batfish
Well-Known Member
Hi All,
Found a new cache of bottles today in my 40’s dump – nothing too old, but older than what I usually find (so far I’ve found approximately a million 1930s and 1940s bottles and two (count them, two!) pre-1900 bottles.
I’m trying to date the cache. The Listerine bottles (I found two of them) seem to date from somewhere between 1906-1926 according to information on the web. I also found a couple of Baker Extract Company ‘Indian Root Beer Extract’. I haven’t been able to find dates on these (they’re post 1900 is about all I know). Everything else was non-embossed (which I didn’t keep – I discarded several 12 oz. Soda or beer bottles because they were ABM, non-embossed and clear – those aren’t keeper, right?).
I figure if I can get a date range on the Baker’s bottles I can assume that the date of the cache is somewhere in the union of the two ranges. Hopefully, the overlap isn’t 20 years!
Here’s the Baker’s bottle that I found (several of them) – item #5 on this page (not my page – but this is the exact bottle – saves me posting a pic!).
http://www.geocities.com/lenape_toad/bottles/indi/little.htm
Why are they called ‘Little Indian Bottles’?
Anyway, date range on the Little Indian Bottles would be appreciated!
Found a new cache of bottles today in my 40’s dump – nothing too old, but older than what I usually find (so far I’ve found approximately a million 1930s and 1940s bottles and two (count them, two!) pre-1900 bottles.
I’m trying to date the cache. The Listerine bottles (I found two of them) seem to date from somewhere between 1906-1926 according to information on the web. I also found a couple of Baker Extract Company ‘Indian Root Beer Extract’. I haven’t been able to find dates on these (they’re post 1900 is about all I know). Everything else was non-embossed (which I didn’t keep – I discarded several 12 oz. Soda or beer bottles because they were ABM, non-embossed and clear – those aren’t keeper, right?).
I figure if I can get a date range on the Baker’s bottles I can assume that the date of the cache is somewhere in the union of the two ranges. Hopefully, the overlap isn’t 20 years!
Here’s the Baker’s bottle that I found (several of them) – item #5 on this page (not my page – but this is the exact bottle – saves me posting a pic!).
http://www.geocities.com/lenape_toad/bottles/indi/little.htm
Why are they called ‘Little Indian Bottles’?
Anyway, date range on the Little Indian Bottles would be appreciated!
