Clarke's World Famed Blood Mixture Lincoln Bottle.

Clarke's Blood Mixture was thought to cure a variety of diseases, as it was advertised that many ailments were the result of bad blood.  The Blood Mixture was to purify the blood, with is ingredients which were a mix of water, burnt sugar, potassium iodide, sal volatile, chloroform, and syrup sweetener(courtesy of the quack doctor, thequackdoctor.com).  One of its advertising slogans, using a quote from the book of Deuteronomy, is apparently mentioned and ridiculed in the book Dracula.  This bottle is a later variant and is 7 1/2" tall.

Rawleigh's Bottle and Salve Tin.

The famous Rawleigh's company has been in business from 1889 until today.  They started out with a door to door medicine store service, and the travelling Rawleigh Man became a fixture in American, Canadian and Australian towns and villages.  Rawleigh's still uses independent representatives to sell its products today.  There is a lot of information about this company; check out their website.  The bottle stans 6 1/4" tall and is an older one without the screw top.  The tin has a  3 1/4" diameter and is quite ornate, though in rough shape.  The founder, W.T. Rawleigh,  is prominently featured on the tin.

Claude E. Packard Prescription Druggist Bottle.

I couldn't find out much about Claude E. Packard or his pharmacy, other than he operated in Auburn, Maine, in the late 1880's.  The image of the mortar and pestle is quite interesting and appropriate on this bottle.  It stands at 4 1/2" tall.

John Wyeth & Bro, Philadelphia Bottle.

This cobalt blue medicine bottle measures 2 3/4"high, and the face of the bottle reads "John Wyeth & Bro Phila".  The John Wyeth and Brother company was founded, surprise surprise, by John Wyeth and his brother Frank in 1860, in Philadelphia.  The firm produced a variety of elixirs in many forms.  The company continues to this day.

Louis Callisch, Druggist Bottle.

I have not been able to dig up any information (pardon the pun) about this 7" tall bottle.  The bottle reads Louis Callisch Druggist San Jose, Cal.

Dr. Peter Fahrney & Sons Forni's Alpenkrauter Blutbeleber Bottle.

This 9" tall bottle contained Forni's Alpenkrauter Blutbeleber, which is roughly translated into Mountain Flower Blood Vitalizer.  Dr. Peter Fahrney began production of this in 1869 and moved his business to an elaborate factory in Chicago in the 1890's.  He and his sons produced this Blutbeleber based on an early family recipe, as well as other patent medicines.

Scott's Emulsion Cod Liver Oil Bottles.

These two bottles contained the world famous Scott's Emulsion Cod Liver Oil With Lime and Soda.  They both have the great embossed logo of a fisherman carrying a large cod on his back.  These bottles are quite common but I still love that logo!  Scott's Emulsion was the brainchild of Alfred B. Scott and Samuel W. Browne.  They started making this concotion in 1876 in New York City.  The tall bottle measures some 9 1/2" and the smaller one 7 1/2".

Beach-Greer Chemical Co. Bottle.

This bottle is a bit of a mystery to me, as I have not been able to find out anything about it, other than what is printed on it. The 4" amber bottle reads BEACH-GREER CHEMICAL CO. SAN JOSE, CAL.

Penslar Bottles.

Here are a variety of Penslar bottles, ranging in size from the smallest at 4 1/4" tall (2 fl. oz. size)  to the tallest, at 8" tall (16 oz. size).  The Penslar company made a variety of products, from kidney pills to ladies toiletries. Penslar was a brand used by the Peninsular Chemical Co. of Detroit, Michigan, with an additional plant in Walkerville, Ontario.  The company apparently ran from 1907 to 1965.

Wampole Bottle

In 1893, William Koch Wampole began his cod liver oil business in Toronto.  Wampole's now makes a wide range of herbal and natural products. What was in this particular 8 3/4" tall bottle I don't know.

Eno's Fruit Salt

Eno's Fruit Salt was invented by James Crossley Eno in the 1850's in Newcastle, England.  It was apparently popular with sick sailors.  It is of course the predecessor to the popular modern stomach remedy, Eno.  This aqua-coloured bottle measures 7" tall, and appears to be an older variant with an uneven lip ring.