Boston Globe, Monday, November 16, 1891

1892: Moses G. Landsberg, Esq. History of the Persecutiuon of the. Jews in Russia, Boston, 1892 – Jewish Agricultural Utopias in America, 1880-1910

1893: Moses G. Landsberg, Editor, 34 School, room D, Boston – 1893 Boston, Massachusetts City Directory

1893: Newspaper notice (below) M.G. Landsberg, editor of the Jewish Herald – The Jewish South, Friday November 17, 1893

1899: Moses G. Landsberg, Editor, 61 Beekman, h 1652 Lexington Avenue, NYC – 1899 New York City Directory

1900: Moses G. Landsberg death: 23 January 1900, Manhattan New York, Age 56 – New York, New York, Extracted Death Index, 1862-1948

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De Kuyper’s Orange Bitters

Posted on 12 February 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Six De Kuyper Gin Bottles, 19th and early 20th centuries, May 4, 2013 Maryland Auction – Crocker Farm

De Kuyper’s Orange Bitters

PART OF THE ORANGE BITTERS SERIES

12 February 2014

De Kuyper originated in 1695 in Holland when Petrus De Kuyper started manufacturing barrels and casks used in the transportation of spirits and beer. By 1752, the family owned a distillery in Schiedam which was then the leading center for the production of Dutch gin or genever.

Now we will jump forward to the early 1920’s in the United States when De Kuyper started their liqueur production. Over the course of the 1920’s and 1930’s, De Kuyper produced nearly twenty varieties of liqueur, including apricot brandy, cherry brandy, triple sec and crème de menthe.

From 1920-1934, the United States Prohibition was the legal act of prohibiting the manufacture, transportation and sale of alcohol and alcoholic beverages. This ban led some enterprising folks to start distilling their own alcohol at home. There was also a massive rise in organized crime relating to the production of illegal booze. At the height of his power, the gangster Al Capone employed more than 1,000 people!

De Kuyper then wisely entered into an agreement with National Distillers Products Corporation in New York regarding the sale of De Kuyper products and the joint establishment of a production unit in New Jersey. Permission to import and sell these orange bitters had also been obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Prohibition, Washington, D.C., per a letter of 30 July, 1927.

De Kuypers Orange Bitters die cut trade card – Joe Gourd Collection

De Kuyper USA was born along with the De Kuyper’s Orange Bitters (see trade card above) made from rinds, such as lemon peels, sweet or bitter orange peels and Curaçao orange peels. To ensure that the De Kuyper brand retained a foothold in the United States, De Kuyper supplied alcohol-free gin and these orange bitters in a labeled green bottle. You can also recognize their anchor within a heart logo which is pretty darn cool.

What a strong brand with a lot of history and good fortune that carries them to our store shelves today.

The Carlyn Ring and W.C. Ham listing in Bitters Bottles is as follows:

D 40 L … DeKuyper’s Orange Bitters
Manufactured by John DeKuyper & Son Rotterdam, Holland
Sole Agents for the U.S.A. B. B. Dorf. and Co., Inc., 247 Park Ave., New York
Green, Tooled lip
Neck label: Permission to import and sell these orange bitters has been obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Prohibition, Washington, D.C., as per their letter of 30 July, 1927
Newspaper advertisement

DeKuyper Royal Distillers is a privately held Dutch company in the business of manufacturing and marketing distilled spirits and liqueurs.

The company was begun in 1695 by Petrus De Kuyper as a manufacturer of barrels and casks used in the transportation of spirits and beer. By 1752, the family owned a distillery in Schiedam which was then the leading center for the production of Dutch gin or genever. In the 19th century, the company expanded its export business throughout Europe, Great Britain and Canada. In 1911, a new distillery was built in Schiedam and thereafter the production of liqueur began. The roster of flavors slowly expanded, and partnerships were formed with distillers in Canada (1932) and the United States (1934, strategically at the end of Prohibition). By the 1960s the production of liqueurs had overtaken the production of genever as drinks tastes changed and the promotion of liqueurs for use in cocktails induced a surge in sales.

In 1966, De Kuyper sold the right to manufacture and market their brands in the United States to Jim Beam Brands under a perpetual agreement. American consumers know the brand as John DeKuyper & Son, which makes generally inexpensive liqueurs such as Triple Sec and various flavors of Schnapps such as Pucker, generally for consumption in sweet cocktails or shots.

