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Custom Made Doctors Saddle Bag
Guns International #: 101556175 Seller's Inventory #: M678
Category: Collectibles - Western - Collectibles - Civil War
Seller's Information
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Seller: Cisco's Gallery
Company: Ciscos Gallery
Member Since: 9/2/16
First Name: Sam
Last Name: Kennedy
State: Idaho
Zip: 83814
Country: United States
Phone: (208) 769-7575
Fax: (208) 769-7575
Platinum Seller
Number of Active Listings: 706
Total Number of Listings: 6837
Seller: Private Seller
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
Payment Types Accepted: Visa, Mastercard, certified funds, cashiers checks, money orders, and personal checks (items shipped when cleared). 3% surcharge on firearm purchases made with a credit card.
About Us: Cisco’s Rare & Exceptional deals in one-of-a-kind pieces that define America and the Wild West. The collection is both diverse and expansive, including historic antique western firearms, artifacts, antiques, fine art, and western home furnishings. Our store, located in scenic Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, is filled from floor to ceiling with pieces that spark romantic tales of the western frontier. Cisco’s inventory of authentic Native American art and artifacts is among the finest in the world featuring Navajo rugs, baskets, beadwork, totems, pipes, southwest jewelry and more!
Description:
Custom saddle maker made Doctor's saddle bags with inside compartments for bottled medication. Each of the bottles is labeled RH McGinness, White Sulfur Springs, MT. White Sulfur Spring - a town close to Livingston, MT and now only about a mile north of I90. It sprang up by early 1800's and was quite active by mid 19th cty. In the early 1870's the town grew quickly as the gold at Virginia City petered out and miners and speculators moved further west. White Sulfur was to be on the new Railroad. RH McGinness was the first Pharmacist in White Sulfur Springs. Whether these belong to him or to the first doctor in town we're not sure. We researched through the local Historical Society and found an 1880's photo showing the drug store operated by McGinness which was in the rear of the bank. The building is still there today, owned and operated by the Fraternal Order of Masons. The local "Mayn Cemetery Directory" was checked, however, there are no McGinness's buried. Apparently after making his fortune the family moved on. Many of the medicine bottles were unidentifiable, however a few we could read and researched. One being Acid Arsenic and the other Turkish Opium. Rare piece of both medical, western, and Montana history. Bag 10" x 6 1/2" ; Total length 29
SOLD