Bottle I.D. please

[botlguy]

Hey guys and gals, need some help with a couple of new eBay additions.1. Is E.S. REED'S SONS / ATLANTIC CITY a Pharmacy / Drug Store bottle or more of a Patent Medicine type?2. Where is HYNSON / WESTCOTT / DUNNING located, is it also a Pharmacy / Drug Store bottle? and what did these folks produce if it is not. Both are small, 1/4 or 1/2 ounce, clear, square and early 1900s. Thanks in advance. Jim

 

[cowseatmaize]

Hey Jim.REED'S E S SONS (C Sumner Reed) druggists 805 Atlantic Ave
From the Era driggist 1914 and city directory, 1920.

Hynson, Westcott and Dunning, a former Baltimore pharmaceutical manufacturer From Obituary and the era druggist. I think they made cosmetics as well.

 

[botlguy]

Thank you Eric, it is such a blessing to have the help that you and a few others provide to us less technical types. The Reed's will fit well into my 1/2 ounce Pharmacy / Drug Store collection and may be the first 1/4 ounce. The other fits into the "Littles" collection. Thanks again. Jim

 

[cowseatmaize]

From the obit."The business was perhaps best known for Mercurochrome, the mild red antiseptic that it developed in 1918 and later marketed. For generations of children, the product, which didn't sting like Merthiolate, was almost a rite of passage in treating minor wounds.Here's a 1934 ad.

 

[botlguy]

Amazing Eric, the bottle I have is EXACTLY like the one shown in that ad and it still has RED STAIN (remnants of Mercurochrome) in it. You just made my day Buddy. Jim

 

[RED Matthews]

At 86.I remember it well because my mother had it on hand to treat her little boys hurts. RED M

 

[cowseatmaize]

Maybe it was banned in the 60's Red but I got Iodine. Either that or Iodine was cheaper.