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Local Druggists - 9/17/2007 12:13:45 AM    Jim Posts: 3630 Joined: 7/5/2005 From: Lewistown, PA Status: offline Here are some of my local embossed druggist bottles. These were all dug by me. First is a Musser's Pharmacy. This bottle is unique as far as I know, and no information has been found about the pharmacy. Dug from an 1870s pit. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Preserving our buried history, one pit at a time. http://www.freewebs.com/lewistownbottles/index.htm Post #: 1

RE: Local Druggists - 9/17/2007 12:15:52 AM    Jim Posts: 3630 Joined: 7/5/2005 From: Lewistown, PA Status: offline From the same pit as the Musser's came this one, Mayes At Lewistown. A friend of mine has one embossed T.R. Mayes Lewistown, PA in a small circle. This bottle likely also came from T.R. Mayes, but we can't be certain. Attachment (1) < Message edited by Jim -- 9/17/2007 12:18:38 AM > _____________________________ Preserving our buried history, one pit at a time. http://www.freewebs.com/lewistownbottles/index.htm (in reply to Jim) Post #: 2

RE: Local Druggists - 9/17/2007 12:19:03 AM    Jim Posts: 3630 Joined: 7/5/2005 From: Lewistown, PA Status: offline J.A. Muthersbough Druggist Lewistown, PA. I like the fancy oval on this one. This one came from the 1890s layer of a pit. I found a listing for a druggist named Jacob Muthersbough in 1902. Further research revealed that he graduated from pharmacal college in Philadelphia in 1874. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Preserving our buried history, one pit at a time. http://www.freewebs.com/lewistownbottles/index.htm (in reply to Jim) Post #: 3

RE: Local Druggists - 9/17/2007 12:21:49 AM    Jim Posts: 3630 Joined: 7/5/2005 From: Lewistown, PA Status: offline Dr. A.J. Atkinson Druggist Lewistown, PA. Dr. Atkinson was a well-known doctor for many years. These bottles date in the 1870s-1880s, and were made by Whitall-Tatum Co. They are one of the more plentiful Lewistown druggists, I actually know of maybe a half dozen to exist . Attachment (1) _____________________________ Preserving our buried history, one pit at a time. http://www.freewebs.com/lewistownbottles/index.htm (in reply to Jim) Post #: 4

RE: Local Druggists - 9/17/2007 12:24:16 AM    Jim Posts: 3630 Joined: 7/5/2005 From: Lewistown, PA Status: offline Dr. R. Martin & Son. Dr. Robert Martin (1826-1878), and his son, Andrew (1849-1894) were pharmacists in Lewistown for many years. This was likely their earliest bottle, dating in the early to middle 1870s. Two examples are known. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Preserving our buried history, one pit at a time. http://www.freewebs.com/lewistownbottles/index.htm (in reply to Jim) Post #: 5

RE: Local Druggists - 9/17/2007 12:26:50 AM    Jim Posts: 3630 Joined: 7/5/2005 From: Lewistown, PA Status: offline Martin's Pharmacy Lewistown, PA. These were Andrew Martin's later bottles, dating in the early 1890s. There are a few around, but not many and most are damaged. This 6 3/4" example is nearly perfect. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Preserving our buried history, one pit at a time. http://www.freewebs.com/lewistownbottles/index.htm (in reply to Jim) Post #: 6

RE: Local Druggists - 9/17/2007 12:29:31 AM    Jim Posts: 3630 Joined: 7/5/2005 From: Lewistown, PA Status: offline Here is my favorite Lewistown druggist bottle. This is the only known example of the only type of Lewistown embossed citrate bottle. Martin's Citrate Of Magnesia Lewistown, PA. It has some damage (bruise & crack), but I might never get another one. I pulled this from the same pit as the big Martin's Pharmacy druggist, so it was likely a product of Andrew Martin as well. Attachment (1) < Message edited by Jim -- 9/17/2007 12:33:22 AM > _____________________________ Preserving our buried history, one pit at a time. http://www.freewebs.com/lewistownbottles/index.htm (in reply to Jim) Post #: 7

