Plumbata
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I've been slacking lately as far as relevant content goes, so here are a bunch of great new additions to the Peoria collection!
Beautiful, un-dug cobalt blue 6 inch medicine bottle embossed "Allaire, Woodward & Co. Peoria, ILL.". They were purveyors of wholesale medicines and botanicals. This rare bottle came from the collections of the historic Lewis Drug Store in Canton, IL. : http://www.landmarks.org/ten_most_2009_6.htm
Next we have some great Peoria patent meds, some of which are missing from the famed medicine bottle nexus:
"Dr. Reeders Healing Oil Mf'g. By The R.R&R.R Co. Peoria, ILL." 8 inches tall
"Dr. Reeders Royal Remedy Mf'g. By The R.R&R.R Co. Peoria, ILL." 9 and 1/4 inches tall.
I've wanted this one for a long long time, it was one of my "Holy Grail" bottles, now I need to find a new one [
]. Totally hammered with embossing, I think it's beautiful.
"Dr. Reeder's Syrup of Tar and Wild Cherry Bark - Warranted - Dose 20 to 30 Drops Every 1/2 Hour Peoria, ILL. For Croup-Coughs Colds & Sore Throat" - 6 and 5/7ths inches tall.
From left to right; a rare unlisted "Standard Mnf'g Co. Peoria, ILL." 5 and 3/4ths inches tall, an early "Charles Fisher and Co Quick Cure for Headache and Neuralgia Peoria, ILLS. U.S.A." 5 and 1/16th inches tall, a small size "Reid's German Cough & Kidney Cure No Danger From Overdose Contains No Poison Sylvan Remedy Co. Peoria, ILL." 5 and 9/16th inches tall. I had that size with the "kidndy" embossing, but needed the one with correct spelling.
I have some other "Quick Cures" pictured further down.
Now we have some pharmacy bottles, a 16 ounce McDougal's, then 2 J. Rettberg Druggists.
The Lacey Bros and W.R. Peck are both tough bottles.
The Wheeler is tough, and apparently the Red Cross bottle is quite rare and highly sought-after according to a collector who once owned one and then traded it for some great stuff. I was very pleased to get it, because it is matches a beauteous citrate i dug several years ago (following image).
More druggists, the "Library Building" and Campen's being tough. The Campen's mold style was patented in 1878.
Here's a label-only, ABM local med with contents and box.
Here're a bunch of duplicates I recently obtained, but most are pretty decent, including a "Bowman's Pectoral Syrup Peoria, ILL" which is in better shape than the one I had, a large "Reid's German Cough & Kidney Cure" (already have one with contents) and a smaller "Reid's German Cough & Kidndy Cure" (got one with contents as well), and 2 more awesome tiny 'Fisher's Quick Cure for Headache & Neuralgia Peoria, ILL" bottles, 4 and 1/8th inches tall.
Also added this unlisted 24 ounce blown local soda to the collection. It doesn't look like much but it's pretty darn rare. There is a later, mid 1920s ABM 24 ounce from "McMaster", after Derges left the partnership and continued to be quite a successful bottler. The ABM "McMaster" is tough, but the blown "McMaster & Derges" was unlisted and unknown to me. I've dug dozens of the regular sized bottles, but never seen a shard of this big one.
Got some more floating around but that should be good for now. Thanks for looking and happy hunting people!
Beautiful, un-dug cobalt blue 6 inch medicine bottle embossed "Allaire, Woodward & Co. Peoria, ILL.". They were purveyors of wholesale medicines and botanicals. This rare bottle came from the collections of the historic Lewis Drug Store in Canton, IL. : http://www.landmarks.org/ten_most_2009_6.htm
Next we have some great Peoria patent meds, some of which are missing from the famed medicine bottle nexus:
"Dr. Reeders Healing Oil Mf'g. By The R.R&R.R Co. Peoria, ILL." 8 inches tall
"Dr. Reeders Royal Remedy Mf'g. By The R.R&R.R Co. Peoria, ILL." 9 and 1/4 inches tall.
I've wanted this one for a long long time, it was one of my "Holy Grail" bottles, now I need to find a new one [
]. Totally hammered with embossing, I think it's beautiful."Dr. Reeder's Syrup of Tar and Wild Cherry Bark - Warranted - Dose 20 to 30 Drops Every 1/2 Hour Peoria, ILL. For Croup-Coughs Colds & Sore Throat" - 6 and 5/7ths inches tall.
From left to right; a rare unlisted "Standard Mnf'g Co. Peoria, ILL." 5 and 3/4ths inches tall, an early "Charles Fisher and Co Quick Cure for Headache and Neuralgia Peoria, ILLS. U.S.A." 5 and 1/16th inches tall, a small size "Reid's German Cough & Kidney Cure No Danger From Overdose Contains No Poison Sylvan Remedy Co. Peoria, ILL." 5 and 9/16th inches tall. I had that size with the "kidndy" embossing, but needed the one with correct spelling.
I have some other "Quick Cures" pictured further down.
Now we have some pharmacy bottles, a 16 ounce McDougal's, then 2 J. Rettberg Druggists.
The Lacey Bros and W.R. Peck are both tough bottles.
The Wheeler is tough, and apparently the Red Cross bottle is quite rare and highly sought-after according to a collector who once owned one and then traded it for some great stuff. I was very pleased to get it, because it is matches a beauteous citrate i dug several years ago (following image).
More druggists, the "Library Building" and Campen's being tough. The Campen's mold style was patented in 1878.
Here's a label-only, ABM local med with contents and box.
Here're a bunch of duplicates I recently obtained, but most are pretty decent, including a "Bowman's Pectoral Syrup Peoria, ILL" which is in better shape than the one I had, a large "Reid's German Cough & Kidney Cure" (already have one with contents) and a smaller "Reid's German Cough & Kidndy Cure" (got one with contents as well), and 2 more awesome tiny 'Fisher's Quick Cure for Headache & Neuralgia Peoria, ILL" bottles, 4 and 1/8th inches tall.
Also added this unlisted 24 ounce blown local soda to the collection. It doesn't look like much but it's pretty darn rare. There is a later, mid 1920s ABM 24 ounce from "McMaster", after Derges left the partnership and continued to be quite a successful bottler. The ABM "McMaster" is tough, but the blown "McMaster & Derges" was unlisted and unknown to me. I've dug dozens of the regular sized bottles, but never seen a shard of this big one.
Got some more floating around but that should be good for now. Thanks for looking and happy hunting people!
