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Soda and Mineral Water Bottles and Bottlers
of Colorado, 1860-1915 by Ted Oppelt
This new bottle book is the result of 30 years of collecting and researching the
old soda bottles and bottlers of Colorado. Sources included collectors, bottle
books, business directories, newspapers, United States censuses, and histories
of Colorado towns and their soda bottlers.
This full-color, 80 page book features:
+ Listing of 314 Colorado soda and mineral water bottles including blob tops,
Hutchinsons, and early crown tops with their scarcity;
+ Color photos of 85 representative Colorado sodas with a detailed description
of each bottle;
+ Brief histories of soda bottling in 47 early Colorado towns;
+ Bottlers' ads from 26 bottlers in Colorado business directories and
newspapers;
+ Colorado bottle manufacturers;
+ Census numbers of turn of the century bottlers in the Western states and
territories;
+ Map of the 44 Colorado towns that used Hutchinson sodas; and
+ Bibliography and index.
The color photos provide the best visual images available of the varieties of
colors in the old sodas. Collectors, antique dealers, historical archaeologists,
and Colorado historians will find this a valuable and interesting book.
Published 2004, soft cover, spiral bound, 8.5" x 11" and 80 pages.
The single copy price is $26.99 plus $3.00 shipping and handling. Discounts
available for schools, libraries, museums, and multiple copies. Order from:
Oppelt Publications, 2218 25th Street, Greeley CO 80631.
Questions? Ted Oppelt at 970-352-8280 or via EMail to nrmoppelt@aol.com
Wisconsin Soda Water Bottles 1845-1910
by Roger M. Peters
This book lists a majority of the pre-crown top bottles used by Wisconsin soda
water bottling companies from the 1850s through 1915. Included are blob
sodas, Hutchinson sodas, pottery bottles, weiss beers, spring water bottles and
several other types of soda water bottles having specialized closures.
Features include:
+ Bottle listings in order by municipality, bottler, bottle type, and date of
manufacture;
+ An index of company names and proprietors;
+ Catalog numbering including minor variants;
+ Bottle height, color, capacity, and manufacturers;
+ Bottle rarity and values; and
+ Bottle illustrations were posterized from black-and-white photographs and
are shown at 40% of actual size.
Published 1996 (third edition), soft cover, 8.5" x 11" and 209 pages with index
and bibliography. $33.00 each, postpaid. Send money order or check to:
Roger Peters, 4333 DeVolis Pkwy, Madison WI 53711.
The Bottles, Breweriana And Advertising Jugs
of Minnesota 1850-1920, Volume 1 by Ron Feldhaus
+ Recently reprinted
+ 133 pages
+ Spiral bound soft cover
+ Profusely illustrated with photographs and drawings
+ Extensive biographical material about hundreds of Minnesota pre-Prohibition
beer, soda and household bottles, signs, trays, glasses, labels, openers, etc.
+ Also many nice advertising stoneware items
$19.95 plus $5.00 postage and handling (international postage higher). Postal
insurance $1.30 extra. Money orders, cashiers checks, or personal checks only
to: Ron Feldhaus, 5117 W 92nd St., Bloomington, MN 55437; or EMail to:
VRFELDHAUS@aol.com
The Bottles, Breweriana And Advertising Jugs
of Minnesota 1850-1920, Volume 2 by Ron Feldhaus
+ 200 pages
+ Perfect bound soft cover
+ Profusely illustrated with photographs and line drawings
+ Features whiskey, druggist and medicine bottles (including a section on
bitters), whiskey jugs and go-withs
+ Dating list for hundreds of druggists, liquor dealers, and patent medicine
manufacturers
+ Includes companion rarity and price guide (published in 1984, so it is outdated)
+ THE definitive guide to Minnesota bottles!
