Some where found, a bunch were dug up and the rest were gifts. The farmer that owned my property years ago must of had some serious stomach problems. I have found dozens of Bromo Seltzer bottles scattered all over the property.
These are a few. I remember those small school milk bottles for 3 cents...I must be getting old! Sent from my Bell Candlestick
I dig bottles but sold off my milk bottle collection years ago for lack of a place to display them, though I kept the first one I purchased. I do have a few Dad's Root Beer and Dr Pepper "10-2-4" bottles, though. I have to say, Wrayman, I like your pop (or do you say soda) bottles.
At the home place are old medicine bottles I should bring here. What I thought was interesting is they look like about a 10-12 ounce bottle, but it's made so that it only holds maybe 2 oz. Sent from my Bell Candlestick
Thanks, I started as a kid collecting them for the deposit. I know what you mean about a place to display. I ended up putting shelves up over the door ways in the kitchen and then filled the space above the cabinets. Still have a bunch more in the garage attic.
Here's one still on topic about bottles. How many collected pop bottles for the deposit? I grew up in the country but there was a store about a mile away, I walked the road and I think it was 2 cents then 3 cents deposit? I could make $0.50 or so fairly easily. We also had a theater on Saturday you could see a movie with RC cola caps. I can't remember how many it took. Maybe someone remembers. Sent from my Bell Candlestick
We always looked for bottles, they were a good supplement to what you had in your pocket especially if all you had was lint. With candy bars at a nickel, a Popsicle 7 cents and those big pretzel rods a penny apiece those 2 cent bottles were great. Chicago also had a small brand, Cadillac Soda in clear glass bottles with paper labels, I think they were a bit less than a quart. The best thing about Cadillac was the deposit- 10 cents. Everybody loved to find one of those! Top photo is bottle from Chicago Century of Progress held in 1933-‘34. Three variations of Kayo bottles, it sold for a dime when I was a kid. Alaska Amber, bottled in Juneau, AK, Cook’s 500 capitalized on the Indy 500 and Ed Debevic’s was the house brew at a North Side tourist trap in Chicago.
Wraymen, My property was also previously farm land (up until about 20 years ago) & farms are still all around me. There is a glass dump in the woods behind my house. My Father started collecting some about 25 years ago when my Grandma died & he ended up with some from her garage rafters! I have dug up probably 50 nice, undamaged bottles from the 30's 40's & 50's for him since I have lived here (about 15 years) Unfortunately he doesn't have them out where I can take pictures, but they are cool just the same! God bless Bill https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...ar-transport-hauling-open-or-enclosed.614419/
That's the secret to finding some good old stuff. There was usually a glass or trash dump not too far from the main house and more often than not it was in a natural ravine. Out of site out of mind. Another thing I did on a still working farm was to search a field that was just cultivated. I found a bunch of arrow heads and pottery pieces. The best time to search was after a good rain, it made the recently uncovered artifacts stand out against the soil.
Very true! My glass dump is in a small ravine. An ex-Father in law from way back found out I moved out here & asked to come out & search for arrow heads. I cleared it with the farmer, but sadly he passed away before he could come out & search.
Fordors, I'm jealous about those Kayo bottles, plus the holder? Insane! As a kid in the '60s, me and my pals were always scarfing up bottles for the deposit. That way we were able to sustain ourselves with Pepsi, chips and Choco-Malts. Man, that stuff cost next to nothing. One thing that bugged the hell out of us is when we'd use the machine that had you pulling the bottle up through a lever that would occasionally not go up, and the store owner refused to take care of us. We were kids trying to cheat him out of ten cents, right?
There was some vending machine that kids would pop the cap off and drink soda out with straws hooked together. Sent from my Bell Candlestick
.................Excellent advice. I found an arrowhead (more correctly, a projectile point) one morning at Twin Shields Golf Course after an overnight rain. It was off to the right where my slice usually went......Another one was found in my back yard after a rain. I had walked past the point where I found it dozens of times, but found it this time because of the rain.
Who knew that you are a golfer. I like arrowhead, projectile point seems to take all the fun out of it.
Lets throw some jugs and crocks into the mix. I was told that the jug on the right was found at a civil war site. It was in my great aunt's antique shop back in the fifties.
Does anyone know anything about this? I found it in my grandparents garage (They were born late 1800s). All I know is it's quite old...but what was in it, I don't know. Sent from my Bell Candlestick
I did some internet research...looks like it may have been Bakers Chocolate. Sent from my Bell Candlestick
I used to collect old bottles... mostly patent medicines pre 1900. I have a pretty good collection of old medicines with the box and instructions as well as the contents. when I moved in 1996 I packed them all up and they are still packed! I also have a bunch of old different color bottles (no screw tops, cork only)I put in the 5 foot wide window in the bathroom in my old house. they look good with sun shining through, yeah, those are all packed as well. I like the medicines because before 1903 they just made stuff up and put alcohol and cocaine in them and called themselves Doctor. like Dr. Kilmers Kidney Liver and Bladder Cure that I'm sure only made you drunk.... I have or had a blob top bottle embossed with "cocaine". that one is empty.
My brother and I used to dig for bottles in an old dump (again in a ravine) not to far from our house when we were kids. Lots of fun! I think he must of ended up with almost all of the bottles we found. Here's the only one I have. It's small about 4 inches tall and says Edison Battery Oil, Made in the USA Thomas A. Edison Incorporated Bloomfield, NJ
Now I don't feel so bad about my old bottle collection. However, mine are a bit odd. They are very old embalming fluid bottles. Not sure why I bought them, other than they're kinda unique.
Bottle related, NOS, never had a piece of chalk on it. I’ve had this about 40 years, it just hangs in my basement shop. 26 3/4 x 13 1/2.
Fordors, that's all it's supposed to do, hang on the wall and look kool. I'd have to say that KAYO has always been my favorite advertising brand. The logo and the bottle are perfect.
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