BEGGS TROPICAL OIL

[donalddarneille]

Just dug this one today, can find plenty of info about bottles made for BEGGS products, but not for "TROPICAL OIL". Any help with this one would be great.... Age, common or not ect.... Thanks.

 

[donalddarneille]

A photo of Mark as he brings the bottle out of the hole....

 

[donalddarneille]

It was one of thase perfect early 1880's holes..... layered with "Punkin" seeds, Coffin flasks, fruit jars and champagnes. We got one local "one of a kind", but that bottle will be for a later post.....

 

[Poison_Us]

Oh sure, leave us hanging [8D]
That's a nice bottle. Know nothing of it tho...

 

[BarbaraInCalif]

Found a newspaper online advertising Beggs tropical Oil here.

The ad is at the bottom of the 4th column, stating it will relieve "Salt Rheum or Eczema".

Gotta say the lettering on that baby is beautiful!

Barbara

 

[donalddarneille]

Great add Barbara, maybe if they spent a little more on advertising back then we'ld know more about the bottle now! Do you know what year the paper is? That looks like a good resource, where do you find online newspaper archives at?

 

[BarbaraInCalif]

Google finds the archives for me...I just typed in Beggs "Tropical Oil".

The other references I saw were dated 1902 and 1910, but that doesn't mean the product wasn't around long before then.

Barbara

 

[UncleJoe]

Hey there,

Got some info for you. The earliest known ad I could find on Begg's Tropical Oil was from an 1885 Newspaper. And a 1916 book on patents lists Begg's Tropical Oil, 25 cent size. Probably the size you have. It mentions (lists) the Styren Begg's & Co of Newark, Ohio, in 1890. They made a Cough Syrup too in a similar bottle. I've seen a few on eBay that went in the $30 range. The eBay one is an old listing, viewing it will expire in 3 days, so I saved some images for you if you want them. Or I can give you the viewing link. Let me know. [sm=tongue.gif]

 

[donalddarneille]

Thanks for the great info Joe! I would be interested in viewing the links if you can post them here. If you want to send me the photos you saved, the e-mail listed on this site will work just fine.

Welcome to ABN, and Thanks again!
Don D

 

[UncleJoe]

Sure thing....... here's a link to an old 1895 newsprint article.

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025010/1895-11-21/ed-1/seq-3/;words=Tropical+Beggs+Oil

And here is an interesting link to an 1886 article.

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/KSDOUGLA/2001-01/0979570062

I sent the eBay link to your email since it (viewing) will be expiring in 3 days.

Yes .......... I'm an old treasure hunter too. []