Father John's Medicine | Antique Bottle Stories

I am an antique bottle collector, and my favorite part of collecting these old bottles is the old stories that come with them. Join me as we look at the histories of my bottle collection.
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Photographer for my bottles:
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Ancestry.com
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[@bruceritchie4382]

Awesome job. Both my father and his father owned their own drug stores in Caribou Maine. A lot of the drug store bottles I dig I show my dad. He remembers Father John's as being widely used. My Dad will be 87 in January

[@monkcheetah8203]

Great video! Just found one ! Love bottle hunting! 🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆

[@antiquebottlestories]

Great find!

[@sunrunneroldbottels223]

i had to take this stuff . in the winter time . when i was a kid . fishy chalk.

[@antiquebottlestories]

Yuck

[@samgibson684]

When i was a kid any mention of being "sick" was met with a mandatory tablespoon of straight cod liver oil... I only remember twice... Absolutely disgusting

[@samgibson684]

I have one of the screw top dark brown Dr. John's medicine bottle Thanks for the information!

[@telecasterbear]

I used to take a spoon into the bathroom when I was a kid, and enjoy some father johns, back in the mid 1960s.

[@antiquebottlestories]

It tasted good?

[@telecasterbear]

@@antiquebottlestories It sure did.

[@luke8608]

So cool!!! I dug a screw top variety of this a couple days ago. Definitely doesn’t smell like cod oil or licorice anymore, just dirt :/

[@antiquebottlestories]

great find! I live in a great historical area, but digging is not allowed in most places. But i would love so much to find a place to dig! Happy hunting!

[@jsteelsadventureandvariety4545]

thanks for sharing👍 had been wondering what the father Johns was all about🤔 never found one but on the bucket list

[@antiquebottlestories]

Good luck!

[@Travelling..Bottle..Digger]

good stuff. I have a screw top variety. I haven't found a cork top yet. Just curious... do you buy your bottles or do you dig them or something else ?

[@antiquebottlestories]

I buy them. I WISH i could dig them! But I have no idea where to go in my neck of the woods. And places where i think might have something, its no trespassing. So im not saavy enough to know where to go. Im always looking around though!