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...
Best and last find of January 2023! Behold a rare star-embosed beer bottle from James Everard's Breweries! One of the few Irish brewers in the predominantly German NYC beer brewing industry, James Everard's buisness lasted from 1885 to 1926.
In situ:
The brewery operated at 3 East 134th...
The best of today's finds:
Finds include:
1. Parker's Hair Balsam
2. Peer-Amid Re Umberto
3. Fred Schierenbeck Bottling Co. 403-405 East 101 Street.
4. One Gallon Stoneware Jug
5. A little whiskey sampler
6. Brass key
Don't get too jealous just yet, the jug is not complete. It was the last...
Went out digging over the last two days and plan to go out again tomorrow. Nothing beats bottle digging in January!
Today's notable finds:
1. Boley Manufacturing Co.
2. The F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Co. (Clear variant)
3. Walter Gubner & Sons of 78 & 80 Bank Street NY (soda/water)...
All excavated today in one of the most exhausting hunts of the season, all in a muddy swamp. From left to right: Willow Brook Dairy, Reid's Union Dairy Ice Cream Corp. "It's The Best", Shell Motor Oil, G. Wm. Meyer, August Bay Bottling Co., and the Mini Blob is from the Union Bottling Company...
Finds include:
1. The John Eichler Brewing Co. (Clear variant).
2. A. Hüpfel's Son's of 161st St. & 3rd Ave.
3. A full gallon stoneware jug, probably for whiskey, unmarked.
The bottles are as follows in order from left to right:
1. H. Straehle of New Rochelle, N.Y.
2. Citrate of Magnesia
3. Theo Young of 165th & 166th St Union Ave N.Y.
4. Bailis Bros. of Mt. Vernon Registered 1929
5. Mt. Vernon Dairy Co. Inc. of Irvington, N.J.
6. Coca-Cola of New Bern, NC