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	ISAAC EDWARD EMERSON: BROMO SELTZER Isaac Edward Emerson was born in 1868 and would graduate from the University of North Carolina. He would eventually open up a drug store in 1880 in Baltimore, Maryland and is credited for being the inventor of Bromo Seltzer. In 1888 he would start to manufacture and market this product. In his early advertisements Bromo Seltzer is being used to treat headaches. It was an antacid for relieving pain from heartburn, upset stomach and indigestion. You would mix Bromo Seltzer with water and drink it. This product would become very popular and make him a wealthy man. He would incorporate the company in 1891 having factories in Baltimore as well as New Jersey. He was also a captain during the Spanish American War. Isaac Edward Emerson would die in 1939. This product was packaged in several different sizes of round cobalt blue bottle. Below are photos of these very common bottles. .Photo courtest of ebay. Below is a photo of a cobalt blue dose glass. .. Both photos courtesy of ebay. .Photo courtesy of ebay. Below are photos of some tax stamps. . . Below is a trade card for Bromo Seltzer of the Nation Republican Convention of Candidates. References: Digger Odell Publications 2007. www.rdhinstl.com Back to Articles