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Need help dating a "Double Cola" bottle

Wow, this is such a popular thread now :) Yes, this is the first bottle I've dug up. I've dug up some other stuff - ancient nails, some rusty bottlecaps, an old tin can lid - but nothing like this. That said, I've only lived here for a year, and it may be worth mentioning that I'm only a...
- MR_Work
- Post #17
- Nov 5, 2014
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles AFTER 1900
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Need help dating a "Double Cola" bottle

Thanks for the link to the Owens marking system! That was very helpful. I attached a close-up picture of the front of the bottle. The label is very, very faint...and the writing on the back of the bottle is even fainter; I couldn't get it to show up at all in a picture. I don't know if that's...
- MR_Work
- Post #7
- Nov 5, 2014
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles AFTER 1900
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Need help dating a "Double Cola" bottle

Thank you both so much for your helpful and prompt replies! Canadacan - If I may ask, what tells you that it's 1941? I know the "I" symbol on the base means it's Owens Illinois Glass Company, I was just wondering how you determined that year. My house was built in 1929-30, so I assumed the...
- MR_Work
- Post #4
- Nov 5, 2014
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles AFTER 1900
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Need help dating a "Double Cola" bottle

Hi everyone,I was planting bulbs in my yard the other day and came across a deeply-buried glass bottle. I dug it out and cleaned it, realized it was an old soda bottle, and decided for the sake of curiosity that I'd try to determine how old it was. The pictures are attached to this post...if...
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- Nov 4, 2014
- Replies: 47
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles AFTER 1900