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GuntherHess

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I believe that is Frederick Humphreys of the HUMPHREYS' HOMEOPATHIC MEDICAL CO. NEW YORK. There are several versions of that product , yours looks like one of the earlier ones. You might notice a similarity with POND'S EXTRACT bottles. There was a relationship between the two men and Humphreys supposedly got the rights to produce ponds.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Humphreys
 

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Everyone, Thank you for the nice comments. Cindy,...Thats cool that you seem to get to travel alot...I hope you have a great trip, and hey,...you never really know where you might happen onto bottles....Anyhow, Gunth/Matt...That's a very cool point you made about the ponds resemblence....and the connection between the two men. I also have a couple of the Humphrey's homeopathic vet samples with the horse embossed on them....I guess they made them up into the 30's w/ a screw top, but mine are clear bim w/ tooled lip...Thanks again guys (and girls). Joe[:)]
 

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I would assume a 9" bottle of witch hazel was intended as a vet size for live stock.
The old "one for a man two for a horse..." patent medicine saying really should have been more like "one for a man, ten for a horse..." (for anyone that knows how much horse eat). Humphreys was probably best known for his vet medicines.
 

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If any of you folks have any of the other large known to be vet. bottles, I might be interested,...I've always had a liking for them and have a few others, (Kitchell's linament, etc...), also I like botanical themed meds, ie. smart weed, boneset, etc...those type of things....Thank you all. Joe
 

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