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New York Bottle in New Mexico - 6/23/2006 10:44:01 AM    1930scans   Posts: 11 Joined: 6/22/2006 Status: offline First of all...I am a beer can collector.  I find alot of bottles while dumping for cans.  While dumping in Northern New Mexico I came across this bottle.  It is 8 oz and has the following wording on the label: R. W. Polhemus  Co. Inc.  Puughkeepsie  N.Y.  At the bottom is Registered  this Bottle not to be sold.  The glass is very thick on the bottle and it has a wire at the top which appears to have held a porcelin stopper at one time.  I'd appreciate any information on this bottle.  It was found in a dump that contained garbage from the 50's and 60's but I also found license plates from the 30's and 40's and this bottle.  thanks.  Also...does anyone out there have old beer cans they've found in dumps?? <center> <img src="http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d114/Srednilf/bottle2.jpg" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"><br><br> <img src="http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d114/Srednilf/bottle1.jpg" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"><br><br> </center> < Message edited by 1930scans -- 6/26/2006 1:48:51 PM > Post #: 1

RE: New York Bottle in New Mexico - 6/23/2006 12:23:23 PM    cc6pack   Posts: 512 Joined: 7/12/2003 From: Mableton, Ga. Status: offline 30's In the last pic you are showing a crown top, if you could describe how the top and neck are finished it will help date the bottle. If the seam goes from the bottom to the lip it is an ABM bottle probably early 1910 range. If the seam stops on the neck it's a BIM 1890's to early1900's. Is there any oz. contents? Or can you give the dimensions. Is there any thing marled on the bottom?  Right now I'd say soda? Below is a very good site for bottle collectors , check out the glossary for ABM, BIM, crown top. http://www.blm.gov/historic_bottles/index.htm < Message edited by cc6pack -- 6/23/2006 12:30:36 PM > (in reply to 1930scans) Post #: 2

RE: New York Bottle in New Mexico - 6/23/2006 1:11:33 PM    1930scans   Posts: 11 Joined: 6/22/2006 Status: offline Thanks for the great information.  there is nothing written on the bottom of the bottle.  The seam on the bottle runs from the bottom to the top of the neck.  Where I found this bottle is the dump site for a family who's lived in a cabin for 3-4 generations...the cabin was built in the late 1870's.  i've only scratched the surface of this dump and have not reached the bottom in the middle.  Condition of what I'm finding is outstanding as the dump is at 8500' and protected by pine trees....Brad _____________________________ Collectors of Beer cans from the 1930's (in reply to cc6pack) Post #: 3

RE: New York Bottle in New Mexico - 6/23/2006 1:43:18 PM    cc6pack   Posts: 512 Joined: 7/12/2003 From: Mableton, Ga. Status: offline Brad, Sounds like you have a very good site to dig, if you have any more questions please feel free to ask. Be on the look out for western whiskies, or early Cokes, SS, 1915's, 1923's, and many other bottles. Good luck. Hopefully someone else can add more to your bottle posted here. BTW welcome. < Message edited by cc6pack -- 6/23/2006 1:45:50 PM > (in reply to 1930scans) Post #: 4

RE: New York Bottle in New Mexico - 6/23/2006 2:09:09 PM    capsoda Posts: 7705 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline Hey Brad, Welcome to the forum. It's neat how a bottle can travel so far from it's home. Can't help much with this bottle but we have a nice bunch of yankee folks on this forum that will be along to help.LoL ,gotta keepem on they toes. _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to cc6pack) Post #: 5

RE: New York Bottle in New Mexico - 6/23/2006 3:30:38 PM    wvhillbilly   Posts: 473 Joined: 5/21/2006 From: West Virginia Status: offline 30's soda or beer id say but  its hard to tell. Any beer cans I every find are always to rusted to fool with _____________________________ Check out my bottles for sale! http://www.freewebs.com/dennpbottles/ (in reply to capsoda) Post #: 6

RE: New York Bottle in New Mexico - 6/23/2006 4:40:14 PM    1930scans   Posts: 11 Joined: 6/22/2006 Status: offline As for Beer Cans....if you can still read the label on a can when it is found in a dump then it is worth saving.  We soak the rusty cans in Oxalic Acid which does a great job of removing rust without damaging the existing paint on a can.  Drop me a line if you find any like this!  thanks.....Brad _____________________________ Collectors of Beer cans from the 1930's (in reply to wvhillbilly) Post #: 7

RE: New York Bottle in New Mexico - 6/24/2006 7:53:51 AM    cowseatmaize Posts: 2135 Joined: 12/2/2004 From: Metro West, MA Status: offline Robert W. Polhemus Co. Inc. Puughkeepsie N.Y Listed in the 1925 bottlers universal. encylopedia as Orange Crush Bottling Works at 16 Wasington St. I don't know when they started but they probably ended with the depression. _____________________________ My 10¢ worth (inflation) Eric If you love what your doing it might be illegal, so watch your back. (in reply to 1930scans) Post #: 8

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