RE: Local Druggists - 9/17/2007 12:37:08 AM    Jim Posts: 3630 Joined: 7/5/2005 From: Lewistown, PA Status: offline Sorry for the poor picture quality on some of these, but I hope you enjoy them. They are one of my favorite things to dig. After hundreds of junk slickers, it's a treat to find one of these. It just doesn't happen very often. Diggers, while you're throwing out those dozens of 1890s slickers, make sure to check them close. I found one of the Dr. R. Martin & Son bottles when we were FILLING the pit. It was in the fill pile with some similarly sized slickers . Yes, I apologized to it . I'm just glad I have the habit of double-checking everything. ~Jim _____________________________ Preserving our buried history, one pit at a time. http://www.freewebs.com/lewistownbottles/index.htm (in reply to Jim) Post #: 8

RE: Local Druggists - 9/17/2007 12:58:18 AM    capsoda Posts: 9832 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline I love those pharmacy citrates. _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ http://www.bornagainamerican.org (in reply to Jim) Post #: 9

RE: Local Druggists - 9/17/2007 5:41:01 AM    RICKJJ59W Posts: 11903 Joined: 3/8/2007 From: Lehigh Valley US of A Status: offline Nice Druggist Jim!  Nice pix to. Like I said before I give you guys your props!  Your some diggin fools!   As I was telling you we have three lined up, two 1850s and a 90s one is probed and the other we have to probe, we are slow when it comes to hooking up and starting to dig, but its all worth it in the end. Good luck on your next stonies.Rick _____________________________ My web site. Lots of privy and dump dig pictures. Also dig story's I had published in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector magazine and Western & Eastern Treasure's www.19thcenturybottlediggers.com (in reply to Jim) Post #: 10

RE: Local Druggists - 9/17/2007 6:45:19 AM    passthebottle   Posts: 486 Joined: 1/23/2007 Status: offline Yeah, gotta love those local meds, that citrite is especially nice. You guys are tossing your slickers, I'm still graggig them home\\\\and a some point I'm going to have to stop because I got more now than I know what to do with, just after looking for a long time it's nice to find any blown bottle and find it hard to toss. Is there any blown embossed bottles that you find just so common that they also go into the junk pile or are all the blown embossed ones keepers. (in reply to RICKJJ59W) Post #: 11

RE: Local Druggists - 9/17/2007 3:16:03 PM    Jim Posts: 3630 Joined: 7/5/2005 From: Lewistown, PA Status: offline Thanks for checking them out, guys. I know of three other embossed Lewistown druggists that I do not have (yet). We throw out or give away almost all of our slicker medicines, whiskeys, beers, etc. Even Warranted Flasks, coffin flasks and ale bottles. There are just too many of them, and we simply don't want them. I always try to give them to someone rather than throwing them back in the pit. The nicer-looking ones usually get snatched up, but the plain slickers can be hard to even give away. We also give away lots of common embossed meds. Some of them are pretty decent embossed meds and cures, just ones that we already have. I would rather give them to someone who likes them than take them home just to box them up and never look at them again, or worse yet, sell them to a cheap-a** "antique dealer" for a 50 cents or a buck for them to make a killing on. ~Jim < Message edited by Jim -- 9/17/2007 3:25:04 PM > _____________________________ Preserving our buried history, one pit at a time. http://www.freewebs.com/lewistownbottles/index.htm (in reply to passthebottle) Post #: 12

RE: Local Druggists - 9/18/2007 12:23:33 PM    cobaltbot Posts: 3878 Joined: 4/7/2006 From: Delta, PA Status: offline Wow Jim, you are fortunate to have gotten so many nice locals.  Here's two of mine I consider local since I grew up (except the maturity part) in Bel Air Md. One I dug whilst growing up and one I bought at a bottle show. As you already know from collecting poisons, once you get one, putting together a set of graduating sizes is part of the fun.  I'm trying to do that with this particular pharmacy.  The one's I have are 5" and 4 1/2" Attachment (1) _____________________________ My tombstone will read: He went out for a walk and never came back.... (in reply to Jim) Post #: 13

