Bromo Seltzer Tower: The Baltimore Skycraper Once Topped by a Giant Rotating Bottle
Isaac Emerson made his fortune selling a fizzy cure for hangovers and late nights. In 1911, he built the tallest building in Baltimore to advertise it, topped with a giant illuminated bottle that rotated over downtown for twenty-five years. The bottle, once used by ship captains navigating into Baltimore’s harbor, was removed, but the tower…