No, this isn't some battle of Dick Tracy villains (though Patsy-Ann could very well be drawn by Chester Gould!), it's just a couple more neat old bottles I found while diggin' around the 'ol antique malls. Patsy-Ann Home Drink was an "imitation concentrate orange flavor" made right here in St. Louis MO, and I'm guessing you'd add it to water or whatever to spruce up the juice. It does say "home drink" but maybe you could cook with it too, who knows, there's no label with directions or anything on the other side, so for now it's just the front until I can scrounge up more info. I do like that gold label though with the green nouveau ribbons and grumpy girl mascot. Seibert's Freckle Cream is also an interesting lil find. Made about an hour away across the Mighty Mississippi River in Ashely, ILL (why the extra L?!), this "perfected complexion beautifier" actually contains a nice wraparound label with directions, and features a cute photograph of a young girl instead of an illustration. Found absolutely zilch info for this product on the internet as well... it's all very odd. I'd say both are definitely pre-mid century, maybe as early as the 1920's, or so. Happy early Xmas presents to myself, --and someone please correct me if I'm wrong about anything in this post.
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