David,
You can view an advertising sign for AHLDD (from the National Bottle
Museum in Ballston Spa, New York) here:
http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4037/4548417698_94f7a671e1.jpg
that confirms the address for the Aunt Hannah "firm" on Pulaski Street
in Brooklyn.
From reading bottle collectors' blogs, I believe that before AHLDD
became a "nationally distributed" product (ca. late 1880s-1990s ...
probably during the time it was operated as/by the founder "Aunt
Hannah"), it was sold in bottles; later, after her death/retirement???
her nephews operated the business perpetuating her name, but shifting
from small-scale retail/local wholesale (in bottles) to
bulk-production/national-distribution (in cans, that would withstand the
rigors of shipping better).
So, my belief is that your bottle is probably the same multi-purpose
"insecticide" remedy (snake-oil) originally sold as "Aunt Hannah's" in
bottles, meant primarily for bed bug control, later adding cans for bulk
sales (thru such national chemical distributors such as McKesson &
Robbins, whom I believe are still to this very day one of the biggies).
Bob Skiles
On 2/12/2014 12:18 PM, David L Cook wrote:
> Thank you!
> I found this reference, but as I said before, it seems to be a different product, although certainly from the same Jenkins Bros that produced AH Pile Salve and AH Hair Tonic, but AHLDD came in cans, not bottles. From your post: "...borne on the labels affixed to the cans containing the article..."
>
> My main goal at the moment is simply to confirm that the contents of this bottle were medicinal(not rat poison or pepper sauce). From there it is certainly interesting that the same firm might be producing pesticide, salves, and hair products.
> This bottle is the only one out of nearly a hundred separate products that I have not been able to confirm.
>
> Thanks to everyone for all of the suggestions!
>
> Best,
> David L Cook
>
>> On Feb 12, 2014, at 12:55 PM, Bob Skiles <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> borne on the labels affixed to the cans containing the article,
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