Yesterdays finds

[hemihampton]

RE: Yesterdays finds/UPDATE

Dug these 2 ACL's at another nearby town dump that was dug up with a bulldozer. Really didn't have to dig them up. The bulldozer did that for me. These were laying on top. Easy Pickings. Both from Detroit, Anybody know anything about the Smile? LEON.

 

[Asterx]

RE: Yesterdays finds/UPDATE

Neat, I like the Smile acl. I've never seen that one... good graphics []

 

[hunting262]

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Nice finds I sold an Atwoods bitters for 5 dollars so it's not that bad.[]

 

[hemihampton]

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Me & Tom went back to our river holes after work today for about a hour. I dug up this Medicine bottle. After doing a search in here nothing came up. Name is DR. J. W. KERMOTT on one side & DETROIT on the other side. Anybody familiar with this bottle or know anything about it? Is it common or Scarce? Any info greatly appreciated. THANKS, LEON.

 

[tftfan]

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That OWL is coool ! We found 2 MELCHERS this year both base embossed, can we see the whole....thang please ? AWESOME PICS !

 

[hemihampton]

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ORIGINAL: tftfan

That OWL is coool ! We found 2 MELCHERS this year both base embossed, can we see the whole....thang please ? AWESOME PICS !

Owl or Melchers? LEON.

 

[hemihampton]

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Seen this OWL bottle on ebay get good money. LEON.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/OWL-Drug-co-SAN-BERNARDINO-CA-antique-western-pharmacy-bottle-Picture-drugstore-/110964912388?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&nma=true&si=S7TCro6fM1JPycGSmRuXvbJ90Sk%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

 

[mctaggart67]

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Dr. J.W. Kermott, not a true physician, started out in London, Canada West (older name for Ontario) in the early 1850s making a slew of different concoctions. He continually advertised his medicines widely, so presumably he enjoyed a strong trade, though we're hard pressed up here in Canada to find his bottles. They exist -- nice iron pontils -- but are very rare. He invested a substantial sum into real estate as a land speculator, which, at the time was a good proposition, since the quick pace of provincial railway development was forcing up land values almost daily. Then, in 1857-58, the boom went bust, and with it, Kermott was caught short, very short in fact. He had invested most of his money in land and, trading on his heretofore good business reputation, had borrowed thousands and thousands more. Consequently, he had a long list of creditors who pressed Dr. Kermott for their money. He didn't have it, and, as the saying went at the time in Canada West, he skipped down the line (literally, the railway line) to Detroit and and thus safely beyond the reach of Canadian civil courts.

 

[Asterx]

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nice history mctaggart, thanks for the story []

 

[mctaggart67]

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Hey, my pleasure. I've done a lot of research on Canadian patent medicine makers and druggists, with an eye to eventually publishing some sort of book, but that plan was hatched decades ago. Still no book, so I figure I shouldn't sit on the info; rather I should share when it helps somebody out.