Best (broken) find ever, nice rare bottle from belton Texas

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This bottle is from around 1902 and I’ve only ever seen this bottle in 2 other places, one on eBay where it sold for $20 (personally I think it is worth much more)
And one on google that doesn’t look as old.
The reason I think this bottle is so rare is because most of the bottling in this area was done in temple which was a much bigger town at the time 2972685D-94C7-4125-BC07-5425CF7D3DD2.jpeg
 

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Belton had a surprising number of bottles, including 4 hutch soda variations from two bottlers. Keep an eye out for the M. Menton hutch with the rooster on it; that is one of Texas' best hutch sodas with respect to value.
 

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Belton had a surprising number of bottles, including 4 hutch soda variations from two bottlers. Keep an eye out for the M. Menton hutch with the rooster on it; that is one of Texas' best hutch sodas with respect to value.
My bottle hunting location is a massive old town dump used between belton and temple so I bet there’s one in there
 

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Belton had a surprising number of bottles, including 4 hutch soda variations from two bottlers. Keep an eye out for the M. Menton hutch with the rooster on it; that is one of Texas' best hutch sodas with respect to value.
Do you have any images of bottles from belton? I can’t seem to find many on google and I would really like to know what all I can find
 

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despite its condition its still not a bad example bottle , I've came across less when encountering broken hard to find bottles before . is some hard to find bottles from my area , I'd be thrilled to find any part of them
 

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despite its condition its still not a bad example bottle , I've came across less when encountering broken hard to find bottles before . is some hard to find bottles from my area , I'd be thrilled to find any part of them
Not to mention this is the bottle in my other post with a water bubble in it
 

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Do you have any images of bottles from belton? I can’t seem to find many on google and I would really like to know what all I can find
I only have photos of two Belton crown top bottles but I know there are at least 4 types out there. I've attached the two I'm aware of. The Bloomer is a Bimal while the Belton Ice is an ABM. There are two more that are embossed BELTON ICE &/ELECTRIC CO/7 OZ. NET/BELTON, TEX. (ABM) AND BELTON ICE & ELECTRIC CO./BELTON,TEXAS. (BIMAL)

LEON posted the best source to view the hutches from Belton.
 

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I only have photos of two Belton crown top bottles but I know there are at least 4 types out there. I've attached the two I'm aware of. The Bloomer is a Bimal while the Belton Ice is an ABM. There are two more that are embossed BELTON ICE &/ELECTRIC CO/7 OZ. NET/BELTON, TEX. (ABM) AND BELTON ICE & ELECTRIC CO./BELTON,TEXAS. (BIMAL)

LEON posted the best source to view the hutches from Belton.
My jh bloomers is an abm
 

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