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Tag Archives: Pennsylvania
Jacob & David Hostetter – Dr. J. Hostetter’s Celebrated Stomach Bitters
Jacob & David Hostetter Dr. J. Hostetter’s Celebrated Stomach Bitters 30 October 2018 (R•033119) (R•130919) David Hostetter was a millionaire manufacturer of one of the most, if not the most famous and successful bitters ever produced, the Dr. J. Hostetter’s … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Civil War, Collectors & Collections, Ephemera, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Tonics
Tagged almanac, bitters, Celebrated, Civil War, Compound, D. Herbert Hostetter, David Hostetter, Dr. Jacob Hostetter, Dragon, ephemera, famous, Frederick G. Hostetter, George W. Smith, Gold Rush, grocer, Hostetter & Smith, Hostetter and Company, Joe Gourd, Jr., lancaster, manufacture, Mary Landis, Medicine, Pennsylvania, Pittsburg, Pittsburgh, Railroad, Redington, Richard T. Siri, Rosetta Cobb Rickey, San Francisco, St. George, Stomach, successful, The Hostetter Company, Theodore R. Hostetter, Tonic, Water Street, york
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A. Lambert Bitters – Philadelphia
A. Lambert Bitters – Philadelphia 14 October 2018 (R•110318) Nick Downs posted some great pictures of an “A. Lambert’s Bitters Philada” cylinder from Philadelphia over on the Antique Bitters Bottles Facebook page. His pictures are below. I cropped away the … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, Facebook, History, Liquor Merchant
Tagged Ann, Augustus, cylinder, Dyottville, eBay, Hotel, importer, Lambert, liquor, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, pontil, Race Street, restaurant, Saloon
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Looking at Spanish Bitters
Looking at Spanish Bitters 12 October 2018 R•041219) The Library of Congress holds this great advertising patent proof lithograph label for Gainer’s Celebrated Spanish Bitters (above) being transported by a passenger train, steamboat and horses and wagon emblazoned with the … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Questions
Tagged advertising, bitters, Camden, Celebrated, Dr. Zavia, Druggist & Drugstore, Gainer, Gainer's, Garlichs, Herman, label, Max Lichtenthal, Maximillian, Medicine, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, newspapers, P.C. Armstrong, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Santa Fe, Spanish, St. Joseph
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Loranger Globe Bitters – What is your Story?
A. Loranger Globe Bitters – What is your Story? 25 September 2018 (R•092618) (R•092718) (R•100518) I received an email and pictures this morning from John Throop. “Hi Ferd – was happy to find this Loranger Globe Bitters jug on eBay … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, Druggist & Drugstore, eBay, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Perfume, Questions, Scents, Stoneware
Tagged Amos, Arthur, baking powder, Bay City, chemist, Detroit, Druggist & Drugstore, fire, flavoring extracts, Flemington, Fred C. Loranger, Fulper, glaze, Grayling, grocer, insolvent, Jack Sullivan, John Throop, jug, Laboratory, Larry Throop, Loranger, Michigan, New Brighton, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, perfumes, question, Sherwood Brothers, Steve Ketcham, stoneware, zinc
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Dr. Michael Cox’s Bitters – Pittsburgh
Dr. Michael Cox’s Bitters – Pittsburgh H. Obernauer & Company 23 September 2018 I’d forgotten about my Dr. Michael Cox’s Bitters with the three embossed cocks until somebody posted a picture of an example on PRG Facebook the other day. … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, History, liquor, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Spirits
Tagged bitters, cox, Germany, Herman, Hermann, liquor, michael, Obernauer, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Stomach, Whiskey, wholesale, Wine
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Looking at Dr. Gottlieb Fisch’s Bitters and The Fish Bitters
Looking at Dr. Gottlieb Fisch’s Bitters and The Fish Bitters Ware & Schmitz, Philadelphia 31 August 2018 I can not believe that I have not definitively written about the original figural fish bitters bottles before so I thought I would … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, Cod Liver Oil, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Ephemera, Figural Bottles, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Tonics, Trade Cards
Tagged Berlin, bitters, Bottle, Color, Doctor, Figural, Fisch, fish, Germany, Gottlieb, Joe Gourd, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Prussia, Schmitz, Tonic, Ware
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Roger’s Specific Bitters – Moundsville, West Virginia
Roger’s Specific Bitters – Moundsville, West Virginia 20 February 2018 It’s alway nice to hear from bitters trade card, advertising and ephemera collector Joe Gourd up Chi-town way. Quite often he includes some rare paper items that I have not … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Ephemera, History, Medicines & Cures, Shot Glasses, Trade Cards
Tagged Ben Swanson, bitters, Joe Gourd, Moundsville, Pennsylvania, physician, Roger's, Rogersville, Specific
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Dr. Maton’s Celebrated Stomach Bitters
Dr. Maton’s Celebrated Stomach Bitters Reinfried & Lesher – Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17 July 2017 I decided to pull the trigger on the damaged Dr. Maton’s Celebrated Stomach Bitters on eBay as it is just so darn rare and I have … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Cordial, History, Medicines & Cures, Tonics
Tagged bitters, Celebrated, Cordial, Dr. Maton, lancaster, Lesher, Pennsylvania, Reinfried, Stomach, Tonic
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Mayer’s Genuine Stomach Bitters
Mayer’s Genuine Stomach Bitters 23 January 2016 (R•043019) Here is an unlisted and labeled Mayer’s Genuine Stomach Bitters that Frank Wicker recently added to his collection. Thank you Frank for sending in the pictures. A late bitters with a pretty cool … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, History, Medicines & Cures
Tagged bitters, Distiller, distilling, Frank Wicker, Joseph Mayer, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Stomach, unisted
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