Embossed Lucky Tiger Remedy Co. Kansas City MO. Bottle. Hair Care Bottle.

Embossed Lucky Tiger Hair Products Bottle.

Lucky Tiger Dandruff Remedy was first marketed around 1917 by the Lucky Tiger Dandruff Company of Kansas City, Mo. In the early 1920s, the company, now Lucky Tiger Remedy Company, was in the hands of Pleasant Stephen Harris, part owner of the successful Harris-Goar Company stores. The Lucky Tiger products were popular in barbershops, and in 1935 Harris trademarked the brand and began to market nationwide.

Advertising in the 1950s emphasized sex appeal, including an offer for free Lucky Tiger Pin-Up Girl posters for the well-groomed man’s "Tiger Lair." Although the products became less popular after hair styles changed in the 1960s, Lucky Tiger brand is still available in 2012, and includes a line of "Barber Shop Classics."

This bottle does not appear to be real old.    It has an H in a square as the bottle maker's mark on the bottom.  That indicates the Hemingray Glass Co., which according to the SHA.org site, would put it between 1924 - 1935.

The maker's marks can really help narrow down the date of a bottle.

Hazel Atlas Beer or Soda Bottle with Lightning Type Closure.

 

  

With a lightning type closure, there is a rubber stopper held by a heavy wire that is used to hold the stopper in place or open the bottle.  The has a wire and stopper that is in very good condition.

The type of closure was used mostly on beer and soda bottles, and also fruit canning jars.

Dating notes:  In general, Lightning-type closures were popular on soda and beer bottles between the late 1870s to at least National Prohibition in 1920.  After that time use was limited on beverage bottles; the crown cap dominated by then.  The peak of use on soda bottles was the mid-1870s to early 1890s though some use was made at least until 1911 (Elliott & Gould 1988).  For beer bottles, where this closure was as dominant as the Hutchinson closure was for soda bottles, the peak use period was wider than for sodas - about 1880 to the early 1910s (Feldhaus 1986; Elliott & Gould 1988).   Source (sha.org).

This particular bottle is a little bit of an enigma for me.  It was manufactured by the Hazel Atlas company and appears to me to be a later bottle than suggested by the paragraph above.    

In this case, I'm not sure of the date.  There seem to be contradicting indicators and information.

The Hazel Atlas Glass company was formed in 1902 out of a merger between the Atlas Company (circa 1880's) and the Hazel Company...

Hazel Atlas was so successful in their production, that they were the only Glass Company and one of the few publicly traded Companies in the USA to pay a stock dividend during all the depression years. Source: Hazel Atlas History (hazelatlasglass.com)

Embossed 3 - In - One or Three - In - One Oil Company Bottle.

 

Bottle embossed 3 IN ONE OIL CO.  on both sides.

I don't bother with a lot of screw top bottles, but they can be older than you might think.  3-IN-One switched to screw-top caps around 1910, so it could be older than a lot of cork-top bottles.

3 - in - one was originally an oil for bicycles that accomplished three functions.

See About Us - 3-IN-ONE USA (3inone.com)

Embossed SAUER'S EXTRACTS bottle.

 

SAUER'S EXTRACT bottle.

Both sides are heavily embossed SAUER'S EXTRACTS.

There are some small bubbles in the glass.

Sauer Brands, Inc., was founded by Conrad Frederick Sauer as The C.F. Sauer Company in 1887 in Richmond, VA. Mr. Sauer, a 21-year-old pharmacist by training, saw an entrepreneurial opportunity to create prepackaged pure flavoring extracts, and make them available in groceries as well as drugstores. In fact, C.F. Sauer was the first company in the country to provide pure flavoring extracts in 5- and 10-gram configurations, to be sold for 15 and 25 cents, respectively.

Embossed Burnett's Standard Flavoring Extracts bottle.

 

Embossed: BURNETT'S STANDARD FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

Extract bottles are common finds along the Treasure Coast.  McCormack bottles are very common, followed by Sauer's and Burnett's.

