Common Practice ?

[Wolfdog]

I just got a bottle i purchased from ebay. It's a brown bottle , embrossed on one side and a paper label on the other.
is that a common practice or did someone glue a correct paper label on the bottle. No date on the bottle but the label is prohibition
era from what little info i can find online.

Thanks

 

[JOETHECROW]

They were usually (not always) labeled on the smooth side, embossed on the other...Do you have a picture? May be easier to tell.

 

[cyberdigger]

Whatcha got there.. a whiskey flask? Would like to see.. I figure pretty much all bottles had paper labels on them originally..

 

[Wolfdog]

Here's a photo of the label . i can't get a good photo of the embossed side. No idea if it's beer wine or soda

 

[JOETHECROW]

The label looks to be around the correct age? for the bottle...It's probably the one that came on it...Does it match the wording on the embossing?

 

[Wolfdog]

Yes it does match.

 

[cowseatmaize]

No idea if it's beer wine or soda

If it is prohibition you can eliminate the first two. Also words like pure, wholesome satisfying beverage would definitely be a soda. Usually a label had to have ingredients and stuff on it and ID the flavor so there may have been one on the shoulder as well.