Gilbert Bros & Co
Gilbert Bros & Co Baltimore, clear embossed
Purchased for $2 on 7-14-07 harpers ferry flea market
Another possible producer was Gilbert Brothers and Company of Baltimore , best remembered for their widely advertised Yager's Sarsaparilla. In the city directory they were given as Druggists, Wholesale, at 9 No. Howard from 1896 through 1900, and at 9-13 Howard through 1912. The address changed to 308-310 Lombard St. in 1913, and remained the same through 1930. John T. Gilbert was president in 1909, William E. Gilbert was sec.-treas., and Alfred E. Mealy was president, a William Mealy was vice-president, and Wm. E. Gilbert was sec.-treas. The company was sued in 1903 for dameges for alleged blindness or death caused by drinking their essence of ginger concocted with wood alcohol instead of grain alcohol. The outcome is not known to me. Their 1906 ad included Yager's Sarsaparilla, Yager's Liniment, Yager's Headache Tablets, Honey Tolu, Oleo Vino, and "Many Other Specialties". I have no information on who Yager was. Both Yager's Cream Chloroform Liniment and Anti-Fag, Certain Cure For Headache were patented in 1895. There was also a Gilbert's Laxatol which probably came from them.
Purchased for $2 on 7-14-07 harpers ferry flea market
Another possible producer was Gilbert Brothers and Company of Baltimore , best remembered for their widely advertised Yager's Sarsaparilla. In the city directory they were given as Druggists, Wholesale, at 9 No. Howard from 1896 through 1900, and at 9-13 Howard through 1912. The address changed to 308-310 Lombard St. in 1913, and remained the same through 1930. John T. Gilbert was president in 1909, William E. Gilbert was sec.-treas., and Alfred E. Mealy was president, a William Mealy was vice-president, and Wm. E. Gilbert was sec.-treas. The company was sued in 1903 for dameges for alleged blindness or death caused by drinking their essence of ginger concocted with wood alcohol instead of grain alcohol. The outcome is not known to me. Their 1906 ad included Yager's Sarsaparilla, Yager's Liniment, Yager's Headache Tablets, Honey Tolu, Oleo Vino, and "Many Other Specialties". I have no information on who Yager was. Both Yager's Cream Chloroform Liniment and Anti-Fag, Certain Cure For Headache were patented in 1895. There was also a Gilbert's Laxatol which probably came from them.