I found these three bottles that look like they may have contained the same thing. One has a very small portion of the label intact. I'd love to know more about them. One even had a cap still on, though the liquid was gone.
Thank you to everyone who has contributed. My family and I have enjoyed seeing all of these documents from all of this local history more than I can say. I’m glad the bottle made its way safely into loving hands (and really glad my husband had the presence of mind not to toss it when he pulled...
Ha that's so cool. Thank you! The Sentinel is still around. I only know about a Kelly Bottling Works in Havre De Grace, MD. The main thing Frederick boasts is an old Coca-Cola plant. Very ironically, it's now a dentist's office.
We bought a 100-year-old house in the Baltimore area (maybe 30 minutes from Catonsville) in April, and we've been doing some removal of the ground floor flooring to address termites and encapsulate the crawl space. My husband texted me today that he found a soda bottle beneath our kitchen...