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No surprise there. I read through many old census records while tracking all this down and since it was handwritten back then there was plenty of room for mistakes to be sure. As I remember they spelled my grandmother's name wrong on the record I found that finally led me to the family.- Ranman
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It seemed like seams were worth mentioning, as you said their configuration seems to give some indication of age from some reading I did. I tried to get pictures of the bottle's sides but the seaming is pretty subtle and didn't really show in the pics. I can say on the purple bottle the seams...- Ranman
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Not John F. Bond but John T. Bond. I actually miscalculated. John was my great- great grandfather and got into the pharmacy biz after the civil war. His son Herbert took over the store after John passed away in 1911. The store was closed in 1932 due to the great depression though Herbert Jr. who...- Ranman
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Greetings from Chicago! I'm not a bottle collector, but certainly understand the collector mentality with over 175 cigarette lighters, too many watches, 8mm film projectors and a few other collections. I'm hoping maybe you fine folks can help me with something. The backstory is that I recently...- Ranman
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