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Hi Everyone,
I found this in a large, pre-1908 Chicago refuse site, over which the River View amusement park existed from 1908 until the late 1960s. The part of the dump that was exposed during construction (before they erected fences around these sites in Chicago) from 1970 until 1974, covered around 10 acres at least, and still can be seen sticking out of the banks of the nearby Chicago River branch.
Unfortunately it's all under a shopping mall, the DeVry Institute, and probably the old Lane Tech High School. There are tens of thousands more bottles underneath it all....but no use weeping over spilt milk......
Speaking of milk, I found this in that dump, and never knew what it exactly was. Never saw it in bottle book or online. It has an old hairline crack on the other side (found with it) but no missing pieces, chips, etc. anywhere.
Is it rare? Any info would be very much appreciated!
I sold most of my most common bottles 11 years ago to an Ebay dealer, but still have some of the nicest ones which, after I "dig out" again from storage, I'll post them here!
Thanks again for any info on that "binoculars"!
Sincerely,
Paul
I found this in a large, pre-1908 Chicago refuse site, over which the River View amusement park existed from 1908 until the late 1960s. The part of the dump that was exposed during construction (before they erected fences around these sites in Chicago) from 1970 until 1974, covered around 10 acres at least, and still can be seen sticking out of the banks of the nearby Chicago River branch.
Unfortunately it's all under a shopping mall, the DeVry Institute, and probably the old Lane Tech High School. There are tens of thousands more bottles underneath it all....but no use weeping over spilt milk......
Speaking of milk, I found this in that dump, and never knew what it exactly was. Never saw it in bottle book or online. It has an old hairline crack on the other side (found with it) but no missing pieces, chips, etc. anywhere.
Is it rare? Any info would be very much appreciated!
I sold most of my most common bottles 11 years ago to an Ebay dealer, but still have some of the nicest ones which, after I "dig out" again from storage, I'll post them here!
Thanks again for any info on that "binoculars"!
Sincerely,
Paul