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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

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Lost California Bear found in North Carolina

Lost California Bear found in North Carolina 19 June 2016 Marty Vollmer, the South Carolina show chairman, called me and said a friend found an ad on Craigslist for a bottle with a bear on it. I asked if it … Continue reading

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Fleckenstein & Mayer, Damiana Bitters & Persian Sherbet

Fleckenstein & Mayer, Damiana Bitters & Persian Sherbet 09 January 2015 Ben Cameron sent me the two pictures at the top of the post showing some type of a decorative pitcher with FLECKENSTEIN MAYER CO. and PORTLAND, ORE. writing. We … Continue reading

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Incredible and Rare Western Flask – “Fleckenstein & Mayer, (monogram), Portland, O.”

Incredible and Rare Western Flask “Fleckenstein & Mayer, (monogram), Portland, O.” 30 March 2013 (R•010915) Stopping my eyes suddenly on eBay was a listing reading “Incredible and Rare Western Flask”. Well that’s a teaser enough. Then I see pictures (all … Continue reading

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Those West Coast Megaphone Bottles

W E S T   C O A S T   M E G A P H O N E S THE SPEAKING TRUMPET [Wikipedia] A megaphone or speaking-trumpet is a portable, usually hand-held, cone-shaped acoustic horn used to amplify … Continue reading

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Western Bitters Survey 2012

Western Bitters Survey 2012 THE TOP 20 WESTERN BITTERS 08 May 2012 The western Bitters collectors, which is a strong, passionate group, have reactivated their desire to determine the TOP 20 WESTERN BITTERS. This task was done some years ago … Continue reading

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Blue Mountain Bitters – Eastern or Western?

Blue Mountain Bitters – Eastern or Western? 29 March 2014 (Updated-030314 Gourd Trade Card) Here is a tough to find, rectangular Bitters bottle that I can find no support information. No advertising, no labeled examples and certainly no clues other … Continue reading

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A Drinking Trio Tintype

A Drinking Trio Tintype 27 October 2011 In from the California Kid at Western Bitters News: The other day I noticed that great tintype of the Turners Bro’s. on Ferdinands web site, what a great image. So I decided to … Continue reading

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A.P. Hotaling & Co. J.H. Cutter Crown Whisky Pint

Garth & Linda Ziegenhagen report an extremely important new find in a A.P. HOTALING & Co. J.H. CUTTER (embossed crown) WHISKY, PORTLAND. OGN. Garth states that “an 80 year old man had the bottle and was going to put it … Continue reading

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Amethyst Indian Queen Found in Seattle

Back in April 2010, an interesting find occurred in Seattle, Washington. A fellow named Niel Smith found an extremely rare coloration of a Brown’s Indian Queen. According to Niel in a email that was circulated, ‘This bottle was found at … Continue reading

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