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recent digs, trades and purchases - 9/2/2008 3:35:27 PM    texasdigger Posts: 262 Joined: 1/6/2006 From: Roanoke Texas Status: offline Here comes some pics of a few of the bottles I have picked up in the last month or so.  Sorry for them being dark, but I think you will get the picture.  Thanks a lot for looking, and have a great week. Brad Post #: 1

RE: recent digs, trades and purchases - 9/2/2008 3:39:40 PM    texasdigger Posts: 262 Joined: 1/6/2006 From: Roanoke Texas Status: offline left to right: Sommers Drug Stores San Antonio, TEX. Kingston Has It Denison Texas Merricks Pharmacy Waco Texas 14 paneled bottle Cyrus & Cyrus Druggists Cleburne, Texas Attachment (1) (in reply to texasdigger) Post #: 2

RE: recent digs, trades and purchases - 9/2/2008 3:44:34 PM    texasdigger Posts: 262 Joined: 1/6/2006 From: Roanoke Texas Status: offline left to right: huge "Osceola Butler & Co Druggists  Bull & Congress STS Savannah GA." J.D. Codington & Son Dispensing Chemists Comfort, Texas Oak Cliff Pharmacy Gordon & Donald Oak Cliff, TEX. Pagematic for the Rheumatic Manufactured by the Pagematic Co. of Texas Dallas, Texas Attachment (1) (in reply to texasdigger) Post #: 3

RE: recent digs, trades and purchases - 9/2/2008 3:45:33 PM    texasdigger Posts: 262 Joined: 1/6/2006 From: Roanoke Texas Status: offline Close up of the Savannah druggist Attachment (1) (in reply to texasdigger) Post #: 4

RE: recent digs, trades and purchases - 9/2/2008 3:46:22 PM    texasdigger Posts: 262 Joined: 1/6/2006 From: Roanoke Texas Status: offline Close up of the Pagematic for the Rheumatic Attachment (1) (in reply to texasdigger) Post #: 5

RE: recent digs, trades and purchases - 9/2/2008 3:50:14 PM    texasdigger Posts: 262 Joined: 1/6/2006 From: Roanoke Texas Status: offline left to right Two Glasscock Drug co. Sherman Texas Price & Morris Druggists Sherman, TEX. Lankford & Batsell Dispensing Pharmacists Sherman, Texas Simmons & Hills Druggists Sherman Texas And a set of five Jacksons Pharmacy Sherman, Tex Attachment (1) (in reply to texasdigger) Post #: 6

RE: recent digs, trades and purchases - 9/2/2008 3:51:25 PM    texasdigger Posts: 262 Joined: 1/6/2006 From: Roanoke Texas Status: offline Closeup of the Simmons and Lankford Attachment (1) (in reply to texasdigger) Post #: 7

RE: recent digs, trades and purchases - 9/2/2008 3:55:26 PM    texasdigger Posts: 262 Joined: 1/6/2006 From: Roanoke Texas Status: offline left to right Concho Drug Store Phone Number 9 San Angelo, TEX. Phone 794 Lone Star Drug Store The Rexall Store Prescription Specialist San Angelo, TEX Get It At Ewer Drug Co. 528 So Ervay St. Dallas H. V. Schuman The prescription Druggists New Braunfels, Texas Attachment (1) (in reply to texasdigger) Post #: 8

RE: recent digs, trades and purchases - 9/2/2008 3:57:11 PM    texasdigger Posts: 262 Joined: 1/6/2006 From: Roanoke Texas Status: offline Mini jug:  Wallace & Gregory Elko County Pure Apple Juice Vinegar Paducah,- Ky Flask: N.M. Uri & Co. Louisville Ky. Attachment (1) (in reply to texasdigger) Post #: 9

RE: recent digs, trades and purchases - 9/2/2008 3:58:22 PM    texasdigger Posts: 262 Joined: 1/6/2006 From: Roanoke Texas Status: offline Again sorry for the dark pics.  If anyone wants a better pic of any of the bottles just ask, and I will take some more.  Thanks for looking! Brad (in reply to texasdigger) Post #: 10

RE: recent digs, trades and purchases - 9/2/2008 9:39:32 PM    craigc90 Posts: 666 Joined: 8/17/2004 From: Bloomingdale Ohio Status: offline That is a great bunch of bottles and also a great mini jug I am very motivated by the history of the local bottles those are great. (in reply to texasdigger) Post #: 11

