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Label: Kemp's Balsam for Throat and Lungs (face), Leroy, NY (side), and O.F. Woodward (side). Kemp's Balsam was founded in 1883 in LeRoy, NY, by Frrank Woodward (b. 1856 - d.1906). Kemp's Balsam was successfully distributed and sold for decades.…

Complete light blue bottle, with sunken panel and embossed letters "GLYCEROLE", small medicinal bottle, weathered surface

Label: Chamberlain's Cough Remedy (face), Chamberlain Med. Co. (side), and Des Moines, IA, U.S.A. (side). In 1881 in Des Moines, IA, the brothers Davis and Lowell Chamberlain with their sister Izanna founded a medical company. In 1892, the company…

Label: THE MOTHER'S FRIEND (face), ATLANTA GA (side), BRADFIELD RECL Co. (side) A topical for pregnant mothers that claimed a number of effects such as prettier, more intelligent children and easy labor. It is still sold today but can only be…

Label: Dr. S. Pitcher's (side), Castoria (side), R (base). Patent No. 77,758 - Samuel Pritcher, Barnstable, Mass - Medicine-Mixture to be used as a cathartic. The castoria was advertised as an aid to constipation, especially in children. S. Pitcher &…

Two piece mold, with hand finished neck. This is the most common bottle in the collection, no markings are on the bottle so can not see brand or type of whiskey.

Dark cobalt bottle

Label: WARNER'S SAFE KIDNEY & LIVER CURE ROCHESTER, NY(face) A 88 (base). Large decorative emboss of a safe on the face. Hulbert Harrington Warner made his first millions selling safes and strongboxes before entering the patent medicine business. The…

Three different stoppers, small in size, decorative meaning probably used with a bottle containing valuable liquids, for example perfume.

Small clear bottle, deformation when being molded.