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Root beer & Wild Cherries - 6/15/2004 7:39:28 PM    diginit   Posts: 662 Joined: 4/7/2004 From: California Status: offline This would be a great way to keep plenty of soft drinks on hand. 5 gallons from a 4 1/2" bottle.Wow! Moved a small boulder about 2' deep and look what was on the uphill side; The 6 5/8"tall -8 sided,Dr.Wistars bottle.It's embossed "Philad" with a smaller capitol "A" afterwards. And "IB" on the back panel. Any info on these would be appreciated. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Life is a Ditch. Post #: 1

RE: Root beer & Wild Cherries - 6/15/2004 7:59:49 PM    Guest the dr. wistar's is a nice one . i would like to see a pic of the bottom . if it has a pontil that is even better yet! hires is a fairly common bottle to find, people loved makingrootbeer in those days. _____________________________ Always looking Mint Cola bottles, and local bottles from North Carolina (in reply to diginit)   Post #: 2

RE: Root beer & Wild Cherries - 6/15/2004 8:49:43 PM    diginit   Posts: 662 Joined: 4/7/2004 From: California Status: offline Here's the bottom and back. Looks BIM to me, But I'm not complaining.Thats not a 2 in the bottom. It's the back of the S on the front. Attachment (1) < Message edited by diginit -- 6/15/2004 8:54:28 PM > _____________________________ Life is a Ditch. (in reply to diginit) Post #: 3

RE: Root beer & Wild Cherries - 6/15/2004 8:52:44 PM    woody   Posts: 1660 Joined: 10/29/2002 From: Gilmanton, New Hampshire Status: offline I've dug alot of Wistar bottles over the years and I am always excited about finding one. I even found a pontiled one, once. Good find!!! _____________________________ Woody (in reply to diginit) Post #: 4

RE: Root beer & Wild Cherries - 6/15/2004 10:11:38 PM    Oldtimer Posts: 726 Joined: 5/13/2004 From: Effingham NH. Where else? Status: offline My digging buddy has a sweet pontiled Wistars...He traded a six pack of Bud beer for it several years ago. He has the newer one, and the tiny sample wistars too. _____________________________ STOP THE CAR !! I think I see a cellarhole !!! (in reply to woody) Post #: 5

RE: Root beer & Wild Cherries - 6/16/2004 1:23:39 AM    David E Posts: 995 Joined: 5/24/2004 Status: offline There are several variants of D. Wistars, my book shows five of them Balsam of Wild Cherry I.B stands for Issac Butts, he became sole owner in 1875 and was purported to have for forty years before that. Sereral owner and among others things was cure for consumption. show aqua 6 1/2' eight sided, " 5" " " It was still in use Dr Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry Philada/ I.B. years after Butts and still had his initials on to 1974. As said different owners and agents about the same name used except I see on also added John D. Park Cincinnati Ohio. Wistars name aso appears on Oxygenated Bitters Label Ca 1858. Dave < Message edited by David E -- 6/16/2004 1:33:34 AM > (in reply to diginit) Post #: 6

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