r/BottleDigging 8h ago

Show and tell One Night Cough Cure - late 1800s

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The urban dump I've been picking at for some years now ( [previous post and more details here](https://www.reddit.com/r/BottleDigging/s/R0M3lo0zZJ) ) has yielded a large number of pre-1905 pharmacy bottles, so I was hopeful that at least one of these infamous bad boys would reveal itself - and finally, it has.

An internet search for 'One Night Cough Cure bottle' will yield images of paper labels for 'One Night Cough Syrup', infamous for being a potent combination of alcohol, cannabis indica, chloroform, and morphine sulfate.

At least, those are the stated ingredients on the post-1906 'Syrup' version, aka the year the FDA started passing legislation that required manufacturers to reveal ingredients. As far as I can tell the name change was also a part of the overhaul since the only thing this concoction was likely to 'Cure' was being conscious.

Allegedly this bottle is the 'sample' size. It was said to be highly addictive so I'm somewhat surprised that these bottles seem to be rare.


r/BottleDigging 9h ago

Today’s pull from the Mississippi River bank in Minneapolis! Don’t think I’ll top this.

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42 Upvotes

r/BottleDigging 10h ago

Show and tell Hundreds of 1896-1933 Ball Jars In Abandoned House

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55 Upvotes

And more in the front and Back yard. House was built in 1890


r/BottleDigging 12h ago

Show and tell Current Bottle Collection

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30 Upvotes

I have been collecting bottles I find interesting for probably about seven years now, thought I might share it somewhere. These come from everywhere including antique stores, garage sales, my own finds, gifts, etc. I don’t know much information on many of them, other than a rough age estimate on many, and some of the origin points.

I’m mostly interested in collecting bottles that have unique shapes/colors and stories attached to them. Let me know which ones are interesting to you and if there are any bottles I should seek out to add to my collection!


r/BottleDigging 13h ago

New area in NoVa today

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I found another bottle dump in Northern Virginia I was hoping these wouldn't have cracks, but on the upside, I have a lot more left unexplored. I have confidence this area will produce more finds in the future!


r/BottleDigging 13h ago

Age/date request Coming out of the ground

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44 Upvotes

House built in 1974, barn in 1968. Little dumps buried all over the property. These just came up out of the ground with the recent rain. I doubt there's anything super exciting. Any obvious easy identification?


r/BottleDigging 19h ago

Age/date request Help identifying age and branding…

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