The Joseph Burnett Company’s claim to fame was a useful innovation in the production of vanilla extract. Unlike most of his competitors, having graduated from the Worcester College of Pharmacy, Burnett stands out as one of the few fully qualified proprietors certified as a pharmacist. In this capacity he played a role in the first painless dental surgery publicly performed using ether, as well as producing a string of less effective products, which include a cocaine product to “stimulate vigorous and healthy hair growth” ...

Mr. Burnett listened to the lady’s description of the flavoring she wanted. This extraordinary request challenged Mr. Burnett’s resourcefulness. A man ahead of his time, he believed in supplying what his customers needed, if he could. He busied himself in his laboratory. He [went to New York] and bought a pound of the very best vanilla beans he could procure [for $3.50] and extracted the rare, delicate flavor of which she spoke, and after long, careful experiments, when he was satisfied with its quality, he made the first Vanilla Extract. “The lady was so pleased she urged him to make more, promising to take her supplies of it from him and to introduce it to her aristocratic friends. This was the beginning of Vanilla and other extracts in this country and throughout the world...

Below is the link to a much more lengthy account of the Burnett Compay.

Burnett’s Standard Flavoring Extracts, Joseph Burnett Company, Boston, MA | Old Main Artifacts (wordpress.com)

And from the same article is one of several ads.

Ornate Sun-Purpled Embossed Casper Whiskey Company Inc. Winston-Salem, New York, Chicago, St. Louis.

 

Casper Whiskey Bottle

Embossed 

FROM

CASPER CO INC

WINSTON-SALEM

NEW YORK

CHICAGO ST LOUIS.

This bottle is already lightly sun-purpled.  It has a lot of large bubbles in the glass.

See CASPERS WHISKEY Final DRAFT.article (sha.org)

Blown in Dip Mold Case Gin Bottle Found On Treasure Coast.

 

Uncleaned Case Gin Bottle.

There is no embossing on this bottle, but there are some features that suggest that it is a later example.  There appears to be a slight depressed panel on the side shown above.  The surface has some irregularities that might be from a removed embossing or damage to the mold.  It is dark green glass, evidently made by using a dip mold.  See the following video to see how that would have been done by blowing glass into the mold and then finishing the lip side later.

(66) Square antique glass bottle - YouTube

Here is a great article on case gin bottles.

GIN BOTTLES (cecilmunsey.com)

Two Embossed Blue Milk of Magnesia Bottles.

Five-Inch Tall Milk of Magnesia Bottle

Embossed:  MILK OF MAGNESIA

Trade Mark symbol

REC'D IN U.S. PATENT OFFICE

AUG. 21. 1906.

THE CHAS. H. PHILLIPS

CHEMICAL COMPANY

GLENBROOK.  CONN.

In 1885, The Phillips Camphor and Wax Company incorporated as the Charles H. Phillips Chemical Company. After Phillips died of apoplexy in 1888, his four sons continued to operate the business. In 1923—fifty years after Phillips patented Milk of Magnesia—the pharmaceutical giant, Sterling Products Corporation, bought the Charles H. Phillips Chemical Company. It quickly added Phillips Milk of Magnesia Toothpaste, Phillips Dental Magnesia Tooth Powder, and Phillips Milk of Magnesia Tablets. Heavy advertising, particularly of the original product, bolstered their national presence.

The Sterling Drug Company continued production in Stamford until 1976, when it shifted its operations to Gulfport, Mississippi. In 1994, Bayer AG acquired the over-the-counter U.S. business division of Sterling Winthrop from the British firm Smith Kline Beecham. The purchase included Phillips Milk of Magnesia and its iconic blue bottle.

Here is the link for more about that.

Phillips’ Milk of Magnesia Originated in Stamford - Connecticut History | a CTHumanities Project 

Nine-Inch Tall Milk of Magnesia Company.

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Embossed Cobalt Blue Bromo-Seltzer Bottles.

 

Five-Inch Tall Bromo-Seltzer Bottle.

Embossed: BROMO-SELTZER  

EMERSON 

DRUG CO. 

BALTIMORE.

