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    March '06 Minnesota Bottle Sale/Show

    Sunday, March 26, 2006 9:30 - 2:30, Days Inn 1901 Killebrew Drive, Bloomington, MN. North Star Historical Bottle Assoc. & Minnesota's 1st Antique Bottle Club's 35th Annual Antique Bottle, Advertising and Stoneware Show and Sale. $3.00 admission Info: 612-721-4165 or 952-920-4205...
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    Couple of my babies...

    I just got some film developed today (jar people, please answer my ? under jars...I'm dyin') & my bottles from last month were on there too. I can't resist posting. The Aqua is MOXIE NERVE FOOD LOWELL MASS PATENTED. It was in the muck at the bottom of an inland lake. Probably about 3 feet...
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    Help on Confusing Ball

    I just found an aqua jar that says "Ball" in script, and "MASON", has a "3" and 2 hash marks on the bottom, and is totally confusing to me. I think it has a pontil scar, and the glass is very wavy, with 2 large bubbles & some small ones; but it is a screw-top, and the seam goes through the...
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    Info on Duluth Bottle Makers?

    I'm trying to find info on what factory/bottle maker made a bottle I found in Superior labled "Zenith Bottling Wrks." I know the city of Duluth was called "The Zenith City of the Unsalted Seas", but I can't find any such bottle Co. So I'm guessing it was an assumed name. Can anybody tell me...
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    Zenith City Bottling Wks?

    This weekend I got 2 old bottles out of Lake Superior, will post pics when I can get them, but one is a bit of a mystery: The bottom is embossed "Zenith City Bottling Wks." around the outer edge, and a big "Z" is embossed in the middle. There is a faint, off-center "Z" underneath that, that...
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    Once the bottle bug bites...

    you just can't stop looking...
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    Baltimore Glass Manufacturing Question...

    I can't wait to use the roll & develop the film to ask this: I found a bottle with "B.G.M. Co." embossed on the bottom today, and the only likely company I can find is "Baltimore Glass Manufacturing Company", but everything I find just talks about them making insulators, not bottles, and they...
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    Bottles on The Monarch...

    I just got back from wreck diving on Lake Superior in 41F-45F water...had the time of my life! Of course, bottles had to come in somewhere, and when we dove the Monarch, in about 70 feet of water, there were bottles scattered around. Quite a few brown, blob-top beer bottles with bubbles & no...
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    Last one...

    This one is unembossed except for the bottom, which says: SB & GCo 6 My bottlemarks list says it is Streator Bottle & Glass Co., Illinois, 1881-1905. The seam stops at the lip, and there are a couple of bubbles. Can anybody tell me if it was wine or beer?
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    Another...

    There is no embossing and no bottlemarks at all on this one, and no seams of any kind. The guys I dive with told me it is hand-blown, but I don't know if that is just because of the lack of seams? How can a person really tell? It is a beautiful clear green, and there is one long, thin, bubble...
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    Another...

    This seam stops about 2/3rds of the way up the neck,Some bubbles in the body, lots of bubbles in the lip itself, and it says: Pabst Milwaukee This Bottle Not To Be Sold There is a pine branch with a "B" in the middle, and the bottom says W F & S 01 MIL My bottlemark list shows this as...
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    Bottles from the bottom of the lake...

    Bottle diving season is again here in Minnesota--here are my first keepers this spring: The seam stops at the start of the neck, there are a couple of bubbles, and it says: A.M. Smith 1982 249 Hen Av. Minneapolis Minn. California Wine Depot Established 1872 Full 1 Quart I'm...
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    Specific Coke Question

    Out of the eleven in my previous post, from what I can find on the 'net, two might be worth something: Anybody w/ a book or a guess, here is the description: #1: Small hobbleskirt, Coca-Cola in embossed script, both sides. "Trademark Registered" "Min. Contents 6 fl. ozs." "Bottle Pat...
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    Coke Question...

    Hello, I went diving today to a spot where I knew there was a pile of old Cokes, and I was hoping that BENEATH that there would be a pile of the older bottles I really dive for. No such luck. Not wanting to come up empty-handed, I grabbed 11 cokes just before surfacing. No pix yet, as they...
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    What is the best Pepsi Bottle site?

    A friend of mine brought up an embossed Pepsi that I'm guessing is 1940-1970-ish today. I gave her this link, but since I know some people collect only Pepsi, is there a specific website that folks recommend?
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    Pix of Message in a Bottle...

    Believe it or not, the pebbled glass, embossed Quakerman, mysterious note & nail are all there, they just don't show up in the picture(see previous post)...at least the funky cap does. I know it is after 1903, my questions are: 1. Can I get the top off without damaging it? It looks like the...
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    Message in a Bottle....

    I found a bottle with a note inside in the muck at the bottom of a Minnesota lake, about 25 feet down. The bottle is machine-made, with an embossed picture of a quaker man on each side, and the glass is purposely pebbled. The note is weighted with a big nail, and was bone-dry, because of a tin...
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    Inkwell? Penholder? Ashtray?

    What is this? Is it old? Found in a Minnesota lake, it is brown-glazed ceramic, with no glazing on the bottom, and a hole in the top, big enough for me to stick my index finger in. If it was an ashtray, it'd have to be disposable, because there would be no way to get the butts out. If it was...
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    Minibottle found in Lake Superior...

    Can anybody tell me what this bottle was used for? The seam stops before the lip, and it is an applied lip, though a very straight one. My buddy found two slightly larger (maybe .5 or 1 inch taller) bottles in the same bay, one of his was an applied lip, and the other one was a different...
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    Purity Brewing Co?

    I can't find any info on an embossed bottle I found today, in a Minnesota lake: "Purity Brewing Co." "Trade Mark" "Minn * P * L * S" The above words circle a "P" in a double triangle, the bottle is machine-made aqua, and "This Bottle Not To Be Sold" runs across the bottom. I can only...

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