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Poisons or Not ?? - 2/15/2006 5:13:32 PM    WestWarehamWilly   Posts: 17 Joined: 5/18/2005 From: West Wareham, Massachusetts Status: offline Can anyone identify these bottles as poisons or medicines. Melvin & Badger Apothacary Boston 3 1/2" tall. The other is Swan & Co 2 3/4" tall. Any help is appreciated, Thanks... Willy. Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: Poisons or Not ?? - 2/15/2006 6:08:14 PM    GuntherHess Posts: 5129 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: online There was a Swan Co. that made hair products in Fall River , Mass. That may have been earlier than your bottle. _____________________________ Looking for Frederick Maryland and Dr Fahrney Bottles 2008 Medicine Bottle Price Guide on CDROM http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/BottleBook2008.htm email http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/email.jpg (in reply to WestWarehamWilly) Post #: 2

RE: Poisons or Not ?? - 2/15/2006 7:04:22 PM    WestWarehamWilly   Posts: 17 Joined: 5/18/2005 From: West Wareham, Massachusetts Status: offline Yeah I have seen the bigger aqua bottles under the name of H.E. Swan & Co, but mine does not read H.E. Don't know if they made a hair product this small & in this color. I'll keep looking... Thanks for your reply, Willy (in reply to WestWarehamWilly) Post #: 3

RE: Poisons or Not ?? - 2/15/2006 7:40:37 PM    GuntherHess Posts: 5129 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: online Not Likely it would say H E Swan in any case since those bottles were probably 40 years before yours , but still possible it was in the family. _____________________________ Looking for Frederick Maryland and Dr Fahrney Bottles 2008 Medicine Bottle Price Guide on CDROM http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/BottleBook2008.htm email http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/email.jpg (in reply to WestWarehamWilly) Post #: 4

RE: Poisons or Not ?? - 2/15/2006 8:28:59 PM    poisons4me Posts: 386 Joined: 12/18/2005 From: New York,Galway Status: offline The melvin and badger is a medicine although the company did make poisons and are pretty popular,i have a few different melvin and badger bottles,if you decide to part with it please give me a shot at it. thanks and congrats on some cool finds Attachment (1) (in reply to WestWarehamWilly) Post #: 5

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