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Label: B. O. Kostka Pharmacist Lincoln, Neb. (face). Color: Colorless. Neck type: Prescription. Base profile: Monarch or Erie Oval. # of indented panels: 0. Direction of embossing: vertical.

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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…

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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.…

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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 &…

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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 &…

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Label: "BROMO-SELTZER EMERSON DRUG CO. BALTIMORE MD "(body) "15" (base) Bromo-Seltzer was internationally known as an effective headache cure, but while its ingredients were effective they were also potentially lethal in just one dose. This made it…

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Label: "BROMO-SELTZER EMERSON DRUG CO. BALTIMORE MD" (body) "3" (base) Bromo-Seltzer was internationally known as an effective headache cure, but while its ingredients were effective they were also potentially lethal in just one dose. This made it…

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Label: "BROMO-SELTZER EMERSON DRUG CO. BALTIMORE MD" (body) Bromo-Seltzer was internationally known as an effective headache cure, but while its ingredients were effective they were also potentially lethal in just one dose. This made it one of the…

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

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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…
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