RE: Local Druggists - 9/18/2007 12:48:40 PM    cobaltbot Posts: 3878 Joined: 4/7/2006 From: Delta, PA Status: offline Here’s a pic of the same bottles owned by an aging collector that I could buy, but he wants $40 each for them.  Luckily he doesn’t have my two sizes and adding four of his five bottles I could end up with a run of 6”, 5 ½”, 5”, 4 ½”, 4”, and 3 ½”.  I’m pretty sure there are others in this style because I heard rumors of a twelve inch one!  The 3 ½ “ is slightly different as it doesn’t have room for prescriptionists on it.  If I buy I think I should start with that one.  Collecting the different styles from the same drug store is also fun.  Enjoyed your pics, may you dig many more. Cobalt Attachment (1) _____________________________ My tombstone will read: He went out for a walk and never came back.... (in reply to cobaltbot) Post #: 14

RE: Local Druggists - 9/18/2007 3:24:11 PM    Jim Posts: 3630 Joined: 7/5/2005 From: Lewistown, PA Status: offline Hi Steve, Those are some nice druggists. I love the cursive script. The Martin's is the only Lewistown one that I know of with cursive script. Just my opinion, but $40 is a pretty good deal for a scarce local druggist. I know of a Martin's that brought $300. Outside of this area, it would never do that, but most of my local druggists are very rare and hard to find or buy for any price. I have two different sizes of the Dr. Atkinson. The smaller one doesn't have the monogram (no room for it). I would love to find a few more sizes. A big 12" local druggist would be super sweet. Large sizes are rare, they didn't make nearly as many of them. ~Jim _____________________________ Preserving our buried history, one pit at a time. http://www.freewebs.com/lewistownbottles/index.htm (in reply to cobaltbot) Post #: 15

RE: Local Druggists - 9/18/2007 5:48:03 PM    Lordbud   Posts: 2297 Joined: 6/16/2005 From: San Jose Status: offline Here is a rare example from my neck of the woods. S. H. Clark Druggist Mountain View, Cal. Attachment (1) < Message edited by Lordbud -- 9/18/2007 5:51:00 PM > (in reply to Jim) Post #: 16

RE: Local Druggists - 9/18/2007 5:50:37 PM    Lordbud   Posts: 2297 Joined: 6/16/2005 From: San Jose Status: offline Another pair from a town that is no longer in existence. Bernard Mayer Druggist Mayfield, Cal The smaller of the two had no room for "Druggist" in the mold. Attachment (1) (in reply to Lordbud) Post #: 17

RE: Local Druggists - 9/18/2007 6:59:20 PM    Jim Posts: 3630 Joined: 7/5/2005 From: Lewistown, PA Status: offline Nice bottles, Jason. I really like those old left-slanted block letters. ~Jim _____________________________ Preserving our buried history, one pit at a time. http://www.freewebs.com/lewistownbottles/index.htm (in reply to Lordbud) Post #: 18

RE: Local Druggists - 9/18/2007 8:02:56 PM    druggistnut Posts: 1150 Joined: 1/7/2006 From: Otisville, Michigan Status: offline Hey Jim, (or anyone else that might be interested), All those slick druggists, Dr Fletchers and any other corkers (ABM or BIM) that come clear or aqua are worth 25 cents each, postage paid. I have someone who buys all the corkers I can send them, plus, they pay my postage. Best of all, you don't have to clean them. They just have to be damage-free. It's a good way to make extra mad money, or for your kids to put in a college account (it adds up FAST). I normally only carry them out if I am close to the vehicle or I have a cart with me. I keep them all, out of privies. You can stack them up on a dump dig and take a few each time, if you're short on real keepers. Let me know if you want the contact info. Bill _____________________________ Michigan drugstore bottles/dose glasses, jugs, etc... Any paper from Mich drugstores, pre 1900. Michigan hutches. Anything unusual from Michigan, i.e., paper from bottlers, etc... Buy or trade President-Flint, Michigan FOHBC Club (in reply to Jim) Post #: 19

RE: Local Druggists - 9/18/2007 8:33:48 PM    madman Posts: 10369 Joined: 2/5/2005 Status: offline hey jim , steve, lordbud, great stuff here i love local pharms Attachment (1) (in reply to druggistnut) Post #: 20

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