Mikeybonez28
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Hi everyone, new member but not a new digger here. Currently living in NE PA & while looking for insulators by some RR tracks the other day I came across a nice little piece of glass but I need help. I'll post pictures in the AM
Numerous bubbles in the glass, mold seems run almost to the neck but they're uneven, 1 side is longer than the other, 1 or 2 swirl lines in the neck, does NOT appear to have an applied lip & is embossed:
"Registered"
"W.J McDermott"
"Jermyn PA" (A has line under it)
"This bottle not to be sold"
So far all I've been able to gather is that it was local (I was in Jermyn), likely a beer bottle from the last line & the only real reference to WJ McDermott I could find online for this area was a Google books result stating he was a partner in a bakery in 1899 & another entry from 1916 for liquor. I haven't been able to find out anything on the bottle itself, not a single picture online with the company name.
The only thing I haven't looked on is historic Aerials or Sanborn maps & even then they MIGHT only tell me where the brewery was & nothing else. I'm at a loss here. There doesn't seem to be a Maker's Mark, I thought maybe the A with underscore but no hits on several sites
Numerous bubbles in the glass, mold seems run almost to the neck but they're uneven, 1 side is longer than the other, 1 or 2 swirl lines in the neck, does NOT appear to have an applied lip & is embossed:
"Registered"
"W.J McDermott"
"Jermyn PA" (A has line under it)
"This bottle not to be sold"
So far all I've been able to gather is that it was local (I was in Jermyn), likely a beer bottle from the last line & the only real reference to WJ McDermott I could find online for this area was a Google books result stating he was a partner in a bakery in 1899 & another entry from 1916 for liquor. I haven't been able to find out anything on the bottle itself, not a single picture online with the company name.
The only thing I haven't looked on is historic Aerials or Sanborn maps & even then they MIGHT only tell me where the brewery was & nothing else. I'm at a loss here. There doesn't seem to be a Maker's Mark, I thought maybe the A with underscore but no hits on several sites
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