Posted 7 years ago
fortapache
(3422 items)
Another from the Lake Arrowhead collection. I have noted a few of the bottles have an iridescent quality to them like carnival glass. Probably from spending 60 years in a lake.
There was long article which linked to a long blog that explains all the markings on the bottom of the bottle. It explained everything very well I am sure but I could not quite decipher it as it set off my dyslexia.
Anyway 1930s-1950s.
One easy to use fact I found out is that when " FEDERAL LAW FORBIDS SALE OR RE-USE OF THIS BOTTLE" is on the bottle it is from early 1930s-1964.
The 2nd bottle in photo 4 also has the federal law warning.
1/2 pint bottles in Jamaica are called a "Q", as in "a Q of rhum". Refilled many times .
Thank you many muches bb2. Refilled and emptied many times.
Hey, Jamaica wouldn't be Jamaica if they obey all laws & tourist wouldn't come .
We break a law or two up here too. Mostly mattress tags and building codes.
Thank you
racer4four
mikelv85
bottle-bud
JImam
brunswick
blunderbuss2
nutsabotas6
Manikan
elanski
freon
vetraio50
Caperkid
ho2cutcha
Typically carried in the back pocket. A Dutch friend whose alcoholic father was visiting him in NY, told me about his father coming in drunk & falling on his arse. My friend said his father felt the wetness back behind & said, "God, I hope that's blood!".
I can see why. Unless you cut an artery you will have plenty of blood.
Did he finally perish falling into a vat of beer and jumping back in after being rescued?
Let's just say, he was feeling no pain.
Thank you
SEAN68
kyratango
ps now legal to refill this bottle.
Thank you Rick55.