deenodean
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A scarce ( but cracked ) W.L. Ormond , Thorburn N.S.
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James, you should check out the one I have on page 4 of this thread. Picture is exactly the same but druggist is different.StephenDruggistBottles said:and a weird devil type creature with scales.
HALL'S / PHARMACIES / CINCINNATI
I was surprised to see one bottle with such a graphic, and doubly surprised to see there are two different druggists using it! I still do not know exactly what the thing is (Devil? Indian?). When I looked at yours I saw a possible connection. Both druggists were in Cincinnati. A quick check showed me that Wilmot J. Hall & Co. opened a store in 1885 on the corner of 4[sup]th[/sup] and Elm. Earnest Wilfert had a store on the corner of 4[sup]th[/sup] and Walnut. In 1893 Mr. Hall bought Mr. Wilfert’s store and ran both. My guess is that your Wilfert’s bottle was the first with the graphic, and then Mr. Hall started using it too once he bought Wilfert’s store. I have slowly been inventorying all my druggists. I will try to get some pictures posted of any I have not seen yet on this thread. However, I still need to play around with a camera to get some better close up pictures. I did a slide show at my local bottle club meeting last night and members were amazed at the possible variety of druggist bottles that exist.stephengray said:James, you should check out the one I have on page 4 of this thread. Picture is exactly the same but druggist is different. Stephen