Piso's Remedy for Catarrh with label

[idigjars]

Hi All.

I got this Piso Remedy the other day from ebay. I had one Piso Remedy for Catarrh before this one but the other is more aqua and this one is kind of a coke bottle green color.

They are a pretty tough bottle to find.

And since this one has a label it just makes it that much sweeter.

I am sharing pics of my new bottle and also some of the rest of my Piso collection. I hope you enjoy seeing some of the rest of my Piso Bottles and go-withs.

Good luck to all finding and digging items for your collections. Best regards. Paul

Here is the box these bottles were shipped in

And the rest of my collection of Piso bottles

Backward Z example with L&W on the base (thanks Chris)

Cox's Cure was a Piso wannabe, I think this bottle resulted in a lawsuit I have read about but the company is never named. The bottle looks just like a Piso bottle and is embossed "For Consumption" on the front also. Cox's Cure on the side panel. One is clear the other is aqua.

Piso Paperweight. It has the same embossing as the front panel of the old bottles have.

A piece of glass that was used as a mold warmer. Wonder why they didn't just throw it back in the batch and make more bottles out of it? I'm glad they didn't

I have the complete set of Piso Dominoes. One one side is the advertising and the other side is a regular type dominoe tile.

Piso game board for something called Twelve Men Morrice. All of the fronts are made of birdseye maple veneer.

Some tradecards and envelopes

Two different puzzles, one of the US and one of Europe. The European puzzle was the hardest to find. One one side are the States and Countries and on the other side they're marked Piso's Cure for Consumption 25cents a bottle.

Piso gave away calendars that contained other helpful information. They produced these from 1879 until 1919. This is the complete set.

The first two are the hardest to find.

This is a framed wall sign I have with Piso advertising on it.

Thank you for viewing and I hope you enjoyed seeing my collection. Best regards!

 

[woody]

Fantastic collection of Piso's cures.
Best I've ever seen.

 

[GuntherHess]

I like that L&W keymold Piso's. When was Pisos first sold.

 

[privvydigger]

your last name gotta be PISO?
LOL
GREAT COLLECTION

 

[idigjars]

Hey thanks for the nice comments.

Matt, here is some information I have on the Piso Company.

I have never seen an OP example but have different versions of hinge mould examples.

I've include a few more pics at the end of the story. Hope you all enjoy and good luck to all finding and digging nice items for your collection.

Paul



I have read different accounts of the history of the Piso Company.

I like this version the best since it was given to me by a great, great, great Granddaughter of one of the founders.

The total length of the account was typewritten and is 7 pages long. It is very interesting. Here is a quick synopsis of the info.

The Piso Company was established in Warren, PA in 1864, under the name Hazeltine & Co. to manufacture and market Piso’s cure for consumption(tuberculosis). The forumla of which was taken by Dr M.C. Talbott, a well known physician of the town. Partners in the enterprise, besides Dr Talbott were Dr Henry Gerould of Massillon, Ohio and E.T. Hazeltine proprietor of a local drug and fancy goods store called Variety hall and located in Johnson’s exchange.

Soon Piso’s cure was being advertised in a number of newspapers and magazines.

If you opened an issue of the December 7, 1867 issue of Harper’s Weekly to page 5 you could hardly have overlooked the following advertisement:

Piso’s Cure for Consumption
Is a reliable and
Safe remedy for
Coughs, and
All
Throat
And lung dif-
Ficulties.
Satisfaction Guaranteed.

Annual profits seldom exceeded $10,000 until about 1886 when results were sufficiently favorable to justify erection of a new building on the same site.

Real prosperity came in 1889 when earnings reached $71,483 and held slightly above or below that figure for the next four years.

In 1894 the firm of E.T. Hazeltine was incorporated as The Piso Company under the laws of the state of Pennsylvania.

You can find the bottles that have that embossing on the front panel instead of "For Consumption" embossing and still have the words "Piso’s Cure" on the side panel. This would have been the second version of their medicine bottle.

In 1906 Harvey W. Wiley, Chief of the Bureau of Chemisty in the US Department of Agriculture went on a crusade against patent medicines.

This crusade culminated with the passage of the Pure Food & Drug act which necessitated a change to the name of the medicine to Piso’s Remedy for coughs and colds.

The formula for the medicine also changed.

The last page of the letter states that the Piso company was still selling product in 1963.

Here is an original letter dated 1871.

Here is a pic of a 1920's display

Here is a pic of women at the Piso factory stuffing letters with the Piso calendar booklets sometime in the early 1900's.

This is an original watercolor advertising Piso

This is a copy of a letter written by Norman Rockwell about his Piso painting ad.

 

[idigjars]

sorry those are so big. Just a few more.

Original rockwell advertising. This is the front

The back stamp on this piece

A rare Piso Tradecard

This is a pic of a rare metal sign I had an opportunity to buy about 1997 and didn't. Hindsight is always 20/20.

 

[GuntherHess]

That keymold example would probably match the 1864 date pretty well.

 

[annie44]

Very impressive collection - thanks for sharing the photos. I wish I could focus on one category as well as you have with those!

 

[glass man]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING A WONDERFUL COLLECTION AND THE GREAT KNOWLEDGE! JAMIE

 

[JOETHECROW]

Beautiful collection!,....I've always had a warm spot for Piso's bottles as well, even though I've only a few...We dig them here quite frequently, probably due to being very close by Warren Pa. (next town over) ...we're near Bradford Pa...anyhow, they come in alot of interesting varients of color, age and embossing,...I'll keep my eye open for any 'go withs' for Piso's...keep up the beautiful collection. Joe