Welcome to
SeattleHistoryCompany.com
June 30, 2008

Welcome to SeattleHistoryCompany.com, the primary communications vehicle for
disseminating information about the
Hutchinson Bottle Directory initiative.  
Navigate directly to other pages via the buttons at the left, or click on the
underlined, bright
blue hot links, and check out the:


  • HBCA page (updated 05-01-08) for the latest information about the
    Hutchinson Bottle Collectors' Association and the continually updated
    Hutchinson specialists and HBCA membership rosters;




  • HutchBook page (updated 06-19-08) containing the original announcement
    about on-line publication of the Hutchinson Bottle Directory, frequently
    asked questions, and a summary of planned HutchBook.com features;

  • Hutchinson Stopper History page (updated 03-31-08) providing an
    abbreviated historical overview of Hutchinson's Patent Spring Stopper, the
    Hutchinson bottling process, "syrup spies," and W. H. Hutchinson & Son's
    1889 list of the Hutchinson stopper's advantages;  

  • "Soda Pop" History page (updated 05-23-07) addressing the tired myth
    attributing the term "soda pop" to Hutchinson bottles.  Learn facts about
    the use of this descriptive terminology as much as 67 years prior to the
    registration of Charles G. Hutchinson's 1879 patent;

  • SHC Books For Sale page (updated 04-10-08) featuring available Seattle
    History Company publications, including Collecting Soda Pop Bottles;


  • Advanced Bottle Collector Links page (updated 04-25-08) for a list of
    bottle collecting-related sites providing factual information about glass
    manufacturing, closures, and more;


  • Caveat Emptor page (updated 03-31-08) for more thoughts on
    GreedyBay's apparent attempt to self destruct, and a follow-up on the
    sale of a fraudulent "cobalt blue" L.A. Star Hutchinson.

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N.B.B.G.CO. was a major industry supplier of Hutchinson bottles.  This
December 15, 1897 advertisement from
The Western Bottler and many similar
illustrations accompany the material we've prepared for the new HutchBook web
site.  Stay tuned!   
be sure to visit...


The focus of Charles David Head's new site is to "support and promote the
collection, preservation, study, documentation, display, communication and
sharing of information about everything related to Koca Nola."  His site is being
updated continually, so visit it often by clicking on
www.KocaNola.com.