Robby Raccoon
Trash Digger
Front:
A. ECKERMANN
PINE ST. DRUG STORE
MUSKEGON, MICH.
Base:
W. T. & Co.
E
Made by W. T. & Co. (Whitall Tatum & Company)-- the "&" was taken out in 1901 by the glass-maker who specialized in medicine bottles from about 1875 on till they turned to insulators.
I believe the name of the druggist until after The Great Pine Street Fire of 1891 (Muskegon) was Alexander Heinrich Adolphus Eckermann of Germany. He isn't present in our 1894 Census (Muskegon.)
Coming to Michigan, he fought in the U.S. Civil War with-- I believe-- the 3rd Michigan Regiment. Afterward, he settled in Grand Rapids till he picked up and left to start his druggery (made-up word) in Muskegon in 1881.
After the 1891 Great Fire, in which his and 250 other businesses burned, he seemed to have been down for awhile. Then, in 1907, a Muskegon Druggist under the name Alexander Eckerman (one n now, not two,) pops up as a new business. He dies on April 4, 1918. The obituary claimed 37 years of druggery (presumably Muskegon-- and 1918 - 37 = 1881)
I discover soon after that Eckermann (2 n's) dies April 4, 1918. BINGO.
He changed his name between 1891 and 1894.
His bottles from his G.R. (Grand Rapids) days are known-- he had run several drug stores there. This one, which I scored for $4, is less-known as I cannot find another pictured.
The bottle itself is likely 1880s.Now, it is one of my favorites.
A. ECKERMANN
PINE ST. DRUG STORE
MUSKEGON, MICH.
Base:
W. T. & Co.
E
Made by W. T. & Co. (Whitall Tatum & Company)-- the "&" was taken out in 1901 by the glass-maker who specialized in medicine bottles from about 1875 on till they turned to insulators.
I believe the name of the druggist until after The Great Pine Street Fire of 1891 (Muskegon) was Alexander Heinrich Adolphus Eckermann of Germany. He isn't present in our 1894 Census (Muskegon.)
Coming to Michigan, he fought in the U.S. Civil War with-- I believe-- the 3rd Michigan Regiment. Afterward, he settled in Grand Rapids till he picked up and left to start his druggery (made-up word) in Muskegon in 1881.
After the 1891 Great Fire, in which his and 250 other businesses burned, he seemed to have been down for awhile. Then, in 1907, a Muskegon Druggist under the name Alexander Eckerman (one n now, not two,) pops up as a new business. He dies on April 4, 1918. The obituary claimed 37 years of druggery (presumably Muskegon-- and 1918 - 37 = 1881)
I discover soon after that Eckermann (2 n's) dies April 4, 1918. BINGO.
He changed his name between 1891 and 1894.
His bottles from his G.R. (Grand Rapids) days are known-- he had run several drug stores there. This one, which I scored for $4, is less-known as I cannot find another pictured.
The bottle itself is likely 1880s.Now, it is one of my favorites.