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Warner’s Safe Cure: A Younger Warner?
Almost invariably, if you see a picture of H. H. Warner, it is a copy of an engraving that depicts him with an elder statesman visage. It is the engraving that I use on this blog showing Warner...
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Warner’s Safe Cure: The Rochester “A” List (Part II)
Although the Warner’s Safe Cures manufactured by the Chambers Works are early examples of the Safe Cure bottles, they are not the earliest. After Warner acquired the rights to Dr. Craig’s Kidney...
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Warner’s Safe Cure: Early H. H. Warner and Reynolds Arcade (1874)
For most Warner’s collectors, the history of H. H. Warner begins about 1879 when Warner introduced his intial line of Safe Cures to the public. I covered some of Warner’s history in my series “The...
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Warner’s Safe Cure: Dr. Diocletian “Dio” Lewis (1888)
It seems like every time that I think I have seen all there is to see in Warner’s Safe Cure paper, another piece pops up that grabs my attention. This is particularly true of Warner’s Safe Cure...
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Warner’s Safe Cure: Closing the Deal
Warner’s Safe Remedies Envelope For all of the money that Warner poured into advertising in its various forms, he was not unmindful of the impact of personal communication with potential and...
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Warner’s Safe Cure: Closing the Deal 2
J. Eschelman & Company, Clarence Centre, New York The Emporium in the J. Eschelman Building One of the great things about doing this blog is when I get great followup from readers. In a recent...
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Warner’s Safe Cure: James Abram Garfield (1831-1881)
Back in 2008, I wrote a little about H. H. Warner’s brief infatuation with politics. Like so many other successful industrialists of the late 19th Century, Warner may have believed that involvement in...
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Warner’s Safe Cure: The American Reformer (1884)
Masthead of The American Reformer (1884) Having done this blog now for the last 3 1/2 years, I have found that I often go looking for one thing, but find something completely unexpected and oftentimes...
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Warner’s Safe Cure: Big Print “Safe Cure” Revisited
About three years ago, I did a post on what I referred to as the “Big Print Safe Cure.” My selection of that term was because of the rather unusual size of the words “Safe Cure” in comparison to...
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Warner’s Safe Cure: Some Very Rare Safe Remedies
Warner's Safe Diabetes Remedy in Green Recently, Michael Seeliger was in San Jose giving a presentation on Warner’s to their bottle club. He had the opportunity to see the collection of Michael and...
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Warner’s Safe Cure: Marketing is Everything!
Although H. H. Warner lost control of his Safe Cure empire in 1893 as the result of a history of bad investments, against which he leveraged the business that had made him a household name, his brand...
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A Few of My Own Warner’s -Part 1
I have been collecting Warner’s Safe Cures for close to 40 years. For most of that time, my collection has reposed in boxes, except for the occasional show display like the 2001 Warner’s Exhibit at...
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The Importance of Labels – Part 1
One of the perennial questions that comes up among bottle collectors, especially those of us who collect cures and remedies is “does a label on a bottle increase its value?” The answer to that is most...
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A Few of My Own Warner’s -Part 1
I have been collecting Warner’s Safe Cures for close to 40 years. For most of that time, my collection has reposed in boxes, except for the occasional show display like the 2001 Warner’s Exhibit at...
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The Importance of Labels – Part 1
One of the perennial questions that comes up among bottle collectors, especially those of us who collect cures and remedies is “does a label on a bottle increase its value?” The answer to that is most...
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A Few of My Own Warner’s -Part 1
I have been collecting Warner’s Safe Cures for close to 40 years. For most of that time, my collection has reposed in boxes, except for the occasional show display like the 2001 Warner’s Exhibit at...
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The Importance of Labels – Part 1
One of the perennial questions that comes up among bottle collectors, especially those of us who collect cures and remedies is “does a label on a bottle increase its value?” The answer to that is most...
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Warner’s Safe Remedies Proprietary Tax Stamps
On occasion, you will find a Warner’s Safe Cure with its label in tact along with some of its contents. In some instances, the top of that bottle may include a proprietary tax stamp similar to the one...
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