OLD BOTTLE FINDS

**DOC** · 03-15-2010, 09:36 AM

I THINK THIS SUBJECT SHOULD HAVE IT'S OWN SPOTLIGHT ASIDE FROM "TRASH OR TREASURE."

POST YOUR OLD BOTTLE FINDS AND LET'S TALK ABOUT THEIR HISTORY!

SODA: MOSTLY EMBOSSED (EARLY) AND A.C.L. (APPLIED COLORED LABELS) LATER. SOME HAD BOTH LIKE PEPSI 12oz. EMBOSSED ON THE NECK/SHOULDER WITH ACL OR PAPER LABEL ON THE BODY
PAPER LABELS ARE RECENT AND NOT EVEN WORTHY UNLESS EXTINCT.

BEER: EARLY BOTTLES WERE EMBOSSED ONLY. I'M TALKING 100+ YEARS AGO. EVENTUALLY THEY EVOLVED TO A HEAVY EMBOSSMENT/PAPER LABEL COMBO. THERE ARE SOME EXCEPTIONS.

MEDICINE: MOST OLDER BOTTLES WERE BROWN, COBALT BLUE, LIGHT BLUE, AMBER, ETC. EMBOSSED ON THE SIDES WITH PAPER LABELS ON ONE SIDE IF ROUND AND BOTH SIDES IF FLAT (RECT) COMMONLY. THERE ARE MANY OTHER VARIATIONS. PHILIPS MILK OF MAGNESIA WAS ALMOST ALWAYS IN COBALT BLUE BOTTLES IN A FEW SIZES. THESE ARE GREAT WHEN YOU CAN FIND THEM AND USUALLY ARE MISSING THE PAPER LABEL WHEN FOUND OUTSIDE.

DAIRY: THESE USUALLY CAME IN CLEAR GLASS ONLY SINCE MOST DAIRY PRODUCTS ARE WHITE. ON RARE OCCASIONS MILK QUART BOTTLES WERE BROWN. I'VE SEEN 1/2 PINT, PINT, QUART, 1/2 GALLON AND GALLON.
AGAIN EARLY BOTTLES WERE EMBOSSED AND THEN LATER A.C.L. TYPES. EARLY BOTTLES WERE ROUND AND LATER ONES WERE SQUARE WITH ROUNDED CORNERS. THERE MAY BE SOME EXCEPTIONS IN GENERAL.

CONDIMENTS: USUALLY MOST ALL HAVE PAPER LABELS SINCE THEY WERE GENERALLY A ONE-WAY SITUATION.
MANY COMPANIES STILL UTILIZE SAME SHAPED BOTTLES THAT THEY USED MANY DECADES AGO FOR PRODUCT FAMILIARITY....FOR EXAMPLE HEINZ 57 VARIETIES KETCHUP....STILL LOOKS THE SAME AS IT DID 75 YEARS AGO.

LAUNDRY & CHEMICALS: MOST LAUNDRY DETERGENTS CAME IN VARIOUS SIZED BOXES, BUT CHEMICALS LIKE BLEACH WERE OFTEN AND MOST COMMONLY SOLD IN GLASS JUGGS. 1/2 AND 1 GALLON SIZES LIKE CLOROX AND ROSE-X. I SEE THEM ALL OVER THE PLACE IN BOTTLE HOLES. THE BRAND NAMES WERE USUALLY EMBOSSED ON THE SHOULDERS.

PERFUMES & CREMES: USUALLY SMALL BOTTLES. I PERSONALLY DON'T HAVE MUCH EXPERIENCE WITH THESE, BUT THEY ARE GENERALLY ADD SHAPED AND SMALLER. POND'S COLD CREAM FOR EXAMPLE USUALLY CAME IN WHITE GLASS JARS....SMALL AND LARGE.

