I purchased a beer/ale bottle for $4, Thos McMullen & Co White Label. Does anyone have any info on this proprietor? I can’t see much about it from a quick internet search, though it looks like they were from New York, around the late 1800s-early 1900s.
Went back to the site of the sunken saloon and found two more old bottles in the mud nearby.
This is a Henry Haffen beer bottle. The Haffen family consisted of a father and four brothers who would create a very big brewery on 152nd street.
In situ:
Fresh from the mud.
Second bottle was a...
These are all bottles I recovered from a series of hunts I conducted on 2/5 2/6 and 2/7.
Bottles include from left to right:
1. Fred W. Fleer from Graham Ave. Brooklyn. Circle slug with horseshoe.
2. Chas H. Bevers from Hastings 'On the Hudson' NY
3. Lembeck and Betz from Jersey City NJ...
Today's finds:
1. H. Straehle, New Rochelle NY
2. Beadleston & Woerz Empire Brewery (1878-1920)
3. D. G. Yuengling New York (1880's-1897)
4. U-NO-US (You Know Us) Bruckner Beverages 406-414 E. 161st Street NY
5. Thos. E. Morrisey, 169 Java Street NY
6. Bowl from the New York City Central...
Today's finds:
1. Doct. Marshall's Catarrh Snuff, Illinois Glass pre-1929.
2. Colorite
3. Hoster Columbus A. B. CO.
4. J. M. Donnelly Regal Lager Beer
J. M. Donnelly in situ:
Hoster in situ:
Doct. Marshall's Catarrh Snuff:
From left to right:
1. Charles J. Fritz Bowery Bay House 924-926 Steinway Ave. L.I.C.
2. The John Eichler Brewing Co.
3. The Ebling Brewing Co. New York.
Front Row left to right:
1. Seipp's Beer, Chicago, Alcohol Content 2 1/2%
2. Scott's Emulsion Cod Lover Oil with Lime and Soda
3. Burnett's Standard Flavoring Extracts
4. Major's Cement New York
5. Coli-Actine "Feng"
6. Ben Hur
7. Flushing Mineral Water Co. Flushing NY
Conducted a dig yesterday, May 17th 2023, here are some of the finds:
Front Row left to right:
1. Seipp's Beer, Chicago, Alcohol Content 2 1/2%
2. Scott's Emulsion Cod Lover Oil with Lime and Soda
3. Burnett's Standard Flavoring Extracts
4. Major's Cement New York
5. Coli-Actine "Feng"
6. Ben...
This is a Bachmann-Bechtel Brewing Co. beer bottle from Staten Island N.Y. It was made between 1907-1911 and features a unique pictorial four leaf clover logo. The company went out of business after the owner, 30 year old William Bachmann, died of a long illness on April 5th 1910.
I found this cracked C. V. Garrison beer bottle a few days ago. I dug it out from under about 6 inches of thick mud. It didn't have its top so I kept digging in the general area until I eventually found it. The top had been separated from the neck for so long that patina/pest had formed on the...
Found these bottles over the last 48 hours.
Today's find was a cute mini blob-top bottle for Broe & Gorman.
In situ:
After a quick rinse in the water:
Now it's on display on the second level shelf:
If anyone has any information about this company please feel free to share, thanks :D...
This company was founded by Samuel Liebmann and produced, among other things, Rheingold Extra Dry. Samuel's son Joseph and son-in-law David Obermeyer would found their own company, Obermeyer & Liebmann's for 30 years before merging back with S.L.S.B Co. in 1924.
This is an early 1890's O&L bottle featuring their trademark sun logo. The brewery lasted until 1924 when it went bankrupt and was bought out by Samuel Liebmann & Sons, who was the older company father of Joseph Liebmann, father-in-law of David Obermeyer, and investor of Rheingold.
This is a James Everard's Breweries beer bottle. The buisness operated from 1885-1926. James Everard was one of the few brewers of Irish ancestry operating in the predominantly German NYC brewing industry of the time.
Did some mudding today.
This blob top bottle says "Trade Mark Schlitz Registered P. M. Ohmeis & Co. Sole Agents New York".
In situ:
"L. Pierre Valligny La Goutte-A-Goutte New York"
It has a screw top with a grounded lip.
Fresnel lens in situ
I removed the lens from the ground and it...
Got out late today, around 4:30pm. The air was warm as the sun hung low and dusk descended across the bay. One would almost forget they were in the heart of a major metropolis as the silence was so profound. There was neither the sound of cars nor the chattering of crowds, all was peaceful and...
Took advantage of the balmy 65°F winter day today and scored some major finds! Found four tooled-crowns, all pictorial and in great condition. Also found a dark-green bottle and an old clear Canada Dry (I've never seen a Canada Dry like this before, may be a rare one.)
Today's finds:
1...