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[808 50th State]

Aloha Everyone,
I need some help in dating a machine paper label bottle, I took a picture of the bottom of the bottle, it has some numbers embossed on them...thanks.

 

[808 50th State]

By the way the bottle is a Benson, Smith and Co. cod liver oil bottle...

 

[cowseatmaize]

I'd say 1933, 43 I'm almost sure would be a screw top.

 

[808 50th State]

Thanks Eric...

 

[glass man]

Looks like a late cork bottle...yep the bottom with the i in the diamond round design is the owens/illinois glass co...owens bought the Illinois glass co. in 1929..so you know your bottle is at least that old...JAMIE

 

[rockbot]

ORIGINAL: 808 50th State

By the way the bottle is a Benson, Smith and Co. cod liver oil bottle...

Howzit Earl, I just saw your email today. Pretty darn good looking med. I would have never guessed they were in business that late. Sweet find.

 

[twowheelfan]

http://myinsulators.com/glass-factories/bottlemarks.html
this is a good source of information.

 

[twowheelfan]

further help:
http://www.fruitjar.org/PlantCodes/Owens-Illinois_files/image001.gif
owens-illinois glass company, plant in Gas City, IN. date: 1933 or 1943

 

[surfaceone]

Aloha Earl,

I've never seen a number "boxed with dots" like yours. That's a head scratcher I think.

The graphics on the label look much older to me. Benson, Smith & Co. had been around a while.

From.

"Correspondence from the Honokaa and Pacific Sugar Mill stores, 1918-1924, provides information about store inventory and orders with F.A. Schaefer & Co., Honolulu Iron Works, T.H. Davies, Benson Smith Drugs, Gregg & Co., American Factors, E.O Hall & Son, and Henry May & Co. Orders included food, Japanese & Hawaiian rice, machinery, clothing, furniture, fuel, animal feed, building materials, etc." From.

They had "Root Beer on draught" and urged the use of "Cucumber Skin Tonic" after shaving or for sunburn in this October 21, 1892 Bulletin. There's also a boxed ad in the lower right hand corner.

There's an amusing Worthlesspoint sale with links to acouple other bottles.

 

[808 50th State]

Aloha Everyone who responded and thank you for all the information and input...always can count on you guys with your bottle expertise...