Maine hutch dug

[downeastdigger]

Hi guys, I dug this hutchinson soda a ways back, anyone ever see one? I'll post it under "soda" thread too. The bottle reads " B.F. HALEY / BIDDEFORD / MAINE ". It's banged up pretty good, but it could be rare? Thanks for any info. Bram

ps I wondered it anyone was able to check out the privy digging video I listed in my last post. I didnt get any responses, so I didnt know if I had written down the wrong web address. It's at "Cowboyblacksmith.com" and you read through to the section on "privy probes' and then down at the bottom of that page it says "privy video". It will make you want to go out and dig

Bram

 

[capsoda]

Hey Bram, Cool bottle. Don't have any info on it but your friends web site is great. Loved the video and he's got some cool stuf for sale at great prices.

 

[portland med. man]

most b.f haley`s are pretty rare they used to do stoneware beer or soda`s as well . and if i can remember maybe a druggist bottle or 2 , nice find and probably worth a few pennies to a hutch collector.... ive` only dug a few hutches in 15 or so years .... cheers

 

[Sam_MaineBottles]

Hey Bram, nice ME hutch. Benjamin F. Haley was a bottler in Biddeford from 1871-1897. His sons Alonzo and Charles did some bottling as well, both with and without their dad. I have a copy of an ad from 1888 stating that Benjamin Haley bottled California pop beer, root beer, tonic, ginger ale, sarsaparilla and lemon soda. There are a number of Haley stoneware bottles but just two Haley hutches. Yours should have monogramed initials on the backside along with a 'This Bottle not to be Sold'. The other hutch is 1/2 inch shorter with a slug plate. There are only around 16 different hutch bottles from Maine, nothing like Pennsylvania which has a few thousand different types.

Later - Sam