Help w ID & Date of “Barnes” bottle

[kjen1226]

Can’t find anything on this bottle. It says “BARNES” on one side and “ANO 1865” on back.

Would love any info on what this is and when it’s from

 

[CanadianBottles]

It's a bay rum bottle from Puerto Rico, here's another bottle and a label from the company, along with a couple other Puerto Rican bay rum labels (and some unrelated wine labels that were also in the picture):

Alcoholado, as far as I can tell, more or less translates to "bay rum" in this context. Note "External use only" on the label, meaning it's not a liquor bottle, plus the top wouldn't make sense for liquor either.

Date-wise I'd guess 1940s-ish, give or take a decade or so.

 

[kjen1226]

Tysm! So this was for external use, not drinking?

 

[CanadianBottles]

Tysm! So this was for external use, not drinking?

Yeah bay rum is an aftershave. Not intended for drinking, although during Prohibition some people did resort to things like drinking aftershave.

 

[kjen1226]

Ty!