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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Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup
I’m sure Mrs. Charlotte Winslow would be a popular woman in any era – who wouldn’t be if they were famous for dispensing a morphine laden medication that was sure to soothe…and get you entirely stoned in the process. You will find plenty of discussion of opiate addiction in the 19th century – thanks to [...]
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