First Dig was a Good One

[PhilaBottles]

Hey everyone! Long time no post.

Me, my dad, my buddy Alan, his son and my nephew (who are about the same age) went out to the Tylerport Pa bottle show. After walking around and fondiling some nice flasks and sodas we talked to some diggers and got a lead on a dump in Philly. We decided we would check it out on the venture home. It was a really cold day but the kids didnt mind. When we found a good place to start digging, the dump produced some TOC bottles, marbles, and pipes. My nephew is 8 and not much of a digger yet so he was scratching around in some roots. He pulled out a clear medicine and said "I found one!". Alan examined the bottle and read the embossing. We all thought it was a local Philly med and were pretty happy for him. Then Alan said it was from Leadville, Colorodo. Then I looked at it, then my dad, then it got passed around 3 or 4 more times.

It is embossed The Taylor Drug Store / Leading Perscription Druggists / Leadville, Colorado

We all found some cool stuff and it was a great first 'real' dig for my nephew.

Matt

 

[PhilaBottles]

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[tigue710]

gotta love it.... with a nose like that you'll be buying half your bottles off of him in no time! lol great find.

 

[beendiggin]

Talk about getting bit by the "bottle bug"... that boy is going to have a serious case at an early age. I didn't get bit until I was 20. Great bottle, good job!

 

[mikmis]

George E. Taylor _Registered Certifcate Number 37
George E. Taylor was a partner with John W. Allen at 202 Harrison Ave. in 1881 and 1882. They moved to 405 Harrison Ave and conducted their business from there from 1883 through 1885. George E. taylor's store was located at 414 Harrison Ave. from 1886 through 1888. He relocated to 615 Harrison Ave. in 1889 and the store operated there through 1911. Frank W. Murphy (#1879) purchased the store in 1912.
(ref: Leadville History)
That particular bottle was made between 1912 to 1915 and it's a Number 3 rarity, which means there are 10-19 known examples.

 

[glass man]

The young man looks so happy! COOL! I would be happy to if I had dug this bottle!

 

[PhilaBottles]

tique -- yup, hes gonna be my good luck charm when he gets big enough to dig a 20 foot privy in 6 hours.

paul -- He already has a nice poison collection. He walked around the bottle show and dealers gave him poisons cause he talks too much about them, and I hooked him up with a few.

michael -- Thank you very much for the information. My dad wrote to some Leadville Historical Society with no feedback yet. We had a few more questions regarding the Taylor name and the possibility of some famous characters of history who might have shopped in the drugstore. Thank you again!

glass man -- its a heck of a bottle for a TOC dump! i'd be thrilled to find it too, but it makes me more happy he found it himself.

Matt

 

[Digswithstick]

PhilaBottles Great bottle& first dig ! wish i would have started that young. Digswithstick