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Dr.Hostetter Bitters look a like Bottle diff. embossing
Hi Bottleman, I found this link to "aurantii" - http://www.ibiblio.org/herbmed/eclectic/kings/citrus-aura_flores.html. This is from King's American Dispensatory, 1898. Aurantii flores are orange flowers. I don't know if this helps you figure out if it is a bitters or a medicine, but it's...- Shasta Bottles
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- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
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Sacramento, CA soda or beer?
Hi diggerjeff & diginit, Thanks for the info. After I posted, I did more research and found that Peters was a pharmacy that operated in Sacramento at least between 1895 and 1910. So, its more likely the bottle held citrate of magnesia rather than soda or beer. There are a few ones of...- Shasta Bottles
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No great finds but...
Hi diginit, So, you found all those just hiking around? Cool. Yes, I know about the Ohlone Indians from living in Fremont for a few years. We went hiking on Mission Peak alot, and did a lot of rock climbing at "Indian Joe's" rock in the Sunol Regional Wilderness. Wasn't into bottles in...- Shasta Bottles
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Sacramento, CA soda or beer?
Hi, We have a bottle apparently made in Sacramento, CA that is probably a soda, but may be a beer. It was dug farther north in CA. It's 8 inches tall, 2 1/2 inches wide, with an applied top; it's clear (the photo looks green, but it's not). The bottom is not flat, but it is not as rounded...- Shasta Bottles
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Hi diginit, I was checking the old posts for California items, and I found your post about this ink bottle. We're in northern California, and have more than one of this type from our area (they're actually pretty common). I don't know any more about them though. Is yours pontiled? I...- Shasta Bottles
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UPS Bottle or JPS?
Hi Norm (and other bottle folks), We have the same bottle, in the nice teal color, dug in old Shasta, California. Shasta was a gold-rush era town in the western foothills of the far northern Sacramento Valley. I just joined this list, and really like the format (pictures allowed with...- Shasta Bottles
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- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
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