Amber Munyon's Paw paw

[jskirk]

I picked this up today at an antique shop, paid 8.00 for it. Was this a bitters bottle?

 

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"Dr. Munyon's Paw-Paw Elixir" and its main ingredient was fermented papaya juice. It was served at his resort, Hotel Hygeia, on Munyon Island. At the time his cures were highly regarded with the Philadelphia Times writing that "Professor Munyon is to medicine what Professor Edison is to electricity

 

[jskirk]

Thanks, so I gues this is common bottle?

 

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I don't know to be honest...we have a resident Paw Paw collector but I forget who that is exactly...Jim

 

[andy volkerts]

[8|] Yeah Its pretty common, always one or two on e-bay........

 

[botlguy]

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I don't know to be honest...we have a resident Paw Paw collector but I forget who that is exactly...Jim

You might be thinking of me since I collecy WAW-WAW. I used to have several Paw Paw variants due to the sound alike name but they disappeared. Paw Paws are pretty common.

 

[RIBottleguy]

Semi-common, but great looking and definitely a deal for $8

 

[jcrlanger]

I was fortunate to crawl under a 120+ year old building today and I found a perfect one of these. The crawl space was very tiny for a 6'2 220lbs man so it was well worth the effort.