$12.00 plus $5.50 postage and handling (international postage higher). Postal
insurance $1.30 extra. Money orders, cashiers checks, or personal checks only
to: Ron Feldhaus, 5117 W 92nd St., Bloomington, MN 55437; or EMail to:
VRFELDHAUS@aol.com
Soda and Beer Bottle Closures: 1850-1910
by David Graci
This very well-researched volume is a fine contribution to the bottle collecting
hobby’s steadily-growing list of scholarly source materials, and a must-have
reference work for everyone interested in early soda and beer bottles.
Utilizing patent records as a primary information source, long-time bottle
collector and author David Graci carefully traces the history and development
of soda and beer bottle closures from just prior to the U.S Civil War forward
thru the advent of Owens’ bottle machine. Familiar closures by Albertson's,
Matthews, Putnam, Klee, Parkhurst, Codd, Christin, Hutchinson, Roorbach,
Stewart's, Painter, Rylands, Haley, Thomas, and Lightning are covered in
detail, as are many of the less successful examples.
Profusely illustrated with detailed, original patent drawings, advertisements
from early industry trade publications, bottlers’ catalog pages, line drawings of
bottles and closures, and 12 pages of full-color photographs of patent models
and close-ups of closures, such as these by Frank Perry, Henry Putnam, and
Charles G. Hutchinson:
96 information-packed, 8.5" x 11" pages, soft cover, spiral bound, © 2003.
$38.00 each postpaid with shipping via Media Mail to U.S. addresses.
Massachusetts residents add 5% sales tax ($1.75) per book. Please send
money order or check to: David Graci, PO Box 726, South Hadley MA 01075.
Address questions via EMail to David at: stonebotle@aol.com.
Early Utah Soda Bottles by David L. Kyte
Newly published for 2005! Order your copy now! (TEMPORARILY SOLD OUT!)
Early Utah Soda Bottles 1870-1915: A Bottling History & Guide is the first
and only book of its kind for Utah. This is a great book for collectors, antiques
dealers, and historical researchers, and is generally fun reading and viewing.
Features include:
+ 8.5" x 11" full-size format;
+ 55 pages with spiral binding;
+ 150 full-color photographs and scans of Utah blob top and Hutchinson bottles,
early advertisements, letterheads, and tokens;
+ Text explaining the history of the early Utah soda water companies; and
+ Four page spreadsheet reference guide to evaluate and identify your bottles!
$30.00 + $3.00 shipping and handling (shipping combined for multiple purchases;
add $ .50 per copy). Sorry, no volume discounts for this limited printing.
Please send personal checks or money orders to:
David L. Kyte
7634 South Locust Street (TEMPORARILY SOLD OUT!)
Midvale, UT 84047-7336
PayPal payments also accepted; please send to: utahsoda@netzero.com.
Please provide your name, street, city, state, ZIP, EMail address, number of
copies desired, amount remitted, and whether you would like the book(s) signed
or inscribed. All books shipped within 72 hours of receipt of payment.
Maine Bottlers And Their Bottles: A Guide To
Maine Beverage Bottles And Maine Bottling
Operations, 1840s - 1980 by Sam Fuller Jr.
Five years in the making, this new book serves as the only definitive history of
soda, mineral spring water and beer bottling in the State of Maine from the
1840s through 1980. This book is an excellent resource for bottle collectors,
antique dealers, Maine historians, and the general public.
Features include:
+ 11" x 8.5" format
+ 170 pages with comb binding
+ © 2005
+ Over 800 alphabetical bottler listings by city/town including dates of
operation, brands/flavors bottled, and owner names and addresses
+ Black-and-white photographs of more than 350 stoneware, blob top,
Hutchinson, crown top, embossed, and Applied Color Label bottles
+ Maine bottling history section
+ Maine bottle rarity scale and price ranges described
+ Includes copies of many advertisements, labels, billheads, and more!
$30 postpaid with shipping via USPS Priority Mail. Maine residents add $1.20
for state sales tax. Please send payment via check or money order to:
Sam Fuller, 330 Cape Jellison Road, Stockton Springs ME 04981. Sam can be
reached via EMail at: secbfuller@hotmail.com.
