Steve Shackley
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Hi there,
In the early 60s as a teenager I was fortunate enough to be able to dig the San Diego city's late 19th century dump along Home and Federal Avenues,. Most of the collection are blown in mold, applied lip bottles with a few early semi-automatics. I was rabid. I also dug a bit at the late 19th century Hemet city dump in Riverside County. I lived in east San Diego County, and using county maps from the 19th century dug old ranch dumps, walked along old wagon roads, a Butterfield Stage station dump, and walked along the San Diego and Arizona Eastern railroad looking for the original construction camps. I was rabid. The San Diego Antique Bottle Club had many members, and my mother took me to the meetings. I did a lot of research on various bottles, and will post some individuals with histories in the future.
I've included a few images of the collection at my home in Albuquerque. The one iron pontil 18th century whiskey? I got in Virginia. The Sweetwater Springs "Original California Mineral Water Company" water bottle has a storied past. A guy called Isham decided that to sell the spring water from Sweetwater Springs back east, he lied and said that it was visited by Jesus during his 40 days and nights sojourn. Karma got him though, and a whole train car headed back east froze and all the bottles broke! He went broke as well. I found this one in Chariot Canyon near Julian, California on an old gold mine tailing.
More soon,
Steve Shackley
In the early 60s as a teenager I was fortunate enough to be able to dig the San Diego city's late 19th century dump along Home and Federal Avenues,. Most of the collection are blown in mold, applied lip bottles with a few early semi-automatics. I was rabid. I also dug a bit at the late 19th century Hemet city dump in Riverside County. I lived in east San Diego County, and using county maps from the 19th century dug old ranch dumps, walked along old wagon roads, a Butterfield Stage station dump, and walked along the San Diego and Arizona Eastern railroad looking for the original construction camps. I was rabid. The San Diego Antique Bottle Club had many members, and my mother took me to the meetings. I did a lot of research on various bottles, and will post some individuals with histories in the future.
I've included a few images of the collection at my home in Albuquerque. The one iron pontil 18th century whiskey? I got in Virginia. The Sweetwater Springs "Original California Mineral Water Company" water bottle has a storied past. A guy called Isham decided that to sell the spring water from Sweetwater Springs back east, he lied and said that it was visited by Jesus during his 40 days and nights sojourn. Karma got him though, and a whole train car headed back east froze and all the bottles broke! He went broke as well. I found this one in Chariot Canyon near Julian, California on an old gold mine tailing.
More soon,
Steve Shackley
Way to save our history too!
