Posted 8 years ago
SpiritBear
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S.C. Chumard came to Muskegon in 1869 and immediately started the Muskegon Bottling Works.
I'm not sure when he began selling products as just S.C. Chumard (I beleive it was around the sametime), but I find him bottling (hard) cider in an 1873 reference.
I think this bottle to be 1880s even with the applied top.
This was given to me, chipped and badly scratched (which was a bit more hidden with brown marker), by our local bottle expert. It's not rare, per se, but it's pretty scarce.
As a note of interest, no one really knows how the pronounce Chumard. People trying to phonetically spell it back in the day have spelled it as Shumard (like Shoe-mard), so perhaps that-- which I go with-- but others say it's Chum-ard. I've heard it in other off-sounding ways, too.
The mouth being chipped probably kept it from being refilled & tossed in the trash.
Did you know that sailors wanting to do their ship-in-a-bottle thing, had to wait to get bottles chipped around the mouth, that couldn't be refilled anymore. (Interesting, -but totally worthless trivia !) Actually, it's a sign of an original !
There's a more likely chance this occurred after disposal-- probably when it went down. Just due to characteristics of the damage.
Interesting bit of trivia. Thank you for commenting and sharing. :)
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You should live in Durango, Colorado. The locals there pronounce FLORIDA as "Flor-ee-da". MANCOS is "Mencus". And OURAY is "Yer-ray"!!!!!!! [;>)))
LOL, Nevada.