RE: recent digs, trades and purchases - 9/2/2008 10:02:59 PM    texasdigger Posts: 262 Joined: 1/6/2006 From: Roanoke Texas Status: offline The local history is what brought me to collecting drugstores, and local medicines.  There are not a ton of super old bottles from Texas so I decided that drugstores were what I wanted to collect.  My main focus is Dallas Fort Worth area bottles, but I collect any Texas stuff suits my fancy.  It is hard to come by Texas medicines other than digging them.  Then it is tuff to find quality places to dig, and then after you find them hope they have not been plundered for the goods.  Most of the really awesome spots have been dug up or built over here.  Every year I hear about some awesome dump that was uncovered, and then hastily dug up by consturuction crews and hauled off to the land fill.  When the American Airlines Center was built in Dallas what could have been one of the greatest dumps in Texas was uncovered then promptly scraped, crushed and hauled off to the landfill.  At best 1/2 of 1% was actually dug up by collectors before it was hauled away.  It truly breaks my heart not from just a collectors mindset, but also for the fact that so much history was just tossed aside like yesterdays trash.  Atleast treat it like 110-150 year old trash, and let someone who knows enough to care come in and salvage part of it.  But as the old saying goes you can't stop progress.  Thanks alot for looking.  I am truly bummed about the photo quality so I am going to try to post some better pics tomorrow. Brad Attachment (1) (in reply to craigc90) Post #: 12

RE: recent digs, trades and purchases - 9/6/2008 10:32:48 AM    E   Posts: 171 Joined: 5/9/2008 Status: offline Great stuff, My pop's family is from up north of you in the Tom Bean, Texas area, when I was a kid we used to visit there frequently.  Back then (late 60's/early 70's) everything was virgin.  Unfortunately I was just little fella and did not do much damage.  I did find alot of nice crocks and jars though but not many meds/sodas. If I had just been a little older... (in reply to texasdigger) Post #: 13

RE: recent digs, trades and purchases - 9/6/2008 1:50:28 PM    zanes_antiques Posts: 2027 Joined: 9/3/2006 From: Steubenville, Ohio Status: offline I love the Lion Druggist! Let me know when you're ready to trade. _____________________________ I buy, sell, barter, and beg....Zane (in reply to E) Post #: 14

RE: recent digs, trades and purchases - 9/24/2008 1:28:40 PM    Ombras   Posts: 5 Joined: 9/7/2008 Status: offline I just started getting into this hobby and I just wanted to say that I am really impressed on the detail they used to have on old bottles.  Some really great finds. Hopefully one day I can share some finds as well.  Cheers, Dave. (in reply to texasdigger) Post #: 15

RE: recent digs, trades and purchases - 9/24/2008 8:23:24 PM    buzzkutt033   Posts: 404 Joined: 12/17/2007 From: East Penn Township Pennsylvania Status: offline Glad you found us Dave. this forum has been a very positive experience for me. i was away from the hobby for quite a while and the folks here have helped me get back up to speed on the hobby. great bunch. stick around dave. Jim Dr. Hoofland's German Bitters Attachment (1) < Message edited by buzzkutt033 -- 9/24/2008 8:24:19 PM > (in reply to Ombras) Post #: 16

RE: recent digs, trades and purchases - 9/25/2008 4:20:04 PM    glass man Posts: 1820 Joined: 1/30/2008 From: GEORGIA Status: offline YES THIS IS A GREAT PLACE! BUZZ,GREAT BOTTLE AND SCENERY! _____________________________ I know You've got mountains that you think you cannot climb Your skies are dark You think the sun won't shine Case you don't know The WORD OF GOD is true! ALL HE PROMISED HE WILL DO IT FOR YOU! JESUS IS THE ANSWER FOR THE WORLD TODAY JESUS IS THE WAY! (in reply to buzzkutt033) Post #: 17

RE: recent digs, trades and purchases - 9/25/2008 4:31:14 PM    GACDIG   Posts: 231 Joined: 9/10/2006 From: Concord NC. Status: offline Sure looks like a nice bunch of med bottles. Some great embossing. _____________________________ Glenn YOU DIG IT ! http://www.geocities.com/gac3336/bottledigger.html (in reply to glass man) Post #: 18

RE: recent digs, trades and purchases - 9/30/2008 4:03:42 PM    #1twin   Posts: 335 Joined: 5/25/2006 From: Biloxi Ms Status: offline That is a really nice collection of meds. Thanks for sharing them with us.   Marvin (in reply to texasdigger) Post #: 19

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