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Found Wilkens bottle Full - 3/21/2010 10:53:11 AM    aschurger   Posts: 3 Joined: 7/28/2009 Status: offline I was hiking between in the rockies somewhere between Leadville and Aspen when I walked away from the campsite to relive my self. When I looked down, I noticed something odd embedded in the ground. I picked it up and it was a Wilkens Whiskey bottle still mostly full. I carried it the next 15 miles and it now sits proudly on my liquor cabinet. I've searched the postings and have seen several bottles like this the they are dated between 1935-1964 due to the prohibition inscription. If anyone has any other info I would certainly be interested. Attachment (1) < Message edited by aschurger -- 3/21/2010 10:56:28 AM > Post #: 1

RE: Found Wilkens bottle Full - 3/25/2010 1:06:43 AM    surfaceone Posts: 7119 Joined: 12/9/2008 Status: offline Hey Andrew, Welcome to this place. How's it taste? "1892 - Harry E Wilkens, Sr. enters the distilling industry. Mr. Wilkens went to work for Schenley Distillery at some point in time. In 1936, The Wilken Family brand of blended whiskey is introduced by Schenley, I believe that is what this vintage liquor bottle is - 'Wilken Family Whiskey.' It does not have a paper label but it does have an embossed picture of Mr. Wilken in an oval, shocks of wheat on either side, buildings in the background, and the names of the boys in script around the bottom. This bottle has the 'Federal Law Prohibits....' text across the front too." From. (in reply to aschurger) Post #: 2

RE: Found Wilkens bottle Full - 3/27/2010 10:43:37 AM    aschurger   Posts: 3 Joined: 7/28/2009 Status: offline Can't say that I know. At first I was going on the idea that it hadn't been opened and whiskey was missing because the change in atmospheric pressure had forced it out over the years (pretty nerdy). But after carefully cleaning off the cap it looks like the seal was broken. Who knows maybe someday curiosity will get the best of me. My best guess for the date is prior to '64 but I would like to think it was much earlier. This area I was hiking in is a stretch of wilderness where the 10th mountain division would do training exercises during WWII. I'd like to think it belongs to one of them. If was far enough from the beaten path for that to be possible. aschurger (in reply to surfaceone) Post #: 3

RE: Found Wilkens bottle Full - 1/11/2011 8:02:00 AM    ironmountain   Posts: 844 Joined: 10/17/2010 From: Iron Mountain, MI Status: offline sorry to necro an old thread...I have that same bottle, with the labels... Attachment (1) (in reply to aschurger) Post #: 4

RE: Found Wilkens bottle Full - 1/11/2011 8:02:34 AM    ironmountain   Posts: 844 Joined: 10/17/2010 From: Iron Mountain, MI Status: offline backside Attachment (1) (in reply to ironmountain) Post #: 5

RE: Found Wilkens bottle Full - 6/23/2011 12:50:16 PM    aschurger   Posts: 3 Joined: 7/28/2009 Status: offline That is pretty awesome. I had no idea front/back. I was thinking the embossment was on the front and didn't even know there was a label. Thanks. A (in reply to ironmountain) Post #: 6

RE: Found Wilkens bottle Full - 6/23/2011 5:54:49 PM    waskey   Posts: 1530 Joined: 12/6/2008 From: ellicott city,md Status: offline Those style Wilken bottles date from the late 1930s to early 1940s. _____________________________ Looking to purchase any bottles from Ellicott City, Maryland that I don't have!! Also milks from these following MD towns:Woodlawn, Catonsville, Elkridge. (in reply to aschurger) Post #: 7

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