The Antique Bottles Of Iowa, 1846 To 1915
by Mike Burggraaf and Tom Southard
The end result of 13 years of extensive research by the authors, this 676 page
volume is the only book available listing all known embossed bottles from Iowa
and a fine contribution to the hobby's literature. Included are nearly 1,800
original drawings representing 1,300 companies from 236 Iowa towns.
Also included are 36 full-color plates featuring some of Iowa's more colorful
bottles, and historical information about most entries including many ads.
Anyone interested in antique bottles and/or Iowa history will find this book of
interest. The bottle categories covered include cures, drug stores, bitters,
blob top and Hutchinson sodas, beers, inks, whiskies, liniments, and remedies.
The soft bound version is a two volume set and sells for $43. The hard bound
version is one volume and sells for $74. Postage and handling $5.00 per copy
(the two volume set is one copy). Only available directly from the authors:
Mike Burggraaf Tom Southard
305 E Burlington Ave (or) 2815 Druid Hill Drive
Fairfield IA 52556 Des Moines IA 50315
641-469-6018 515-282-6901
Ohio Bottles
by The Ohio Bottle Club, Inc.
Don Dzuro and many members of The Ohio Bottle Club, Inc. have invested over
30 years of effort into compiling and continually updating this massive text. It
is one of the most complete state bottle books available.
Bottle categories covered include beers, bitters, crocks, druggists, flasks, fruit
jars, households, inks, medicines, milks, mineral waters, miscellaneous,
perfumes, sarsaparillas, siphon bottles, sodas, and whiskeys.
Features include:
+ Alphabetical bottle listings by municipality and bottler;
+ Catalog numbering including minor variants;
+ Bottle color, capacity, and manufacturers;
+ 21 full-color plates (see examples of siphon and sodas pages); and
+ Bottle values.
Published 1999, soft cover, plastic spiral bound, 8.5" x 11" and 557 pages.
$31.00 each, postpaid. Send money order or check (payable to The Ohio Bottle
Club) to: Don Dzuro, 709 Sharon Street, Akron OH 44314.
A Historical Guide To Long Island Soda, Beer &
Mineral Water Bottles & Bottling Companies
1840 - 1970 by George Wm. Fisher and Donald H. Weinhardt
Originally published in 1976, the second edition of this nice Long Island Antique
Bottle Association publication has been expanded to include listings for 567
companies and 1705 major bottle types from the four Long Island counties. In
addition to extensive company historical data and bottle listings, the text
includes information on bottle types, closures and patents, closure illustrations,
bottle manufacturers and their marks, an extensive bibliography, and indices by
county, location, and bottler name. Four pages of illustrations are included, as
well as a supplement listing bottles identified since publication.
Published 1999, soft cover, 8.5" x 11" and 466 pages. $35.00 each, plus $10
for Priority Mailing. Send money order or check (payable to Long Island
Antique Bottle Association) to: Mark Smith, 10 Holmes Ct, Sayville NY 11782.
















Augusta On Glass
by Bill Baab
This highly detailed and profusely illustrated new volume caps 35 years of
historical research and development by Bill Baab, long-time collector of Augusta
bottles, and the FOHBC's well-known Southern Region editor. Augusta On
Glass is chock full of well-written company and bottler histories, plus color and
black-and-white photographs of bottles and related go-with items,
advertisements, and vintage photos. Subtitled "Drops of history from glass and
pottery containers used by soda water manufacturers, whiskey distillers, beer
brewers, mineral water sellers and patent medicine men in and around Augusta,
Georgia," collectors, archaeologists, and history buffs can only wish there were
similar reference sources for all states/cities/towns. Hopefully publication of
Augusta On Glass will inspire others to start/finish similar efforts for their
particular area(s) of interest.
The accompanying images show the front cover, examples of vintage
advertisements and photos, and typical bottle illustrations.
Published 2007, laminated soft cover, comb bound, 8.5" x 11" and 83
information-packed pages. $40.00 each postpaid includes Media Mail shipping.
