Tag Archives: Baltimore

Doc’ Houcks Medicine Show

Posted on 30 April 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Doc’ Houcks Medicine Show 30 April 2014 (R•050114) Darrin Irwin (Erie, Pennsylvania) has been sending me these cryptic images from a book talking about Houck’s Patent Panacea. I thought I would take a moment and look at Houck. I immediately found this … Continue reading →

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Those Doll Heads that you Diggers & Pickers Keep Finding

Posted on 6 March 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Those Doll Heads that you Diggers & Pickers Keep Finding 06 March 2014 Walking around the Baltimore Antique Bottle Show this past weekend and looking at the kazillion antique bottles and old go-withs that we typically see at a show … Continue reading →

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Burwell’s Virginia Bitters – Richmond

Posted on 6 March 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Burwell’s Virginia Bitters – Richmond 06 March 2014 (R•030714) I have been tracking the elusive and unlisted Burwell’s Virginia Bitters from Richmond for a year or two and was finally able to see an example in person this past weekend at … Continue reading →

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An unlisted Indian Queen Bitters?

Posted on 13 February 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

An unlisted Indian Queen Bitters? by James Viguerie 13 February 2014 (R•040819) OK, maybe it is listed. This ebay listing might be Ring & Ham I 21 in Bitters Bottles, or a slight variation of it. Too bad it is not … Continue reading →

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J. M. Laroque’s Liquid Anti Bilious Bitters – Baltimore

Posted on 29 January 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

J. M. Laroque’s Liquid Anti Bilious Bitters – Baltimore 29 January 2014 (R•092818) John M. Laroque, a Frenchmen, was the proprietor of Laroque’s Drug Store at 20 Baltimore Street from 1817 until his death in 1864 making the drug store one of … Continue reading →

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Is there elegance and mystique in a milk glass soda bottle from Massachusetts?

Posted on 21 January 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Is there elegance and mystique in a milk glass soda bottle from Massachusetts? by Ken Previtali 21 January 2014 The post(s) on Gary Katzen’s remarkable white milk glass collection (Read: Why White? or How the %$#@! did you choose that Category?) were … Continue reading →

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A. Vogeler & Company, Baltimore, Md. – March 1881 Scientific American Illustrations

Posted on 13 January 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

A. Vogeler & Company, Baltimore, Md. March 1881 Scientific American Illustrations AMERICAN INDUSTRIES – No. 68 PROPRIETARY SPECIALTIES 13 January 2014 Yesterday, while working on the post for the wholesale druggist, A. C. Meyer & Company in Baltimore, Maryland, I … Continue reading →

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So who is A. C. Meyer?

Posted on 12 January 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

So who is A. C. Meyer? 12 January 2014 (R•012514 – Salvation Oil Trade Card added) I have wondered before, with the last name Meyer, and being from Baltimore, if I was related in any way to A. C. Meyer … Continue reading →

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Brophy’s Bitters – A Mailman and his Bitters

Posted on 8 January 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Brophy’s Bitters – A Mailman and his Bitters Nokomis, Montgomery County, Illinois 08 January 2014 This post was inspired by an image provided by Jim May depicting Brophy’s Depot, which was a post office and establishment for selling Brophy’s Bitters. The … Continue reading →

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Why White? or How the %$#@! did you choose that Category?

Posted on 13 December 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Why White? or How the %$#@! did you choose that Category? Part 2 – Medicine Types: The Katzen Milk Glass Collection Read Part 1: Gary Katzen Milk Glass Collection by Gary Katzen Bottle Photography by Jesse Sailer 13 December 2013 (R•122813) … Continue reading →

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