Local Druggists

[Tony14]

hey cap there all fond du lac ones[] which one ya like? Every one of em has a tooled top.

 

[Jim]

Nice, Tony! You have some pretty fancy druggists from Fond du Lac. Most of ours here are fairly plain, but we do have a few with a little more detail. The monogrammed Atkinson and the cursive script Martin's are my two favorites of the rectangular druggists. The citrate is kind of in a class of its own [].

I have a few colored druggists in teal, green and cobalt. Nothing local, but they sure are beauties. I'll try to remember to snap a pic or two of the group. ~Jim

 

[Tony14]

hey jim the one i really want to get my hands on is a would be plain rectangular one with a lions head embossed on it! Its embossed the lion drug co fond du lac wisconsin. THeres another one where fond du lac is misspelled fond du las.

I love them citrates. Wisconsin only has one as far as i know but its a beauty of a cobalt from milwaukee. IT dates to the 1870's

 

[appliedlips]

Jim,

You have some nice druggists bottles.If your town has not been dug much or only in TOC dumps you will probably find more unknowns.In the smaller cities I dig we continually are finding new ones all time.Druggist are one of the most underated bottles out there in my opinion.Great stuff all of you guys.Doug

 

[Jim]

Thanks, Tony and Doug. That cobalt Milwaukee citrate is a sweetheart of a bottle! Our clear Martin's citrate dates in the late 80s-early 90s.

I love finding previously unknown local bottles. There aren't many things that will give me more of a rush than seeing a new name on an old Lewistown bottle of any kind. I agree 100% that druggists are underrated. I think part of the reason is that a lot of people and even most local collectors have never seen some of the really rare local ones, so they don't realize what is out there. I'm always happy to share my rare and unique locals with fellow collectors. ~Jim

 

[Lordbud]

Drizzly Saturday morning here so I thought I would go dig out my Oakland druggist box from the storage room, took some pictures
just before the downpour.

The first one embossed Federal Drug Co. isn't rare, except this one is the 32 ounce size, with most druggist bottles the larger the
size the less common.

 

[Lordbud]

Someone mentioned a druggist with an embossed lion, on this Fred.A.Sandelin from West Oakland we've got an embossed heraldic
lion wearing a crown, holding a sceptre, kinda neat.

 

[Lordbud]

Here is a pair of J.W. Tucker Apothecary W. Oakland older flat-based style, one is nice and clean...

 

[Lordbud]

Another flat-base, this one embossed Wm. G. Dinsmore Drug Store Oakland.
Most of my Oakland druggists have a monogram.

 

[Lordbud]

This is a newer style approximately 1890s, J. G. Donaldson Pharmacist...