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Picked up a vintage Dr. Pepper bottle today, my favorite soda pop. Bottled in Denison, Iowa. I'm thinking after reading up on it briefly that this one was in use during the 1930's. I am going to try to nail it down a little more accurately. Came relatively cheap too. Out of 3, the only one with the bottling factory town's name.

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11 minutes ago, William said:

Picked up a vintage Dr. Pepper bottle today, my favorite soda pop. Bottled in Denison, Iowa. I'm thinking after reading up on it briefly that this one was in use during the 1930's. I am going to try to nail it down a little more accurately. Came relatively cheap too. Out of 3, the only one with the bottling factory town's name.

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This one could have been manufactured during the 40's according to some examples I have seen since posting. Still a nice find 😊

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I used to hang out with a bottle digger named Bill who has since passed. He had a lot of old whiskey jugs, elixirs, embossed, and Dr. Pepper. I did learn one thing about Dr. pepper hanging out w/ him, the oldest original soda pop in the U.S.

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3 hours ago, William said:

Picked up a vintage Dr. Pepper bottle today, my favorite soda pop. Bottled in Denison, Iowa. I'm thinking after reading up on it briefly that this one was in use during the 1930's. I am going to try to nail it down a little more accurately. Came relatively cheap too. Out of 3, the only one with the bottling factory town's name.

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Nice one William !! A real piece of Americana !!

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1 hour ago, Chad G. said:

Wadda gold mine  !!

Acres, maybe 100 acres of it. The city dump from when my town was a resort town in the 1800s until around the 1940s. We had a population back then of 20,000 and had electric lights before NYC. Today it's a nice bigger small town. You can dig 10 feet down and still be in bottles.

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6 hours ago, cheese said:

Acres, maybe 100 acres of it. The city dump from when my town was a resort town in the 1800s until around the 1940s. We had a population back then of 20,000 and had electric lights before NYC. Today it's a nice bigger small town. You can dig 10 feet down and still be in bottles.

People are still digging that area? Oh wow, that would be fun just to take a day, pick a random spot out there and dig. 

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On 9/8/2021 at 10:05 AM, Marbleized said:

Vintage or modern, doesn't matter. Every marble collector should have one, at least for a conversation piece, IMO.😉👍😁 Where we are they sell that Japanese soda called "Ramune" that still uses Codd bottles. Everyone has a blast popping open the pop and watching the marble fall. So cool!



I got one today in my small  Wisconsin town neighborhood grocery store.  

"Fun Marble Drink"  :)


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7 hours ago, Marbleized said:

Amazing what and where you can find things now days! Lychee! And so fun to sip!

 

I've been looking at the bottle tonight and wondering whether to open or not!  It being lychee made me decide ... not yet.   Never had lychee and am a bit wary about exotic fruit flavors.   I shall wait at least until I get a second bottle.   Then I will take a chance and taste it.

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Looking for a little assistance in identifying the company, origin and possible age of this bottle....bottom is unmarked. Does have a purplish tint too the glass, thinking it's from exposure but not 100% sure on that. I've looked for some time but come up empty on the "HW" marking. Wish there was more to go on.

Sold as an alcoholic beverage? In grocery stores as a mustard? Used in a restaurant perhaps?

Thanks all 😊

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On 5/26/2022 at 9:16 AM, Fuzzy Chubbs said:

Very cool bottle! 

I was able to dig up this small thread: https://www.antique-bottles.net/threads/henry-wichert-pickle.465574/

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Well, I had a little time this morning and attempted to dig up some more info on Henry Wichert. Apparently a very prominent businessman in Chicago during the mid too late 1800's. He came over from Prussia in 1807 I believe and passed around 1897. He did have a very large pickle factory that fired up in the 1870's....from what I can tell by the mold seam, it might have been made before 1910 as the seam doesn't go all the way to the end of the bottles mouth. Unless someone can find some further information I'm going with that. It's a tough one, there really isn't alot too go on out there that I can find.

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On 5/28/2022 at 7:47 AM, William said:

Well, I had a little time this morning and attempted to dig up some more info on Henry Wichert. Apparently a very prominent businessman in Chicago during the mid too late 1800's. He came over from Prussia in 1807 I believe and passed around 1897. He did have a very large pickle factory that fired up in the 1870's....from what I can tell by the mold seam, it might have been made before 1910 as the seam doesn't go all the way to the end of the bottles mouth. Unless someone can find some further information I'm going with that. It's a tough one, there really isn't alot too go on out there that I can find.

here are some other cool Henry Wichert things

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