john glassman
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A nice balm bottle!!
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Great find!
Balm of America was a typical American patent medicine, produced by Boston pharmacist Thomas Hollis in the 19th century. Pic of the bottle within a wrapper can be found here: http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/group_detail.cfm?key=1253&gkey=51&page=2
Here's an ad for the product:
http://books.google.com/books?id=WV...v5nfBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3
Balm of America was a typical American patent medicine, produced by Boston pharmacist Thomas Hollis in the 19th century. Pic of the bottle within a wrapper can be found here: http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/group_detail.cfm?key=1253&gkey=51&page=2
Here's an ad for the product:
http://books.google.com/books?id=WV...v5nfBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3
glassrelics
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You dig some really nice stuff! Thats a great bottle there!
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Sweet find.
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