Valuable bottle online resource will soon be gone!

[GLASSHOPPER1955]

Those of you bottle diggers/collectors who know and use the online resource HUTCHBOOK should be aware that at the end of June 2025 the owner is retiring and as of now it looks like the site will disappear. This is a site that catalogs those 1890s era bottles we know as Hutchinson type bottles. I have saved my area's related pages and you should too for future use. I have included a picture of a typical Hutchinson bottle for reference.

 

[stetam]

All good things eventually come to an end. Maybe someone else could take over his site?

 

[Rudy]

Even if the site is closed, you should still be able to view it at the Wayback Internet Archive.

This link will let you see what Wayback has captured from the Hutchbook.com web site.

Wayback Machine

web.archive.org

 

[hoser]

Not a bottle collector but this is a sad thing to happen. I know this had to be a great resource for ya'll that do collect bottles. Hope you find a new resource soon.

 

[FreeBirdTim]

That really stinks! Never found a Hutch because they're so rare here in RI, but I did find a MA hutch at a yard sale last summer. Looked it up and found it in a blink of an eye. Listed as scarce, which made my $2 purchase a great deal.

 

[GLASSHOPPER1955]

Even if the site is closed, you should still be able to view it at the Wayback Internet Archive.

This link will let you see what Wayback has captured from the Hutchbook.com web site.

Wayback Machine

web.archive.org

True there's Wayback Machine, but using it, especially with a complex site like this is a real PITA with a lot of errors and missing entries as time goes on. We have been just saving the info. of interest ourselves.

 

[GLASSHOPPER1955]

ANOTHER great bottle resource site on the net has also vanished. The Historical Bottle" site put up by the Bureau of Land Management (sha.org) was probably The Best bottle resource on the net. Showed all aspects of bottle collecting, marks and bottle construction. At least Glassbottlemarks and a few others remain.

 

[scoundrel]

Like Glasshopper said sha.org is a great site, especially for dating bottles. Also
The Facebook group ‘Old Bottles’ has over
215,000 members. There is always somebody who will have the answer to your question.

 

[scoundrel]

ANOTHER great bottle resource site on the net has also vanished. The Historical Bottle" site put up by the Bureau of Land Management (sha.org) was probably The Best bottle resource on the net. Showed all aspects of bottle collecting, marks and bottle construction. At least Glassbottlemarks and a few others remain.

It’s still out there. Instead of going to the site directly, do a Google word search of something like- ‘dating bottle finishes’
and you’ll find a link to the site.

Bottle Related Links

secure-sha.org

 

[GLASSHOPPER1955]

It’s still out there. Instead of going to the site directly, do a Google word search of something like- ‘dating bottle finishes’
and you’ll find a link to the site.

Bottle Related Links

secure-sha.org

Here's a direct link to the site. Some searches still get a 404. This works: https://bottleinfo.historicbottles.com/index.htm