Inspired by what others have been finding and posting about I went digging in a trash pile at an old home site. There is an old outhouse there, and a couple of other still standing buildings but no house. How could there be no trace of a house. It must have burnt up.
Due to my age and lack of endurance, I didn't dig too deep or might have found older. The best bottle is probably the Teel perfume bottle. "Teel" is embossed on the top. Googled it, and found out that the top is made of a pre-plastic material called bakelite. It was invented in 1909 (which obviously way precedes this bottle). It is a brittle material and was used in telephones, jewelry, and to encase electric things like light bulb fixtures or toggle switches. I have several bottles with this type of screw cap and never realized what it was.
Both of the small white bottles says Musterole, Cleveland. This was something used for children's congestion, something like a mustard plaster but more convenient. From the 30's or 40's.
There is a small brown bottle with the word Lysol embossed.
A ubiquitous Dr R V Pierce bottle, Buffalo NY It is kind of green in color.
These were all real muddy inside. I put popcorn inside and shook real good and got most of the mud and green stuff out.
Happy New Year to all.
Due to my age and lack of endurance, I didn't dig too deep or might have found older. The best bottle is probably the Teel perfume bottle. "Teel" is embossed on the top. Googled it, and found out that the top is made of a pre-plastic material called bakelite. It was invented in 1909 (which obviously way precedes this bottle). It is a brittle material and was used in telephones, jewelry, and to encase electric things like light bulb fixtures or toggle switches. I have several bottles with this type of screw cap and never realized what it was.
Both of the small white bottles says Musterole, Cleveland. This was something used for children's congestion, something like a mustard plaster but more convenient. From the 30's or 40's.
There is a small brown bottle with the word Lysol embossed.
A ubiquitous Dr R V Pierce bottle, Buffalo NY It is kind of green in color.
These were all real muddy inside. I put popcorn inside and shook real good and got most of the mud and green stuff out.
Happy New Year to all.