new to the Morbious Fod collection

[farmgal]

Hi morbious,
Nice collection of bottles. It was nice to see the Nesbitt"s bottle. I've taken a pic of the one I have. Also thanks for the idea of putting colors liquid in them..That was brilliant! I also was wondering if your 7-up bottle looks like this one? I also have my coke bottle and a Dad's rootbeer bottle there. Hard to read to Dad's bottle tho...sigh. I have quite a few small Dad's bottles and several 1/2 gallon ones also. I'm just starting out digging so I'm I guess what you call green..thanks for posting..I really enjoy reading and looking here! farmgal

 

[Sam_MaineBottles]

Hey Morbious -

Great website you've created, a lot of work and time went into that I'm sure. I've been thinking about putting together a site on Maine bottles, any advice you'd care to offer?

Regards - Sam

 

[morbious_fod]

First off that's one big state and you may find the research overwhelming. You might try doing a certain geographic area that appeals to you personally, like you home town, or the surrounding towns in your area, then as you research and realize just how much information or lack there of there is for these areas you can expand into other areas of the state. I thought that the area that I collected from would be a cynch, because there isn't much there now; however, when I actually started researching I found out real quick that perceptions can be decieving.

Another reason to start with an area that appeals to you on a personal level is that if you are nostalgiclly or emotionally attached to an area you will be less likely to suffer burn out when you see the task that will be ahead of you, instead you will have that wonderful driving need to know more about the area. It can get addictive.

As for the nuts and bolts of research, city directories, newspaper microfilms, history books on the area, the internet, are all good starting sources for research. When you get deeper, and have names of operators, you can check census records for other clues, and never under estimate physical evidence in the form of bottles, old papers, and other materials which may help you narrow down a date of operation. Check you local historical society, library, or court house for official records. Last but not least is find a source to access the Sanborn Maps for the area you choose, street numbers have a tendacy to shift and these can be very helpful in finding the physical location of a bottling plant even if the numbers shift through the years.

Good luck with your endevour, there are days when you are going to need it.

 

[morbious_fod]

ORIGINAL: farmgal
I also was wondering if your 7-up bottle looks like this one?

Yep it does indeed.

The one on the left is a 1944 with a gorgeous red label, the other is a 1946.

As a casual collector of ND/NRs I'm diggin that Dads you got there, and yes trying to get ND/NRs to photograph properly is a challenge.The reason I started filling the bottles with fluid to photograph them was so that the text would be easy to read on my website.

 

[farmgal]

Morbious....Umm what does ND/NRs mean...LOL! I'm guessing it means the clear bottles? And I will look over my stock of Dad bottle and if you would like a little one and or a big one just ask...I can't keep everything..and I have no idea how to clean most of what I have found..but I do try hard...Rice and water and shake like hell for instance...Farmgal

 

[madman]

hey mr fod great stuff there wow! farm girl i like the barrel dads as well, you said you have more? larger sizes care to post? nice bottles youve got there, hey morb heres a mil kay i found blue and white phosphate hey any word on charlie? mike

 

[madman]

also heres a 7up that was used as a promo item in a 50s record shop, never been filled with the orig cap, oh base says 52 mike

 

[madman]

the cap

 

[bubbas dad]

ndnr stands for no deposit no return. they were used mainly in the 60's and early 70's.

 

[farmgal]

Hi madman....
Yes I have 1.2 gallon size dads bottles and a bottle the same size shape as the dad's bottle but doesn't say dads on it..Says no deposit like the dads bottles tho and has the same stuff on the bottom. Give me a few minute to wash off some of the bigger dads bottles and I'll get a pic up asap...Or in a bit...rotating dogs for bed...so much to do and so little fun time..hehe!!!!