Added a local pharm

[cobaltbot]

Was able to add to my run of BOYD & FULFORD / PRESCRIPTIONISTS / BELAIR, MD bottles by getting the biggest (6&1/4") off ebay recently. I dug one of these as a kid and have been able to add to them from the bay and from private dealers. Someone had to tell me that he sold a 10 or 11 inch one once so I now want one and if its true I could be adding several more. I grew up in this Harford County Maryland town.

 

[epackage]

That is just fantastic, remnds me of my runs of David Boyles and Spreitzers, good luck finding larger sizes Cobalt!

 

[botlguy]

Nice run of sizes. I sincerely hope you can get them all.

You will see in my signature area that I am looking for Santa Ana, California bottles. At one time, back in the 1960s, I had the largest, most complete collection of Orange County, Cal. bottles and related go-withs assembled. I sincerely believe it has never been equaled except by the guy I sold them to who combined mine and his. Anyway, I had a run of one particular pharmacy that included 1/2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, 24, 32 ounce bottles. That's 13 bottles. That may or may not be the typical number / size run but I think it is. Matt, Bill?

It would be interesting to me to know if anyone has or knows for certain if there are more.

 

[epackage]

ORIGINAL: botlguy
I had a run of one particular pharmacy that included 1/2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, 24, 32 ounce bottles. That's 13 bottles.

WOW

 

[diggerdirect]

It would be interesting to me to know if anyone has or knows for certain if there are more.

Heres a picture that was posted on here awhile back in a thread. Dates around 1902

Al

 

[cobaltbot]

Thanks Jim, Jim, and Al.
Wow is right, a run of 13 would be REAL nice. If the 5 and the 24 oz were not a possibility that's still a run of 11 bottles (or 13) I could possibly get, of course the larger sizes are the hardest to find!


32 oz pharms are just cool but few and far between.

 

[botlguy]

ORIGINAL: cobaltbot
32 oz pharms are just cool but few and far between.

I totally agree that the 32 ounces are tough, I only had 3 plus a duplicate or two, but I believe an embossed 1/4 ounce is even tougher. I've never had one, not even a stranger's pharm, can't even remember seeing one.

 

[DruggistBottles]

I have always liked sets of druggist bottles. It is good to see what possible sizes might exist. I have one set from Freeburg Illinois with 8 different sizes. Looks like I should keep looking for some more! My favorite set is from the Barclay drugstore in Cairo Illinois. All but the smallest have a lion embossed. It is a run of 6 or 7, depending if you go by volume or bottle height. I like that the largest is in aqua. You can see them here.

 

[cobaltbot]

Nice bottles James! I didn't see the 1/4 oz listed on the catalog I don't think I've ever seen one of those - does anyone have a pic of one? Even on early 1900's digs you rarely dig the plain jane 1/2 oz ones. Here is a pic of my 1/2 oz embossed with the new one I just got. They had to leave off prescriptionists on the little one. If they had a 1/4 oz I wonder if it was embossed?

 

[botlguy]

ORIGINAL: cobaltbot
Nice bottles James! I didn't see the 1/4 oz listed on the catalog I don't think I've ever seen one of those - does anyone have a pic of one? Even on early 1900's digs you rarely dig the plain jane 1/2 oz ones. Here is a pic of my 1/2 oz embossed with the new one I just got. They had to leave off prescriptionists on the little one. If they had a 1/4 oz I wonder if it was embossed?

Take a look at the catalog page pictured above under "DOUBLE PHILADELPHIA OVALS" and you will see the 1/4 ounce. Perhaps they never sold any. You being from PA should have caught that. [][]