Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Empire Bottling Works Lancaster PA


This is actually a bottle I swam past but my friend Chet Nesley saw something I did not see. They look like lumps in the sand but if you know what to look for...

Saturday, April 2, 2016

Tuesday, February 9, 2016

45th annual Bottle show...


Plans are already in the works for the upcoming HBDV bottle show at the Rockingham County Fairgrounds...

Club President Sonny Smiley will be sending out contracts soon and if interested in having a sales table contact him at (540) 434-1129...




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Monday, October 26, 2015

"This Bottle not to be Sold"...


Another nice find from this past trip to NJ and even with already having several of these bottles it's always a welcomed addition. There were numerous Soda\Beer bottlers in Red Bank N.J. that serviced the Jersey shore as well as New York City. 



Down the road W.A. French actually sold his operation to his competition H.G. Degenring which was common practice for many of these bottlers had actually worked with or for in the past...


With so much competition in this field there was always the problem of other bottlers re-filling their bottles with their product and selling it that way. Often the cost of the bottle itself was higher then the product itself so this was a obvious problem. There was also an "Industry" of people who would gather and sell the bottles to whoever would pay for them so this was on a bigger scale than just casual individual user.



Many bottlers started to emboss directly into the bottle itself a warning "Not to sell" to help prevent pirating of their bottles. Beer\Soda sales were often and these bottles were reused numerous times during their lifespans...

Thursday, October 22, 2015

S. Liebmann's Sons BRG Co. N.Y.


Towards the end of a cold dive in 52 degree water and after fighting a stiff current for about 1 hour 20 minutes, this bottle made it into the bag mainly because of it's color. Could not make out the name for it was encrusted with growth but on the surface I knew it was a "keeper"...

S.Liebmann's Sons  BRG Co. N.Y.

Trade Names for the brewery at 36 Forrest & Bremen Streets, Brooklyn, New York:
Samuel Liebmann (Meserole Street, Williamsburg) 1854-1855
S. Liebmann (readdressed to 36 Forrest & Bremen Streets) 1855-1870
S. Liebmann’s Sons 1870-1884
S. Liebmann’s Sons Brewing Co. 1884-1920
Brewery operations shut down by National Prohibition in 1920
Issued permit L-105 for the production of de-alcoholized beer during Prohibition 1920

The above information on the Liebmann's operation was found and because of this bottle being a "Crown Top" I would surmise it was produced during the 1884-1920 period.



Photo of the brewery pre-construction...



Period advertisement...






Saturday, October 3, 2015

Reid's Dam and Lock ~Maury River~



Black & White photo of Reid's Dam & Lock along the Maury River near Lexington, Virginia. This is from the 1850's era and was part of numerous Dams & Locks along the Maury allowing river traffic up and down the Maury which joins into the James River South of Glasgow, Virginia...


Recent photo of Reid's Lock from the same perspective...

Sunday, July 19, 2015

Iron point artifact...


Write and information regarding a Iron point that I found while searching the Maury River in Virginia...



Click on link to read: http://rightsideva.blogspot.com/2015/07/maury-james-river-batteau.html 










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