Nice finds! I live up in alpena and have many of those bottling works bottles around the woods. Have you ever came across any other Alpena bottles?
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That’s terrible news! Did this seller have a history of selling bottles or other glass items? Just some advice for in the future, if you notice a seller doesn’t sell glass or bottles very often or at all make sure to send them a message after winning to let them know how important the item is to...
From what I understand one never existed. I’ve spoken with the “MI milk man” and to his knowledge they never made one in half pint size for that dairy.
Check out this link for the milkman’s website. He has spent a life time collecting and researching northeast Michigan dairy history. You will...
Haven’t posted here in a while but I thought I’d share this set of rare local milk bottles from a northern Michigan ghost town! I completed the set earlier this year thanks to a trade I made with a another local collector. I dug the pint in the beginning of 2020.
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Those are nice Leon, wish I would of made it down to the show. Hoping I can add one of these oscoda bottles to my collection some day.
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Wow I would have never guessed! Thank you very much but now my heart is broken just a little bit more knowing how cool finding that complete would of been. I most likely would of reused it on my front porch since I have a wasp problem in the summer.
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Dug this up yesterday and I’m really curious to know if anybody has a picture of what this thing looked like as a complete bottle. I’ve certainly never see a top like that where the neck and the lip are blended together as one. I’m mostly finding 20s bottles in this dump but there is older 1800s...
Awesome brick! That’s the most writing I’ve seen on one before. Here’s an example of an “embossed” brick. I find them all the time near the shore line of Lake Huron and in the woods near by.
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