Local Druggists

[madman]

some toledo pharms

 

[madman]

rare

 

[Jim]

Bill, Thank you! I would be happy to save the slicks and common corkers for a quarter each. If someone can use them, great. I hate to throw away any good century-old bottle. You can send me the info whenever you get a chance.

Mike, Those are some wicked cool druggists! I love the green ones, only have one and it's from Cleveland. I also have two cobalts and a teal one from Philly. I would love to find a colored one from Lewistown, but there aren't any that I know of []. Maybe they just haven't been found yet. ~Jim

 

[Tony14]

and if they havent im sure youll be the first to find one jim!! Nice bottles everyone!

 

[capsoda]

Ok, ok, you guys are killin me so I have got to show a few. Most of our meds are packed up in boxes but a few of the rare ones stay inside a special case.

These are the most sought after Hamilton Russells. The wife dug all three and they are the best specimens known.

 

[capsoda]

The R Lewis Co.

 

[capsoda]

Lewis Painless Eye Water. Sure sign that this stuff probably burned like crazy. Tough to photograph. Lewis is kind of faint.

 

[capsoda]

Some Lewis Bear drug bottles. There is some speculation that all three Lewis's are the samr but I think that the R Lewis and Lewis are the same but the Lewis Bear's are different folks. There is no info on the Lewis or R Lewis companies. There is a ton on Lewis Bear and they are still in business.

 

[capsoda]

This is one that people will haggle over. The smallest G.O. Brosnaham. Well any Brosnaham really but this is the hardest to get. This was the only keeper from an all day dig and it was well worth it. This guy was in business during the Civil War and all his brothers, sons and nephews served the Confederacy as calverymen. Beside meds he raised horses for the cause. Some how they all survived the war and made millions in horses and timber so the meds went to the side line. All the Brosnaham bottles are rare and some of very few that are recorded being from the Pensacola area and made during the Civil War. This one is a hinge mold with the top rolled and then tooled.

I'll post some more later.

 

[Jim]

Very nice, Cap! I see that Mrs. Capsoda has the Bottle Gods on her side []. Those amber Hamilton Russels are super sweet. The R. Lewis bottles are cool, I had a great-grandfather named Raymond Lewis (long before my time). ~Jim