Bromo-Seltzer was invented in 1888 by Isaac E. Emerson and produced by the Emerson Drug Company of Baltimore Maryland.  It was sold in the United States in the form of effervescent granules that were mixed with water before ingestion. The product took its name from a component of the original formula,sodium bromide. Bromides are a class of tranquilizers that were withdrawn from the U.S. market in 1975 due to their toxicity. Their sedative effect probably accounted for Bromo-Seltzer's popularity as a hangover remedy...

Bromo-Seltzer's main offices and main factory were located in downtown Baltimore, Maryland, at the corner of West Lombard and South Eutaw Street...  Source: Wikipedia.

Later Screw-Top Bromo-Seltzer Bottle.

This screw-top bottle is six inches tall and is embossed only Bromo-Seltzer on the shoulder.

Embossed WHITTEMORE'S Shoe Polish or Shoe Dressing Bottle

 

WHITTEMORE'S Shoe Polish Bottle.

Embossed: POLISH on one side and WHITTEMORE'S on the other side.

       Whittemore Bros. & Company (later known as Whittemore Brothers Corporation), Cambridge, Massachusetts (1852-c. late 1930s??)  was a large producer of shoe dressing  and related products, launched in 1852 by David and Joshua Whittemore.   (Cambridge is now part of the greater metropolitan area of Boston).   The majority of older Whittemore bottles are marked with either of the two embossing variations “WHITTEMORE / BOSTON / U.S.A.” or “WHITTEMORE / BOSTON // FRENCH GLOSS”.  

WHITTEMORE'S Shoe Polish Bottle
Other Side.

Three-inchTall Brown Ribbed Poison Bottle.

The bottom shows a big 67 mark.

 

HYBSON, WESTCOTT AND DUNNING small embossed bottle for mercurochrome.

This small embossed HYNSON, WESTCOTT and DUNNING bottle once held mercurochrome, an antiseptic commonly used in the 20th century.  The bottle would have a glass stopper/applier, which is not with this bottle.

I did not find when the company was formed.  They did produce a product, perhaps the same or different product, that was sold in a cobalt blue glass bottle.  I've not found one of those.

Here is a vintage or antique ad for mercurochrome.

Embossed McCormick & CO BALTIMORE Spice Bottles.

These spice bottles are common finds and come in a variety of sizes and can be slightly different, but generally very similar.

They are embossed similarly MCCORMICK & CO BALTIMORE

 

Below are a variety of seven.  Each is embossed with the same label but varies in shape.  The tallest is six inches and the shortest is just under five inches.

Seven Different Embossed McCormick & Co. Bottles.
Tallest six inches.  Shortest five inches.

Embossed F. M. Plank "Quack Cure" Bottle Chatanooga Tennessee

 

Embossed: MANUFACTURED BY F. M. PLANK.

CHATTANOOGA TENN

It is a blown bottle and shows some nice bubbles, for example in the diamond on the front, and is a little sun-purpled.

It is a "quack cure" bottle.

This ad is from 1906.

The ad was found in the 1906 Proceedings of the Florida State Pharmaceutical Association.

The other Plank bottles that I've seen have the bust of a man embossed on the bottle.  This one, however, has a diamond-shaped depression, that I imagine once had a paper label.  I haven't yet found when this type of bottle was used.  The bottle with the embossed bust is always described as being from the late 1800s.

Embossed Penslar Chemical Company Bottle.

 

Penslar Chemical Company Bottle Embossed "Penslar"

Small bubbles in glass.  Also embossed in small letters near bottom: 2 FL.OZ.

The Penslar Chemical Company of Detroit, MI (USA) produced this product. The company operated from 1907-1965. The company also had a plant in Walkerville, Ontario, Canada.

It appears they made a variety of toiletries, salves, creams and pills.

Heavily Embossed NEHI Beverages Bottle. Patent Date 1925.

 

Embossed 1925 NEHI Beverages Bottle.

This bottle is embossed NEHI BEVERAGES one one side and NEHI REG U.S. PAT OFF. on the opposite side.  In between those is MINIMUM CONTENTS on one side and 9 FLUID OUNCES on the other.  Down near the heal is NEHI BOTTLING CO.   On the bottom is DESIGN PAT'D MARCH 3, 25, along with a Owens Illinois and Duraglass mark.

