Digging finds from Sunday

[UnderMiner]

It is. That was nasty stuff, they recognized at the time that Vapo-Cresolene was poisonous but still thought that it would be a good idea to vaporize and inhale it.

That's crazy. My grandma said back in her day the adults use to believe breathing in tar fumes was healthy and once she met an old immigrant lady who suggested blood-letting as a cure, and this was all the way into the late 1930's.

 

[CanadianBottles]

That's crazy. My grandma said back in her day the adults use to believe breathing in tar fumes was healthy and once she met an old immigrant lady who suggested blood-letting as a cure, and this was all the way into the late 1930's.

Yeah Vapo-Cresolene was pretty much coal tar. Incredibly it was apparently still on the market in the1950s!

 

[LalaGirl]

It is. That was nasty stuff, they recognized at the time that Vapo-Cresolene was poisonous but still thought that it would be a good idea to vaporize and inhale it.

I thought it must be. Thanks for replying! =)

 

[LalaGirl]

The tiny spiked one extremely common. I've dug a bunch of them on many occasions. LEON.

Do you still have any of your duplicates?

 

[Still]

Yeah Vapo-Cresolene was pretty much coal tar. Incredibly it was apparently still on the market in the1950

MHMMMM love the smell of Coal Tar in the morning! LOL sounds lovely

 

[Still]

Continuing this thread as it is the same dump: More finds from last night:
Blank slug plate milk (its pretty cool and is a gift for my mom)
Nice Aqua pickle
Surprisingly these didn't flash crack. Thats a big problem at this dump as lots of great bottles have flashed cracked since pulling them out despite my best efforts. Yes a bunch of these bottles here are marked Root so I get that, but I think the clay soil here compresses these bottles too much and cracks them over time and the pressure change might be a factor...
Anyways,
Still

 

[hemihampton]

Do you still have any of your duplicates?

Yes, I do. Boxed up somewhere? Sometimes I think I've left them behind or thrown back in hole. LEON.

 

[PlaneDiggerCam]

That Richmond, VA ink is great!