Dear Kat,
Oh, I didn't know Weiss just meant White--makes sense when I went searching. I can't find an "American Weiss" brand except for what Diginit found on Kovel's site. I'll keep looking.
It is certainly possible that the cicstern could be from an old bar. I'm in St. Louis, and it's down in the city not far from the Lemp Breweries and Anheuser Busch. I know there are caverns around, as well, that the breweries used to keep their beers in (because they were naturally cold. It is also across the street from an historic outdoor market (that still exists), so who knows what was there.
I guess I could research that as well--to see if I can figure it out what WAS there. We found a lot of different type bottles in it, though--lots of medicine bottles, soda bottles, milk bottles, other bottles I have no idea about . . . Anyway, it's quite fun. It's a practical way to learn about history, isn't it, looking at particular items and following them through time.
Janet
Oh, I didn't know Weiss just meant White--makes sense when I went searching. I can't find an "American Weiss" brand except for what Diginit found on Kovel's site. I'll keep looking.
It is certainly possible that the cicstern could be from an old bar. I'm in St. Louis, and it's down in the city not far from the Lemp Breweries and Anheuser Busch. I know there are caverns around, as well, that the breweries used to keep their beers in (because they were naturally cold. It is also across the street from an historic outdoor market (that still exists), so who knows what was there.
I guess I could research that as well--to see if I can figure it out what WAS there. We found a lot of different type bottles in it, though--lots of medicine bottles, soda bottles, milk bottles, other bottles I have no idea about . . . Anyway, it's quite fun. It's a practical way to learn about history, isn't it, looking at particular items and following them through time.
Janet
