Old bottles...

[CCBill]

I remember Gunsmoke showing off some old bottles, some time back and thought he and maybe some others would like to see these. Three are Indian Territory(Lehigh, Ardmore and Coal Gate). The one marked Woodlake is a small lake we own part of, about 30 miles from here. Woodlake was a real tourist attraction from about 1880-1920. There was a casino, zoo, amusement park rides, a dance hall and a lot more. We hit a bottle dump, there, one time when I was a kid and got about 175 unbroken, blob-top bottles out of it. These were the only 3 Indian Territory bottles.
Woodlake, is without a doubt, the best place to dig and metal detect I have ever seen. I have only seen 2 Woodlake bottles and they are both purpled, from the sun.
There has also been several largemouth bass over 12 pounds caught there. It is really rare that anybody fishes there anymore.
Debbie and I are thinking about building a new cabin over there. Our old one has had it. It is not habitable anymore.
If you like these bottles I have several more including one that held, "Swamp Chill and Fever Tonic". Let me know if you would like to see more.
I also have several postcard pictues from the lake, from about 1908-1920 if you would like to see them.
...Mild(not wild)CCBill...

[muskrat man]

cool stuff Bill. I hit a spot the other day where they plowed up part of an old dump. Got a nice milk jar, some medicine bottles, an old cork top listerine bottle! and a few whiskey bottles, a couple are marked. I'll get some pics and post them. They probably broke thousands of bottles with the bulldozer, but a few survived. love a good treasure hunt every now and then. Need to get out with the detector this spring. Know a few spots that look promising for old coins and relics.

[Sauconian]

I wouldn't mind seeing some more bottles Bill. I don't have any Western bottles, but I have one that came from California.

Here's the story. The first photo shows a J. Sutter bottle from Point Pleasant Pa., which was just a couple of miles up the Delaware River from Lambertville N.J., where the one next to it came from. The Lambertville bottle is a pontiled water bottle. I haven't researched the J. Sutter bottle, but I don't think either of these have any connection to the story or characters connected to the second G.A. Kohls Lamberville bottle shown on the left in the second photo, and in the third photo.

That bottle I bought on eBay, and the seller claimed it was found 15' down in a California privy. After purchasing it, I asked the buyer what California town it came from. That's where it gets interesting. The seller claimed he found it in Marysville, which was laid out by John Sutter as a supply town for the California gold fields. Now John Sutter, AKA Johann Suter, employed a man named James W. Marshall as his builder. Marshall is the man who brought the first gold to Sutter from his mill. Marshall came from Lambertville, N.J., the same town this Ca. late 1840's - early 1850's water bottle came from. Did California need bottled water imported from N.J., or did this bottle get there by the hand of James Marshall ? I'll never know, but it's another cool artifact to hold in hand and let the imagination wonder.

Fran

[Ringmaster]

Mild Bill,

I know zero about the old bottles, but enjoy looking ! We used to dig up some old ones, when I was digging holes for telephone poles. Keep 'em coming...

My mother was from Boswell, IT. But, then they moved to Texas, sad to say...she finally escaped to Arkansas.

Really, the old bottles are neat...I'd like to see more.

Smiling,
JR

[Gunsmoke47]

Those are some great Hutch's you've got Bill! Beautiful color in those blob top sodas too Fran! I can look at old bottles all day long. Especially when I know the history behind them. Thanks for showing them guys! Smoke

[Fox]

hiya mr bill, hears uh .botell from way back, dey call these here demi johns.spring is dar i.m nut drinkin from it no moe. fancy pourch still standing, but dem methodist wont allow no drinkin of c sprits.other bottle leads me back to de wolfmans fourty oh one kay and mossbo's bar. the city dun dis appeared needa git uh skully team hear yu here, looks lik dem tate'ers done git uh posse too find me yuk yuk. back to da grindstone. fox

http://www.state.tn.us/tsla/exhibits/tn ... tories.htm

[CCBill]

Here are some more old bottles. I know ABSOLUTELY nothing about bottles. Guess I need to find a good book and try to learn, huh?
Left to right: (1)Tioga Mineral Wells Co., Tioga, Texas(home of Gene Autry).(2) Gilbert Bottling Works, Gilbert, Minn. (3) P.W. Ward, registered, Indianapolis, Ind. (4) R.D. Kissinger, Beaver Falls, PA (5) Ashland Bottling Works, Ashland, Wis.
..CCBill...