In 1995, on the occasion of its 300th anniversary, the company received the title “Royal” from Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands. This led to the company changing its name from Johannes de Kuyper & Zoon to De Kuyper Royal Distillers. In the same year, Erven Warnink – the leading producer of advocaat and cream liqueurs – was taken over by De Kuyper Royal Distillers. [Wikipedia]

California Aromatic Orange Bitters – San Francisco

Fine Aromatic Orange Stomach Bitters – Berry, Demoville & Co. – Nashville

De Kuyper’s Orange Bitters

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Mack’s Orange Tonic Bitters – a sweet bitters from Orlando

Posted on 11 February 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Mack’s Orange Tonic Bitters • A sweet bitters from Orlando

11 February 2014 (R•021314 with 1875 & 1887 advertisements) (R•021414 with Isaac Irvine Hite)

Where else can you find a gorgeous form for a bitters bottles, a magnificent ‘fruit crate style’ label and a no-nonsense name like Mack’s Orange Tonic Bitters? Of course, sunny, Orange County, Orlando. This sounds like a Florida tourism commercial. About the only thing that this bottle does not have going for it is Mickey Mouse ears!

The Carlyn Ring and W. C. Ham listing in Bitters Bottles is as follows:

M 3 MACK’S ORANGE TONIC BITTERS

MACK’S ORANGE TONIC / BITTERS // c // // b // CITRUS / EXTRACT / CO ( )
8 3/4 x 2 3/4 (5)
Round, Amber, NSC, Tooled lip, Rare
Prepared only by The Citrus Extract Co. Orlando, Orange County, Florida

Label: For dyspepsia or weak digestion, biliousness, general debility, weakness, nervous prostration and all conditions of the system requiring the aid of a tonic. It is also recommended for contracting the effects of alcoholism – Dose: A small wineglassful one half hour before meals. This effective tonic is prepared purely vegetable remedies, combined with the valuable properties of the orange according to a regular prescription, and is endorsed by physicians.

A small wineglassful one half hour before meals. This effective tonic is prepared purely vegetable remedies, combined with the valuable properties of the orange according to a regular prescription, and is endorsed by physicians.

We are not going to get much further than here on this post as I can not find any information on the brand including advertising, Mr. Mack and The Citrus Extract Company. Oh, its hiding somewhere …but where?

[13 February 2014] New information coming in from Corey Stock in the form of two advertisements that are posted below. It looks like this brand dates back to at least 1874 and Issac Irvine Hite who was a druggist in Mellonville, Orange County, Florida. He is listed as O 71 in Bitters Bottles with Trade Mark No. 1765, dated April, 1874. I would presume that P. Mack took over the brand. More to come, I am sure.

It looks like Orange Bitters dates back to at least 1875 and Isaac Irvine Hite who was a druggist in Mellonville, Orange County, Florida – Florida Agriculturist, Jacksonville, Florida, September 25, 1875.

Wine for Sale at my Bowling Alley on Church St., near the Depot

P. Mack, Orange Wine Manufacturer advertisement (submitted by Corey Stock) – 1887 Orlando Florida city directory

Mosquito County was renamed Orange County in 1845 when Florida became a state.

Orange County is a county located in Florida. It is the center of the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county seat is Orlando. The land that is Orange County was part of the first land to emerge from below the Early Oligocene sea 33.9–28.4 million years ago and is known as Orange Island. Orange County’s Rock Spring location is a Pleistocene fossil bearing area and has yielded a vast variety of birds and mammals including giant sloth; mammoth; camel; and the Dire Wolf dating around 1.1 million years ago.

In 1821, there were two counties that formed Florida: Escambia to the west and St. Johns to the east. In 1824, the area to the south of St. Johns County became Mosquito County, and Enterprise was named the county seat. This massive county took up much of central Florida. Mosquito County was renamed Orange County in 1845 when Florida became a state. Several counties, such as Osceola, Seminole, Lake, and Volusia were carved out of Orange County. Orange County was renamed from Mosquito County for the fruit that constituted the county’s main product. [Wikipedia]

California Aromatic Orange Bitters – San Francisco

Fine Aromatic Orange Stomach Bitters – Berry, Demoville & Co. – Nashville

De Kuyper’s Orange Bitters

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California Aromatic Orange Bitters – San Francisco

Posted on 11 February 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

California Aromatic Orange Bitters – San Francisco

PART OF THE ORANGE BITTERS SERIES

11 February 2014 (R•052119)

Here is another, what appears to be, unlisted “Orange” bitters from San Francisco, California. The California Aromatic Orange Bitters was put out by Irishman, John Mulhern, who had a long and storied business career. As a young man in 1880, Mulhern took his life savings of $500 and purchased the complete assets of a soda pop and soda fountain business from Martin Z. Watson. This move would shape his career.

Initially in the 1880s, Mulhern was listed as selling flavoring extracts. He does this while maintaining the Watson & Company name at 122 & 124 Market until he changes the name of the business to John Mulhern in 1898 or 1899. The word “Company’ is missing from directory listings and advertising.

From 1899, until 1902 or so, Mulhern put his knowledge with flavoring extracts and oranges to use and he produced his California Orange Bitters. I can only find advertising for these three years. He said the bitters was for “Dyspepsia, Loss of Appetite and Stomach Troubles”. At that time, there were other ‘imported’ orange bitters being sold in San Francisco by William Wolff & Co. and others, so Mulhern most likely added “California” to the name to distinguish his product.

