before 1900 medicines listing

[DiggerBryan]

HAHAHA Gunther I was thinking the exact same thing when I was reading that and I happen to read the post below and think to myself well I must not be alone on that one. []

 

[amblypygi]

Just to note an interesting point about the Fahrney label posted by Guntherhess: the plant in that image is definitely not a tree (I realize nobody suggested it was), but a flowering Century plant (Agave sp.). These are very common in the Caribbean region and the southern US:

http://www.naturesongs.com/vvplants/centuryplant2.jpg

The Baltimore/tree bottle is clearly a tree, so I doubt they are related. Again, I know nobody said they were, but I thought it was cool that Fahrney used an image of a medicinal plant from the Carribean in the family crest, maybe that's where the business began.

Sean

 

[GuntherHess]

The image on the Fahrney seal does resemble the century plant but I would be pretty surprised if thats what it is supposed to sybolize. The Fahrney medicines originated from herbal cures in the Swiss Alps. I'm pretty sure there were no Agave plants up there.

EDIT:
Actually, on second thought that seal seems like it may of been an 1892 Chicago invention so the idea that it is a century plant isnt all that far fetched. It certainly goes with the 100 year anniversery theme.

 

[amblypygi]

I don't know... I'd bet my reputation as a botanist (I'm not a botanist) that that's a century plant. I'll bet you're right in that it had something to do with the century anniversary theme. It could also have been a later development in the medicine; Agaves are used in lots of "medicinal" stuff, tequila for one.

Sean

 

[Sam_MaineBottles]

Hi GuntherHess -

I've gone through my collection of Maine meds and have found some embossed ones that you can add to your list if you'd like. Good luck with your project!

Abbott

Buxton’s Rheumatic Cure


Alfred

Alfred Cough Balsam


Auburn

Compliments of Smith & Cook (Dose Glass)


Dr. True’s Superior White Liniment


Augusta

Clover Medicine Co.

The Giant Oxien Co., Oxien Tablet Pills

J. J. Maher Co.


Bangor

Blood’s Rheumatic Compound

Dr. Lewis Sure Cure

E. A. Buck, Hardy’s Liniment

Curtis & Perkins, Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup

Fifield & Co.

William Mann, Universal Anodyne

A. M. Robinson Jr., Balsam of Wintergreen

Dr. W. Spiller, Prescribed By

Caldwell Sweet, Lee’s Liniment

Tibbetts & Jordan, Lee’s Liniment

Ara Warren, Brown’s Sarsaparilla


Belfast

Dana’s Sarsaparilla

Dana’s Cough Syrup

Rodolph’s New Medical Discovery

Skoda’s Uterine Fluid


Berwick

Free Sample of Baker’s Great American Specific


Biddeford

Morin Drug Co.


Blaine

White & Jones, White’s Liniment


Calais

Schoodic Medicine Co.


Dexter

Dr. Fitzgerald, Clairvoyant Discovery

O. M. Robinson, Balm of Oils, for Internal and External Use


Farmington

Hubbard’s Home Favorite Cough Syrup


Jefferson (East)

A. A. Skinner, Great Crimean Liniment


Mars Hill

White’s Liniment, Albert White, Prop.


Norway

Brown’s Relief


Old Town

Ballard’s Golden Oil


Oxford

Geo. H. Jones, German Pile Remedy


Pittsfield

Davis Yankee Anodynous Liniment


Portland

Allen’s Sarsaparilla

J. W. Brooks & Co., Brooks Antiseptic Sea Breeze Lotion

V. E. Cox, Walllingford’s Remedy

Roderic Wild Cherry Cough Balsam

Smith, A. W., Compound Cough Syrup

Twitchell, Champlin & Co., Neuralgic Anodyne


Rockland

Pendleton’s Panacea


Thomaston

G. I. Robinson Drug Co.


Westbrook

Spiller’s golden Tonic


Wiscassett

Johnson’s Anodyne Liniment


Yarmouth

I. C. Wellcome Co.

Later - Sam

 

[GuntherHess]

Thanks, thats a good list.

 

[stormysouth]

Wonderful list. My son and I dug a perfect California Fig Syrup Co. bottle last week in almost mint condition. We found an add for it in a Youth's Companion from 1897. We found a wonderful dump across the river from Louisville (IN side). We've pulled out 45+ whole and cried over 10x that broken. I think we have only scratched the surface of it. We had to go down about 2 1/2' - 4+ for some of them.

 

[GuntherHess]

I added your Maine bottles Sam.
i didnt know there were that many different towns in Maine, ha ha.

Thanks,
--Matt

 

[Sam_MaineBottles]

Hi Matt -

The Maine list looks good. When you get a chance, please remove the Woburn listing, I assume that's for MASS, there's no Woburn in ME. Sickney's Corner should be Stickney's Corner, you might add to that one that it is from the town of Washington.

Later - Sam

 

[sodabottle]

Hello Very nice list
About that Celery-Fo-Mo I bought one at a rumage sale a month or two ago

Want a pic??