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    Posted 11 years ago

    Wildcatmik…
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    I dont know much about this bottle, Im hoping someone does and emails me or something. I have looked this brand up on the internet and I have seen the same bottle but a different picture on it. My bottle has Harry Sr. and his sons, all the other bottles that I have seen Has Harry Sr. and two factories next to him. I would like to know more about it.

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    1. packrat-place packrat-place, 11 years ago
      Manufactured between 1932-1964
    2. Wildcatmike83, 11 years ago
      It is screw on, Tin cap is that helps.
    3. Molder1019, 12 months ago
      Based on the text at the top: “Federal law forbids sale or reuse of this bottle”, the distinctive shape of the bottle, and the presence of some type of grain embossed on the sides, we could automatically denote that we had an empty liquor bottle on our hands. These facts allowed us to begin a search online for “antique liquor bottles with image of a man”. After panning through various websites and constantly refining the searches. This meant looking at a variety of antique and glass resource websites, looking at bottles with presidents faces and various proprietors of liquors to no avail. However, we did find a similar face and bottle on an antiques dealing website. The size and shape of the online bottle was a bit different from ours, but the images were the same. Their description of their bottle noted that it was an old Wilken’s Whiskey bottle. Further research into this company revealed that our bottle was also that of Wilken’s Whiskey. The company was started in the 1880’s and was a family run business. The face on the bottle was Pa Wilken, who ran the distillery until his death in 1936. We were able to narrow the date of our bottle to pre-1940, as after this date the label was changed to Wilken’s Family Whiskey and featured the faces of Wilkens and his two sons on a paper label.

      The process of identification can be difficult, but it is also fun. Throughout our search for information on these seemingly mundane objects of the past, we learn more about daily life in the early 20th century.

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