[CCBill]

Here's s'more...
Left to right (1) Swamp Chill& Fever Tonic. Fort Smith, Ark.(on one side), Morris Morton Drug Co,(on the other side). (2&3) Woodlake(located between Sherman and Denison, TX. These are the only ones I have ever seen. (4) I think this is called a "punkin' seed" bottle. B.A.Cook, Sweet Revenge, Galveston, Texas.
...CCBill...


Hey Ringmaster, how many bottles of that Arkie snake oil do you figger you've put away in your life(LOL)???

I have some postcards from Woodlake, dating from about 1908-1920. We own a share of the lake and that is where most of these bottles were found. I wll post them later.


What do you suppose "Sweet Revenge" was???

[CCBill]

Sorry about all the different posts. Simple minds have simple ways. This way I can keep things sorted out better.
The bottle on the left is called a "torpedo" bottle. It is 100+ years old. I have always thought it was a cruel trick, to play on a drunk. The bottom is rounded, it WON"T stand up! It is taller than a Hutch bottle and from what I understand, it wasn't completely filled, then a cork was inserted and they were shipped, lying on their side, in hopes that the empty space would allow the gas to expand in them without blowing the cork out . Of course it didn't always work.

The only marks on the 2 Hutch's is a number "33" on one and "The Liquid" on the other.(I don't know about you but I don't know if I would want to take a big swig of either one). I assume they had paper labels on them at one time to say what "The Liquid" was.
...CCBill...

[CCBill]

Left to right: (1) Orange Crush, bottled in Carlsbad, N.M. I'm 60 and I don't remember drinking out of one of these amber bottles. (2.) Aunt Ida, the Favored Drink. Anybody ever seen one? (3) Pepsi-Cola, Oklahoma City, Okla. Anybody know how old it is? (4) Polka Dot. A little local flair. Bottled 38 miles East of here in Paris, TX, in the 50's.
Hope you like looking at my assortment of bottles. I probably have more somewhere but this is probably enough for now. I showed you mine, now show me yours.
...CCBill...

[CCBill]

Here are some old pictures of the same Woodlake as the one on the bottles above.
They date fron 1908-1920. I have 19 different ones but these are the only ones I have scanned. It was reall a tourist attraction in it's day. Great place to dig and metal detect.

...CCBill...

[Ringmaster]

Hiya Bill !

Great old bottles, my friend... Up here, the snake oil comes in jugs or jars, tho'. To answer your question, tho' -- "More than my share" !

Believe it or no - I've had Polka Dot ! When I'd visit my Granny, in Kingsland, Ark., they had it in the cooler, at Jimmy Drake's Gen'l Mdse. Tastes like a Royal Crown.

Here's a little Ark. "recipe" --- (the good stuff is in the Mason Jar).

[OLDSMOKE]

That Mason jar has been topped off out of a keg, when it comes from the worm it is clear as water and 190 proofe.
Cheers and heres to your health!!!
Rusty

[Rupe]

Great old bottles everyone.

I used to have a lot of 'em. We'd dig them up at the old farm that my father grew up on. There was a farm "dump" where anything that couldn't be reused ended up in. Had old Coke bottles, Clorox bleach bottles, Brownie Soda Pop bottles, Rusted out Prince Edward cans, etc.

It was like treasure hunting when I was a kid.

When I moved from my old house I got rid of all but a few. This is all I have left now.


The medicine bottle has metric graduations on the side. No other info available.
The two liquor bottles are Drambuie bottles. I keep those for decoration at my basement bar.
The small one (front left) is a Thomas A Edison Special Battery Oil bottle. Very interesting so I kept it.
The last one is a half pint milk bottle. Absolutely no monetary value but its one of my favorites. Its my reminder of digging up old bottles with my father. Listening to his stories of the milk man dropping off the milk and how it would freeze in the winter. The only time they got "ice cream".

Chris

[orvet]

Nice bottles everyone.

I had a bunch but the ex has them now.
You can only take so much of the old stuff.

Dale