Home Bottle Database Bottle Tops Bottle Base Bottle Closures Rarity Guide Dating Guide Condition Guide Purchasing Bottles Digging for Bottles Diving for Bottles Bottle Articles Trademarks About Us Bottles Wanted Bottles For Sale Photos of the Past Bottle Humor Bottle Puzzle Contact Us Links	DR. JOHN O. LANGLEY: DR LANGLEY ROOT & HERB BITTERS During the 1840s a George C. Goodwin operated a small sales agency located at 76 Union Street Boston, Mass. Sometime in the middle 1840s Goodwin and a local county doctor named John O. Langley would bottle and market the doctor's formula which they called Dr. Langley's Root & Herb Bitters. The Boston Directories from 1860 lists John O. Langley under patent medicines. In the 1870 directory he is listed just medicines with offices at 36 & 38 Hanover Street Boston. Below is an ad for Dr. Langley's Root & Herb Bitters. Note no Dr. A label reads "Composed of Sarsaparilla Wild Cherry, yellow Dock, Prickly Ash, Thoroughwort, Rhubarb, Mandrake, Dandelion and others comprising the best roots, herbs and barks in the world". There are 7 variants of these bottles. Both pontils and smooth base. 1 with no address. 3 with 99 Union Street address. 2 with 76 Union Street address. 1 with backwards 99. Below are photos of a DR. LANGLEY'S / ROOT & HERB / BITTERS / 76 UNION ST. / BOSTON. . Below are photos of a DR. LANGLEY'S / ROOT & HERB / BITTERS / ( backwards 99) UNION ST. / BOSTON. . References: Bitters Bottle by Carlyn Ring & W. C. Ham. Dr. Cannon Medicine Chest Article A.B.&G.C. Magazine Sept. 2012. www. Peachridgeglass.com Frank & Frank Jr. (Wicker) Bottle Collecion. Back to Articles