I stumbled across a reference to the discovery of Byron Springs in New York State – in the December 30, 1848 edition of Scientific America: “A number of acid springs have been discovered in Byron, Genesee Co., NY. They are strongly impregnated with pure sulfur which increases in strength during a drought. The vegetable matter [...]
Monthly Archives: July 2011
Weeks and Potter – Wholesale Druggists – Boston, MA
Weeks and Potter was a large company operating in Boston at 360 Washington Street in the late 19th and early 20th century. Bottle collectors will know them first for such popular items such as SANFORD’S JAMAICA GINGER, Sanford’s Radical Cure, CUTICURA and others. The company later became the Potter Drug and Chemical Company. Andrew Weeks [...]
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Bottle Makers and Their Marks
Bottle Makers and Their Marks is an important research project undertaken by Jullian Harrison Toulouse which he published in 1971. The book’s publisher, Thomas Nelson, Inc., responded to demand with a second printing a year later. It’s an encyclopedia of knowledge covering the marks found on vintage and antique bottles of the 19th and 20th [...]
