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Lestoil ...??? Historical Flask??? - 7/13/2005 12:13:45 AM    whiskeyman Posts: 2012 Joined: 4/17/2005 From: NE TENN-SW VA Status: offline These flasks are seen all the time on Ebay and in the Antiques shoppes. Came in assorted colors..shades of green, blue, amber, amethyst...with 3 seperate motifs: Washington, Columbia, and a Sailing Ship...reverse had an Eagle. When Big Lots first opened here, they had quite a few that came from an old warehouse find...Also had many boxes...I managed to get 2 boxes and sold one. The flasks sold for 99c and had the accompanying plastic stopper. They originally were a "give-away" with the purchase of a bottle of Lestoil household cleaner back in 1964...They are machine made. Attachment (1) _____________________________ * Member: Bristol Historical Assoc....and... Friends of Steeles Creek Nature Center & Park President: Bristol Tenn-Va Bottle Club Author of: Spirits & Medicinal Bottles of Bristol,TN-VA. My WebSite: www.bristol-tenn-va-bottles.com Post #: 1

RE: Lestoil ...??? Historical Flask??? - 7/13/2005 12:14:16 AM    whiskeyman Posts: 2012 Joined: 4/17/2005 From: NE TENN-SW VA Status: offline more.. Attachment (1) _____________________________ * Member: Bristol Historical Assoc....and... Friends of Steeles Creek Nature Center & Park President: Bristol Tenn-Va Bottle Club Author of: Spirits & Medicinal Bottles of Bristol,TN-VA. My WebSite: www.bristol-tenn-va-bottles.com (in reply to whiskeyman) Post #: 2

RE: Lestoil ...??? Historical Flask??? - 7/13/2005 12:14:53 AM    whiskeyman Posts: 2012 Joined: 4/17/2005 From: NE TENN-SW VA Status: offline and the box... Attachment (1) _____________________________ * Member: Bristol Historical Assoc....and... Friends of Steeles Creek Nature Center & Park President: Bristol Tenn-Va Bottle Club Author of: Spirits & Medicinal Bottles of Bristol,TN-VA. My WebSite: www.bristol-tenn-va-bottles.com (in reply to whiskeyman) Post #: 3

RE: Lestoil ...??? Historical Flask??? - 7/13/2005 10:45:10 AM    Bluebelle   Posts: 181 Joined: 4/16/2004 Status: offline Very interesting! Were the bottles that turned up at Big Lots actually empty, prior to being filled? I have 2 Lestoil bottles that came with the cleaner in it, an amythest and a blue, not as fancy designs as yours - they have been packed away a while, but I think the amy. had G. Washington on it. I don't have the stoppers - Lestoil wasn't a very good cleaner, so I didn't buy any more when they were out. (in reply to whiskeyman) Post #: 4

RE: Lestoil ...??? Historical Flask??? - 7/15/2005 11:21:59 PM    whiskeyman Posts: 2012 Joined: 4/17/2005 From: NE TENN-SW VA Status: offline BLUEBELLE...they were all empty. It was my understanding that, originally - if one purchased a regular bottle of Lestoil, that they were given a flask. This is the 1st I'd heard of them actually containing Lestoil. _____________________________ * Member: Bristol Historical Assoc....and... Friends of Steeles Creek Nature Center & Park President: Bristol Tenn-Va Bottle Club Author of: Spirits & Medicinal Bottles of Bristol,TN-VA. My WebSite: www.bristol-tenn-va-bottles.com (in reply to whiskeyman) Post #: 5

RE: Lestoil ...??? Historical Flask??? - 7/16/2005 11:52:39 AM    Bluebelle   Posts: 181 Joined: 4/16/2004 Status: offline Interesting, whiskeyman! I had bought mine when I lived in Pittsburgh, PA - I wonder if they were marketed differently in different parts of the country. (in reply to whiskeyman) Post #: 6

RE: Lestoil ...??? Historical Flask??? - 7/16/2005 3:21:28 PM    whiskeyman Posts: 2012 Joined: 4/17/2005 From: NE TENN-SW VA Status: offline BLUEBELLE...perhaps. But I can't imagine Lestoil would reset-up its bottling lines just to fill a few gross of the flasks. Possibly the promotion wasn't very successful, thus all these empties stored in a warehouse for 20-odd years... I went to every Big Lots within a 75 mile radius and bought all their flasks that were left...(got a shopping cart full at each store). I wonder how many were distributed to other stores? _____________________________ * Member: Bristol Historical Assoc....and... Friends of Steeles Creek Nature Center & Park President: Bristol Tenn-Va Bottle Club Author of: Spirits & Medicinal Bottles of Bristol,TN-VA. My WebSite: www.bristol-tenn-va-bottles.com (in reply to whiskeyman) Post #: 7

RE: Lestoil ...??? Historical Flask??? - 3/25/2007 1:11:45 AM    whiskeyman Posts: 2012 Joined: 4/17/2005 From: NE TENN-SW VA Status: offline Recently, there was a Lestoil flask listed on Ebay with a neck label, indicating the flask did indeed contain Lestoil cleaner. The label was imprinted: Caution:.Combustibile Mixture. N.Y - MD - CA - 2511. Keep Away From Open Flame And Extreme Heat. Net Contents 1Pt 12Fl ozs Lestoil Products:Inc:.Holyoke,Mass _____________________________ * Member: Bristol Historical Assoc....and... Friends of Steeles Creek Nature Center & Park President: Bristol Tenn-Va Bottle Club Author of: Spirits & Medicinal Bottles of Bristol,TN-VA. My WebSite: www.bristol-tenn-va-bottles.com (in reply to whiskeyman) Post #: 8

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