Posted 8 years ago
bottledigg…
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We (my fiance and I) just dug up an odd "soda?" bottle. We live in New Hampshire and there is a "Weir's Beach" area, but did they have a bottling company for soda?
It is a clear embossed bottle that reads "The Winnipesaukee Beverage Co. The Weirs, NH" at the top.
It has 8 sides, clear, two ridges... one above the star and one below.
Also reads... Contents 7 flu. ozs. Registered
Anyone have a clue what it contained? Any history on it?
Thanks!
Art-Deco style of bottle. Typical of the 1920s-1940s, albeit in a few instances it continued till around 1960.
Copied and pasted example of how to properly use a search-engine:
1. Put quotations around exact words you want, in the exact order you want, with exact punctuation (you'll have to changed it up,) abbreviation (Co v. Company v. Co.,) and other information.
2. Put minus signs next to each word you don't want-- like when using e-Bay.
Example:
"Sussex Beverage Company" "New Brunswick" -Ginger -Beer
The above is done in an expected and organised format. Company before location-- both separated from each other for more freedom of the Search Engine's search. And always put excluded search terms at the end.
Now I'm no longer seeing ginger beer bottles and for-sale ads (or, at least, fewer ads,) but instead I see a 1920s reference with some information.
Of course, word-choice is very important.
It is not always the best idea to put the word Bottle in when looking for information, for you'll likely be looking into original sources, which will have Bottling but not Bottle.
Always start with the least information in your search and let it expand from there.
Often my searches will not pull up much without the addition of a key-word-- or, often, date.
I couldn't find much on one bottle till I began doing the same search over and over, only changing the date-- I went from 1905 to 1925, found nothing, went from 1900 to 1904 and found it in 1904-- a single reference that had popped up in no other search due to my addition of that date.
I had begun it on expected age-range but was one year off the first time. And it does make a difference.
It probably held some sort of flavor water or local soda. Thanx for sharin!
Did anyone ever find anything out about "Winnipesaukee Beverage Co. The Weirs, N.H." soda bottles? I live right across from Weirs and am doing some landscaping of our property and dug up A LOT of these exact bottles. I can't find anything about them online!