It is in very nice condition.

The Chero-Cola company added Nehi Cola to its line of sodas in 1924 in order to offer a broader variety of flavors. It originally offered orange, grape, root beer, peach, and other flavors of soda. Nehi was instantly successful and outsold Chero-Cola entirely. The company changed its name to Nehi Corporation in 1928 and was listed on the New York Curb Exchange. Business went well until 1930 when a major crisis occurred. Reflecting the Great Depression, which followed with the stock market crash of October 1929, Nehi Corporation's sales figures dropped one million dollars in 1930 from a high of $3.7 million in the previous year. Sales continued to decline until 1932, the only year in which the company had ever lost money...

NEHI Ad With Knee-Hi Dress.

In the early 20th century, the advertising logo of Nehi was a picture of a seated woman's legs, in which the skirt was high enough to show the stockings up to the knee, suggesting the phrase "knee-high," to illustrate the correct pronunciation of the company name. This was referenced in Jean Shepherd's story "My Old Man and the Lascivious Special Award That Heralded the Birth of Pop Art" in the book In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash, as well as in the film A Christmas Story, which was adapted from the book....

As this photo showed, the lady was not always seated.

And for information on the Nehi and Royal Crown bottling companies, here is a good link.

EPChap10a.pdf (sha.org)

Embossed Long Distance. A. M. Dodge Company bottle.

Long Distance, A. M. DODGE, INC bottle find.

This bottle is embossed Long Distance on the shoulder, and on the heal, A. M. DODGE, INC.

It shouldn't be hard to find information on that, but all I've found so far is one seller on ebay called it a beverage bottle, and it does appear to be that.  Any help on Long Distance, or the A. M. Dodge Company would be appreciated.

Embossed Hinds Honey and Almond Cream Bottle. A skin lotion.

 

Embosded; HINDS HONEY AND ALMOND CREAM.
A S HINDS CO. PORTLAND MAINE USA.

Here is one of many ads for Hinds Honey and Almond Cream lotion.  You can find them by using the link below.  It was advertised for sunburn, younger skin, etc.

The family business was the A. S. Hinds Co. in Portland which was famous for various creams for the face, hands, and Skin. The A.S. Hinds company was started in 1875.  They were bought out in 1907 by Lehn & Fink, maker of Lysol. The honey almond cream product was still available in 1948. 

Hinds Honey and Almond Cream was formulated and marketed by Aurelius Stone Hinds in Portland Maine.  He moved to Portland in 1862 and worked in a drugstore, which he bought in 1870. He worked on the formulation of the cream for a number of years, and began selling it from the drugstore probably sometime in the latter part of the 1870's. It was such a huge success that he soon had to put it into commercial production, first in Portland, and at some point distribution was shifted to a company in New Jersey. A number of different bottles from the very early days of the product are commonly found, but unfortunately, they do not carry a date...

Find out more about the company and view a number of ads by using the following link.

Friends Of Hinds - A.S. Hinds Company

Same Bottle Shown Above.

Hinds cream bottles are common finds.  They are found all around the U.S. and overseas.  This is obviously not one of the older ones.  Notice the screw cap.

No glass maker's mark is shown on the bottom.

Embossed Sauer's Extract Bottle.

 

Sauer's Extract Bottle.

Above is a Sauer's Extract bottle I found, probably from the 1920s or thereabouts.  I haven't narrowed the date range down yet but should be able to do that before long.

Embossing on Sauer's Extract Bottle.

It isn't a rare bottle, and unfortunately there is no glass maker's mark on the bottom.  The maker's mark often helps narrow down the date of a bottle. 

Below is a part of an ad that shows the same type of bottle with the paper label in place.

Sauer's Extract Bottle.
Source: See gjenwick.com link below.

Here is the link for a variety of Sauer's extract ads.

Sauer's Extract | Vintage Ads (gjenvick.com)

And here is a link for a timeline on the company.

