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Dilema - keep or recycle? - 8/21/2011 4:09:26 PM    treasurekidd   Posts: 551 Joined: 9/25/2005 From: Warwick, RI Status: offline A friend of mine dug this one recently and was going to recycle it, but I offered to take it and find it a home. What does everyone think - keep it or recycle it? It's a J.W. Fitch's Ideal Dandruff Remover. I really like the bottle, but I hate chips and cracks. As you can see the lip is pretty badly chipped, and there's a gouge out of the base in the back. Let me know what you think, your votes will determine if it finds a home on my shelf, or new life after recycling. Thanks! PS: Does anyone know where this bottle is from? Attachment (1) _____________________________ Ebay Stuff: http://stores.ebay.com/JMacs-Vintage-Treasures?_rdc=1 Always looking for Rhode Island medicine, milk and blob top beers/sodas, and any bottle from Danielson and Killingly, CT. Post #: 1

RE: Dilema - keep or recycle? - 8/21/2011 4:09:58 PM    treasurekidd   Posts: 551 Joined: 9/25/2005 From: Warwick, RI Status: offline Other side: Attachment (1) _____________________________ Ebay Stuff: http://stores.ebay.com/JMacs-Vintage-Treasures?_rdc=1 Always looking for Rhode Island medicine, milk and blob top beers/sodas, and any bottle from Danielson and Killingly, CT. (in reply to treasurekidd) Post #: 2

RE: Dilema - keep or recycle? - 8/21/2011 4:10:30 PM    treasurekidd   Posts: 551 Joined: 9/25/2005 From: Warwick, RI Status: offline Lip damage: Attachment (1) _____________________________ Ebay Stuff: http://stores.ebay.com/JMacs-Vintage-Treasures?_rdc=1 Always looking for Rhode Island medicine, milk and blob top beers/sodas, and any bottle from Danielson and Killingly, CT. (in reply to treasurekidd) Post #: 3

RE: Dilema - keep or recycle? - 8/21/2011 4:11:03 PM    treasurekidd   Posts: 551 Joined: 9/25/2005 From: Warwick, RI Status: offline Base damage. Thanks again! Attachment (1) _____________________________ Ebay Stuff: http://stores.ebay.com/JMacs-Vintage-Treasures?_rdc=1 Always looking for Rhode Island medicine, milk and blob top beers/sodas, and any bottle from Danielson and Killingly, CT. (in reply to treasurekidd) Post #: 4

RE: Dilema - keep or recycle? - 8/21/2011 4:26:19 PM    cowseatmaize Posts: 6462 Joined: 12/2/2004 From: Eastern Northwest West Central area of Mass Status: offline That's called keep 'til something better comes along. It may not be tomorrow so if you like it, keep it. I like the script lettering for what it's worth. _____________________________ Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati Eric (in reply to treasurekidd) Post #: 5

RE: Dilema - keep or recycle? - 8/21/2011 4:34:53 PM    cyberdigger Posts: 12301 Joined: 11/29/2008 From: I 195 @ US 9, NJ USA Status: offline Yeah it's a pity about the condition, but the real value killer is that it's a machine-made bottle.. the only redeeming factor is the embossing.. funny what people needed to remove dandruff with before the advent of the Dustbuster™.. (in reply to cowseatmaize) Post #: 6

RE: Dilema - keep or recycle? - 8/21/2011 4:44:18 PM    epackage Posts: 9831 Joined: 5/3/2009 From: Jersey Status: offline It's actually F not J and he was from.... In 1892, Frederick W. Fitch was a barber in Madrid, Iowa (pop. 565). His shampoo became so popular that he quit barbering to make "Fitch's Dandruff Remover Shampoo." By last year, his company had annual sales of $11,000,000. The advertising that did the trick: "Fitch Shampoo removes every trace of dandruff on first application. . . ." Jim (in reply to cyberdigger) Post #: 7

RE: Dilema - keep or recycle? - 8/21/2011 5:11:04 PM    Dansalata Posts: 1317 Joined: 10/18/2005 Status: offline I TAKE BOTTLES LIKE THAT AND PUT THEM IN FLOWER POTS FLOWER BEDS AND THEY LOOK PRETTY COOL STICKING UP OUT OF THE GROUND... _____________________________ DANSALATA (in reply to epackage) Post #: 8

RE: Dilema - keep or recycle? - 8/23/2011 12:33:34 PM    BellwoodBoys   Posts: 256 Joined: 6/5/2011 Status: offline I would keep it they make great window decorations! (in reply to Dansalata) Post #: 9