The California Aromatic Orange Bitters was probably a labeled bitters and to my knowledge, no examples exist in collections. This bitters may have remained forgotten, and unlisted in Ring & Ham, had it not been for the submission of the advertising envelope below by bitters trade card authority Joe Gourd.

Envelope
C 11.5 CALIFORNIA AROMATIC ORANGE BITTERS, For Dyspepsia, Loss of Appetite and all Stomach Troubles. John Mulhern, Proprietor, 122 & 124 Market St., San Francisco, Cal., Envelope has a Washington 1890 issue, 2-cent, magenta stamp with a ‘football 13’ hand cancel in cork. John Mulhern advertised his bitters from 1899 to 1902.

Special Note: The envelope above has a Washington 1890 issue, 2-cent, magenta stamp with a ‘football 13’ hand cancel in cork (see detail below). It looks likes the circular cancel reads, “SAN FRANCISCO, SEP 23, 2 PM 92.”. If this 1892 date is correct, this puts the bitters product much earlier from 1890 to 1902. What is odd, is that John Mulhern was using the Watson & Co. name during this period. Watson is not used on the envelope.

Mulhern also advertised that he was an agent for Dr. Abernathy’s Green Ginger Brandy. In those days, one of the popular hardy beverages enjoyed by all two-fisted drinkers was “Dr. Abernathy’s” and John Mulhern continued its manufacture right up until the days of prohibition. During prohibition it appeared as a medicinal beverage.

Mulhern next expands from flavoring extracts and bitters into the soda supply and machinery business in 1902 and runs this until 1925 becoming a noted and pioneer dealer and representative in this business field. You see him quoted at many product shows and within trade magazines in historical documents. Mulhern was also one of the first to introduce to California, Coca-Cola fountain syrup from Atlanta, along with Claridge flavors from Boston and a complete line of soda fountains.

What is really cool is that Mulhern had Patent No: 149,711 for the design and the words “Orange-Kist Soda” which was a non-alcolohic, malt less beverage sold as a soft drink. It looks like the flavor orange was a theme in Johns life.

Representative John Mulhern Timeline:

John Mulhern

1880: A young John Mulhern took his life savings of $500 and purchased the “complete assets” of a soda pop and soda fountain business from Martin Z. Watson.

1890: John Mulhern, manufacturer and dealer flavoring extracts, 124 Market – San Francisco City Directory

1893: John Mulhern, mnfr flavoring extracts, 122-124 Market – San Francisco City Directory

1896: John Mulhern, manufacturing agent, mfr flavoring extracts, 124 Market – San Francisco City Directory

1897: Manufacturing Agent, John Mulhern, 124 Market – San Francisco City Directory

1898: John Mulhern, manufacturer of flavoring extracts and manager Watson & Co., 124 Market, San Francisco City Directory

1899: John Mulhern, bitters, 124 Market, San Francisco City Directory

1900: John Mulhern (successor to Watson & Co.), soda water supplies and machinery and aft. Dr. Abernathy’s Green Ginger Brandy and California Orange Bitters, 124 Market – San Francisco City Directory

1900-1901: Bitters: California Orange Bitters (John Mulhern), 124 Market Street, 1901 Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory

John Mulhern and California Orange Bitters listing – 1902 San Francisco City Directory

1902: John Mulhern (see above), soda water supplies and machinery and aft. Dr. Abernathy’s Green Ginger Brandy and California Orange Bitters, 124 Market – 1902 San Francisco City Directory

1902: Wm. Wolff & Co. , 216 Mission, agents Orange Bitters, San Francisco Blue Book * This is an import product most likely and not the same brand.

1905: John Mulhern, flavoring extracts, 124 Market – San Francisco City Directory | Also Soda Water Machinery and Supplies Advertisement (see below)

Soda Water and Machinery advertisement, John Mulhern – American Bottler, 1905

1907: Soda Water Manufacturing Supplies: John Mulhern, 2827, 25th, 1907 San Francisco Directory

John Mulhern Soda Water Machinery and Supplies – The San Francisco Call, February 21, 1911

1911: John Mulhern Soda Water Machinery and Supplies advertisement (see above) – The San Francisco Call, February 21, 1911

1915: Soda Water Apparatus: John Mulhern, 180 2nd, San Francisco City Directory

1922: Patent No: 149,711 – John Mulhern Co. San Francisco, Calif. Design and the words “Orange-Kist Soda” Non-alcolohic, malt less beverage sold as a soft drink. – The Soda Fountain, 1922

1925: John Mulhern Company SODA WATER BOTTLING MACHINERY – FLAVORING EXTRACTS AND SUPPLIES * 182 SECOND STREET SAN FRANCISCO – University of California Berkeley – Blue and Gold Yearbook (Berkeley, CA) – Class of 1925

Mack’s Orange Tonic Bitters – a sweet bitters from Orlando

Fine Aromatic Orange Stomach Bitters – Berry, Demoville & Co. – Nashville