Send check (must clear bank before book is mailed) or money order to:
Bill Baab
2352 Devere Street
Augusta, GA 30904




A Collector's Guide To Arizona Bottles &
Stoneware: A History Of Merchant Containers
In Arizona by Michael Miller
The newly published second edition features:
+ Sodas, whiskies, pharmacies, beers, food bottles, stoneware jugs, advertising
glasses;
+ Rarity and price guides;
+ Historical information on businesses;
+ Photographs & advertisements;
+ Hundreds of bottles listed; and
+ Drawings of all known embossed Arizona bottles from 1880 to 1940.
Published 2008, soft cover, spiral bound, 8.5" x 11" and 274 pages. $40.00
each postpaid includes Media Mail shipping. Send payment to:
Michael Miller
9214 W Gary Road
Peoria AZ 85345
Michael can be reached via EMail to helgramike@cox.net

Color Hutchinsons
by Zang Wood
Don't miss an opportunity to add this very hard-to-find volume to your bottle
reference library! Limited to 200 individually numbered and signed copies, the
first edition is available again due to high collector demand. Features include:
+ 293 individual bottle illustrations detailing front, back, and base embossings,
height and diameter dimensions, plate and base shapes, and maker's marks;
+ Rarity ratings;
+ 13 color plates showing 126 Hutchinson bottles in full-color;
+ Historic information about companies, bottlers, bottling equipment, early
advertisements, and much more.
Published 1999, soft cover, plastic spiral bound with clear plastic protector,
8.5" x 11" and 416 pages. $40.00 each postpaid includes Media Mail shipping.
Send check or money order to:
Zang Wood
1612 Camino Rio
Farmington NM 87401
Zang can be reached via EMail to zapa33-51@msn.com



W. H. Hutchinson & Son Manufacturers and
Dealers in Bottlers Supplies -- 1889 Catalogue
Reprinted by Zang Wood
Here's a rare opportunity to obtain a copy of W. H. Hutchinson and Son's 1889
catalogue. Published "upon the tenth year of its existence as the ONLY
PERFECT Soda Water Stopper ever adopted by the bottling industry of the
United States and Canada," this volume features:
+ Hutchinson bottling equipment listings and illustrations with price lists;
+ Directions for using Hutchinson's Patent Spring Stopper;
+ Product advantages over "All other stoppers imitating ours;"
+ Extract and syrup formulas; and much more.
Originally published 1889 (reprinted 2008), soft cover, plastic spiral bound with
clear plastic protector, 8.5" x 5.5" and 36 pages. $12.00 each postpaid
includes Media Mail shipping. Send check or money order to:
Zang Wood
1612 Camino Rio
Farmington NM 87401
Zang can be reached via EMail to zapa33-51@msn.com
SPECIAL OFFER: Buy the 1889 and 1917 catalogs for $27.00 and save $3.00.



W. H. Hutchinson & Son
1917 Catalog and Price List
Reprinted by Zang Wood
W. H. Hutchinson and Son's 1917 Catalog and Price List features:
+ Advice for owners of new bottling enterprises, including information about
typical problems with syrups, carbonating, the bottling process, sediment and
ropiness in bottled soda water;
+ Flavor price lists;
+ Formulas for flavoring syrups;
+ Capping, filling, and carbonating machinery advertisements and illustrations;
+ Bottlers' supplies advertisements for hand trucks, scales, siphon bottles and
fillers, tools, brushes, bottle washers, safety gear, syrup jars, wooden shipping
boxes and cases; and
+ An index!
Originally published 1917 (reprinted 2008), soft cover, plastic spiral bound with
clear plastic protector, 8.5" x 9.0" with two pages of the original 123 page
catalog reprinted per sheet. $18.00 each postpaid includes Media Mail
shipping. Send check or money order to:
Zang Wood
1612 Camino Rio
Farmington NM 87401
Zang can be reached via EMail to zapa33-51@msn.com
SPECIAL OFFER: Buy the 1889 and 1917 catalogs for $27.00 and save $3.00.