RE: Dilema - keep or recycle? - 8/23/2011 3:20:36 PM    Wheelah23 Posts: 4294 Joined: 8/9/2010 From: Glen Ridge, New Jersey Status: offline I've heard Fitches are common, but that might be the later ones. I'd say put it for $1 at a bottle show, if you're selling at one (I'm doing that in November), and if it doesn't sell, recycle it. _____________________________ Looking for bottles from Glen Ridge, Montclair, Bloomfield, Orange, East Orange, West Orange, South Orange, and if I like 'em, any other bottles from Essex County NJ! Also Manahawkin NJ! Message me if you want to find them a new home. (in reply to BellwoodBoys) Post #: 10

RE: Dilema - keep or recycle? - 8/23/2011 3:55:54 PM    Bottles r LEET   Posts: 984 Joined: 2/12/2011 From: Plainfield, New Hampshire Status: offline Keep it. _____________________________ Ryan MacLeay Looking for 'Vehicles in the Bush' pictures. http://www.antique-bottles.net/forum/Old-Truck/m-476657/tm.htm Also looking for Abandoned House pictures. http://www.antique-bottles.net/forum/Abandoned-House/m-495368/tm.htm (in reply to Wheelah23) Post #: 11

RE: Dilema - keep or recycle? - 8/23/2011 7:31:01 PM    VTdigger   Posts: 329 Joined: 4/1/2011 Status: offline I'd keep it, I personaly have dug quite a few bottles with chips even some bigger than average breaks though mostly whole. I think most old bottles are so pretty, it doesn't even matter to me in there "mint", since I just collect and don't sell them  and never plan to. whatever you do is up to you though, you could donate it to a thrift store or just leave it at a dump for someone to find, I'm sure someone would want it even if it's got cracks and chips. _____________________________ If there is a bottle... I will find it. Looking for Local embossed bottles from Bennington VT and Bennington county (in reply to Bottles r LEET) Post #: 12

RE: Dilema - keep or recycle? - 8/24/2011 4:51:01 PM    RonJonbold   Posts: 7 Joined: 8/24/2011 Status: offline I think I'd keep that but not for a major collection or anything. If you have some use for it where its flaws will actually improve matters, like in a garden as suggested above, that would make it worthwhile. It's something you don't see on the market anymore at least. If you find another one in better condition, then recycle that one. (in reply to VTdigger) Post #: 13

RE: Dilema - keep or recycle? - 9/9/2011 9:17:48 PM    Stardust Posts: 3645 Joined: 10/5/2007 From: Boston, MA ~ ; ) Status: offline I would beautify it with my crafty hands and magical fingers  Oh yeah,  I would and it would be a keeper for sure. People would bow in front of it ~ They would indeed ~ star ~* _____________________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9vBsIQ2_Ic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okKWzl3jCrM *´¨) ¸.·´¸.·*´¨) ¸.·*¨) (¸.·´ (¸.·' * Stardust.·´ (in reply to RonJonbold) Post #: 14

RE: Dilema - keep or recycle? - 9/9/2011 10:00:41 PM    Wangan   Posts: 1136 Joined: 12/4/2009 From: Northern Maine Status: offline quote: ORIGINAL: cowseatmaize That's called keep 'til something better comes along. It may not be tomorrow so if you like it, keep it. I like the script lettering for what it's worth. +1 _____________________________ http://youtu.be/e4ujS1er1r0 (in reply to cowseatmaize) Post #: 15

RE: Dilema - keep or recycle? - 9/11/2011 4:57:04 PM    treasurekidd   Posts: 551 Joined: 9/25/2005 From: Warwick, RI Status: offline All right, all right, the ayes have it. I'll find a spot on my shelf somewhere for it, at least until a better example turns up. Thanks for your votes everyone! _____________________________ Ebay Stuff: http://stores.ebay.com/JMacs-Vintage-Treasures?_rdc=1 Always looking for Rhode Island medicine, milk and blob top beers/sodas, and any bottle from Danielson and Killingly, CT. (in reply to Wangan) Post #: 16

RE: Dilema - keep or recycle? - 9/11/2011 6:58:36 PM    KBbottles Posts: 1445 Joined: 2/24/2010 From: South Brunswick, NJ Status: offline If you dont keep it, leave it somewhere in the woods where a hiker or someone else can find it and possibly get interested in the hobby. (in reply to treasurekidd) Post #: 17

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