RCO
Well-Known Member
found this neat local on ebay nobody else bid so i got it at a good price , is of course a chance i might find something similar swimming this summer but it was in such good condition i figured i'd pick it up .
it looks like a pop bottle from 1900's-20's era but on back says its for "pure spring water " , which is what brown's beverages of Gravenhurst Ontario bottled alot of in its early days here , this area is known for its clean lakes and natural setting but back in early 1900's early settlers and loogers had nearly ruined the place and lakes were not drinkable due to logging and tannery operations so there was a big market for water from what i read . anyways find it odd they were bottling water way back then assumed it was a more recent thing .
it looks like a pop bottle from 1900's-20's era but on back says its for "pure spring water " , which is what brown's beverages of Gravenhurst Ontario bottled alot of in its early days here , this area is known for its clean lakes and natural setting but back in early 1900's early settlers and loogers had nearly ruined the place and lakes were not drinkable due to logging and tannery operations so there was a big market for water from what i read . anyways find it odd they were bottling water way back then assumed it was a more recent thing .