texasdigger
Well-Known Member
I made it out with my buddies for a while on Saturday. It was hot, muddy, humid, raining and there was a zillion skeeters. So all in all it was a great day for digging. These are the bottles that made it home with me. honey amber "H. Rosentahl O'Hare & Sons Malt Whiskey" from Cinnci, "Dr. Slocums Coltesfoot Compound Expecterent", "Forbe's Delicious Flavoring Extracts Made By Forbes Brothers & Co St. Lous", "Charles Ellis Son & Co. Phila", "Hoyt & Co perfume Phila", "Mexican Amole Soap Company Peoria Ill.", "Bonnie Bros. Louisville, KY", "Worlds Hair Balsam New York", "The Hainer Distilling Co. Dayton St. Louis, Atlanta Distillers" "Amber triangle poison, "Saymans Products Are Supreme Dr. T.M. Sayman ST. Louis, MO" "Sealed olive oil unreadable", Red Red amber "Paul Jones Pure Rye Louisville KY" "Early local Texas hutch". There were about whole clean hutches total, common bitters, Peacock green slick med, A killer mortar and pestle with wreath J.J. Thanmes the Druggist Taylor Texas, Nice 1858 mongram ground top mason, fancy pepper sauce, one of the first tabasco bottles, Gideon Bros Distillers, and quite a few more that I am forgeting.
There was one real cryer though. It is a "Laurences Croup Remedy Longview, TEXAS". My digging buddy dug the first known one 5-7 years ago. IT has been seen by most the old time collectors, and none has ever seen one of them. The side panel is blown out. When my friend dug it up busted I though he was going to flop. I only collect Texas patent medicines, and this is really hurt. The whole one has weak embossing, and this one has a great strike. I still kept it even with the damage. It has a baby with a bib on crying on the front panel.
We did not dig much truly good stuff other than the hutches, Taylor druggist , and the broke baby medicine, but for Texas it was a great day of digging! I think Rosenthal is a o.k. as well. More importantly I got to dig with my old friends that I have not seen in a few months. Hope you guy's and gals had a great memorial day! Thanks for looking fellow bottle junkies!
Brad
There was one real cryer though. It is a "Laurences Croup Remedy Longview, TEXAS". My digging buddy dug the first known one 5-7 years ago. IT has been seen by most the old time collectors, and none has ever seen one of them. The side panel is blown out. When my friend dug it up busted I though he was going to flop. I only collect Texas patent medicines, and this is really hurt. The whole one has weak embossing, and this one has a great strike. I still kept it even with the damage. It has a baby with a bib on crying on the front panel.
We did not dig much truly good stuff other than the hutches, Taylor druggist , and the broke baby medicine, but for Texas it was a great day of digging! I think Rosenthal is a o.k. as well. More importantly I got to dig with my old friends that I have not seen in a few months. Hope you guy's and gals had a great memorial day! Thanks for looking fellow bottle junkies!
Brad