**DOC** · 03-15-2010, 10:04 AM

THE OTHER DAY, JUST FOR SOME FRESH AIR I WENT OVER TO LAUREL LAKE'S FORMER CAMP MALLOY LOCATION FOR SOME LOOKING AND POKING AROUND IN AREAS THAT I'VE SEARCHED PREVIOUSLY. THE LEAVES ON THE GROUND AND THE GROUN ITSELF ALWAYS SEEM TO CHANGE, SO I WAS CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT MIGHT'VE POPPED UP OVER THE PAST 3 YEARS SINCE MY LAST HUNT.

I DID MANAGE TO FIND MANY EMBOSSED 6.5oz GREEN GLASS COCA-COLAS, BUT MOST ALL WERE BROKEN. I FOUND A 1965 RHEINGOLD BROWN GLASS "CHUG-A-MUG" EMBOSSED BOTTLE. THESE HAD THE WIDE MOUTH.
MADE SO THAT THE BEERS WOULD FLOW EASIER THRU YOUR MOUTH AND DOWN THE HATCH...HENCE THE NEED FOR ANOTHER AND ANOTHER....SELLING MORE BEER LOL!

I PICKED UP AN ACL 8oz. KIST SODA BOTTLE WITH THE COMMON CLEAR GLASS, BUT THE ACL LABEL WAS FACE DOWN IN THE DIRT AND BADLY FADED. I FOUND ANOTHER LARGER CLEAR 12oz KIST SODA BOTTLE ALSO FADED.
I FOUND A GREEN GLASS 6.5oz COKE BOTTLE BUT NEWER ACL TYPE. THEN I WAS CURIOUS ENOUGH TO INVESTIGATE A GREEN BOTTLE IN THE BROWN LEAVES (THINKING IT WAS A HEINEKEN), BUT IT WAS AN 8oz GREEN GLASS KIST BOTTLE. BOTH THE CLEAR AND GREEN BOTTLES WERE BOTTLED BY THE GREENPORT ICE COMPANY! I LATER DID A GOOGLE SEARCH ON THIS GREEN GLASS KIST. THE ANSWER WAS BASICALLY UNUSUAL BUT NOT RARE....

**Curly** · 03-15-2010, 07:49 PM

You know, I was out in New Suffolk a couple of weeks ago and passed this place many times. Gotta make it a point to stop by there again. Lots of room to roam. Good stuff!

**DOC** · 03-15-2010, 09:24 PM

Originally Posted by Curly

You know, I was out in New Suffolk a couple of weeks ago and passed this place many times. Gotta make it a point to stop by there again. Lots of room to roam. Good stuff!

PASSED WHICH? LAUREL LAKE?

**DOC** · 03-23-2010, 08:36 PM

SOME THINGS DO CHANGE....FOR EXAMPLE THE OLD GREENPORT ICE COMPANY THAT BOTTLED THE KIST BOTTLES I POSTED A PICTURE OF ABOVE IS NO LONGER IN BUSINESS, BUT THEIR SIGN STILL SHOWS THERE LOCATION...

**DOC** · 03-24-2010, 09:16 AM

I JUST JOINED THIS COOL BOTTLE WEBSITE.

IF YOU HAVE ?'S AND CONCERNS ABOUT YOUR FINDS, THE ANSWERS MAY BE HERE....

http://www.antique-bottles.net/forum/

I AM "DIGGIN DOC" ON THE FORUMS, BUT HAVEN'T POST ANYTHING JUST YET.

**Richit** · 03-24-2010, 05:14 PM

Good site, I have that in my favorites but never joined.

**DOC** · 04-07-2010, 07:30 AM

BEEN TO THE BIG BOTTLE HOLE A FEW TIMES IN THE PAST WEEK. YESTERDAY WE DUG UP A NICE 1/2 PINT CREAMER FROM AN E. MORICHES DAIRY. PLUS ANOTHER VERY SMALL BOTTLE THAT RESEMBLES THE CREAMER. I WONDER WHAT THAT LITTLE ONE WAS AND WHAT IT WAS USED FOR IF EVEN RELATED TO DAIRY? IT'S ONLY ABOUT 1.5" TALL.