Sauer Brands History: Founding, Timeline, and Milestones (zippia.com)

By the way, the Sauer's company is another Richmond, Virginia company.  As I've mentioned, a lot of the early 20th century bottles I've found around the Treasure Coast come from the East Coast of the U.S.  Not surprising.

Brown Embossed Piso Company of Warren PA Bottle.

Here is a Treasure Coast Bottle Find: Piso's Consumption Cure.
Top photo embossing: TRADE PISO'S MARK.
Bottom photo embossing: PISO CO. WARREN PA. U. S. A.

The bottle shows two large bubbles indicating that it is a blown bottle. Unfortunately, there is not a maker's mark on the bottom.  The maker's marks can really help narrow down the date of a bottle.

Talbott’s original formula for Piso’s Cure included opium and possibly other morphine derivatives. But the immediate post-Civil War era brought a revulsion against those drugs as many returning veterans had developed addictions to them as a result of treatment for their wounds.  Although Congress only later outlawed opium-derived ingredients in patent medicines, the Trio saw the ban coming and by 1872, according to company literature, eliminated opium and morphine from Piso’s ingredients. They later won a lawsuit on that score. The medicine still contained cannabis (marijuana), chloroform, and alcohol, but Piso’s label did not mention them.

Below is a trade card image advertising Piso's cure for consumption and catarrh.

Whether it was the effects of the Great Depression or the 1937 passage of the Marijuana Tax Act, effectively barring cannabis in medicine, Piso’s corporate life ended before World War II...

Here is a link with much more information on the Piso company and its medicines.

BandE_Pages_1-24.pmd (fohbc.org)

Embossed Cup for John Wyeth and Brothers Effervescent Sodium Phosphate Bottle.

The bottom reads, "THIS CUP HOLDS A HEAPING DESSERT SPOONFUL."  Around the rim are heavily embossed numbers - 1 thorugh 12.

The cup is in good condition but was a bit puzzling.  A little research soon gave me the answer.

It is the top of the John Wyeth and Brothers Effervescent Sodium Phosphate bottle shown below.

The bottom of the bottle is marked, "PAT MAY 16 1899."

I've seen many examples of the cup for sale for a few dollars - usually around five or six dollars.

The patent date suggests that the bottle is probably from the early 20th century.

Below is the link to the web site that provided the above picture.

http://www.bottlebooks.com/questions/august2001/august%202001%20questions.htm

Complete examples of this bottle type with this same embossing are from John Wyeth & Bro. and the bottle rim would have had a dose glass resting on it and the bottle said “TAKE NEXT DOSE AT” and then a mark so the dose glass can be rotated to the hour marked at its base.

This type of bottle was patented in 1899. Only the older bottles from this manufacturer are blue but it is not known when this bottle color was phased out. These bottles were handblown until 1910 which is also around the estimated time when the deep cobalt blue was discontinued.

Cod Liver OIl Mixture Cure Bottle Embossed HENRY K. WAMPOLE and CO. PHILADELPIA

Embossed HENRY K WAMPOLE and CO., PHILADELPHIA Bottle.

See Antique Bottle, Henry K Wampole & Company, Clear, Circa 1920s, Medicine Bottle, Cure, Embossed, Collectible (mountainairevintage.com)

The contents of this bottle was cod liver oil with other substances, including alcohol and wild cherry extract.

 This Treasure Coast bottle is in great shape.  I'd guess it to be from the 1920s, but haven't confirmed that yet.  You can see a couple nice elongated bubbles in the photo.

The Henry K. Wampole Co. started in the 1870s but continues until today.

A New York Times article of 1906 reads as follows.

"The body of H. K. Wampole, head of the firm of Henry K. Wampole & Co., of Philadelphia, was found floating in the North River off Weehawken on Friday, September 14...  

There were two partners in the business, a Mr. Koch and a Mr. Campbell. Wampole's death was thought to be suicide but there were various charges of theft and misuse of company money that can be found online.

Here is an ad from listing the product and a Florida pharmacy.

Wampole Ad Listing Pierson Drug Store of Pierson, Florida.