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Old Overholt Medicinal Flask Date?

Is this 1950”s era Sloan’s Liniment

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S. H. Frederick

Found in an Old Walled Garden in...

Thanks for your message and reply. I hate bumping things but sometimes it's the only way. Overholt does sound like a Mennonite name. The origins are actually Oberholtzer. Indeed it seems to be drying...

Old Overholt Bottle, recent...

I've had this bottle for a few years and dating it has been like a puzzle to me. Because the label says the whiskey was made 1912. It was medicinal, so by the time it aged, Prohibition would have...

Old Overholt Medicinal Flask Date?

I'm sorry not to be able to offer any info on it, but it is a nice bottle. Overholt is the name of one of my better customers. I'd like to find one for him, but it might not be well received since...

Old Overholt Bottle, recent...

My guess is that it's from the 1940s. Looking at Sloan's Liniment labels online, there seems to have been three major changes to the font. The first one had the name arched and lasted into the...

Is this 1950”s era Sloan’s Liniment

In an update to my own post, I.R.B.W. stands for Internal Revenue Bonded Warehouse. It means the building was highly secured, guarded, and held taxable product.

Old Overholt Bottle, recent...

Haha! Thanks! I don't find many Hostetters and Sawyer's, but find tons of bromo Seltzer's. Guessing heavy drinking was common and causing hangovers. Sent from my XT1635-01 using Tapatalk

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I have an embossed Sloan's bottle without the label. That company was around way before the 50's. It started in the late 1800's. That label looks older than the 50's.

Is this 1950”s era Sloan’s Liniment