Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2006.26.002
Accession#:
2006.26
Credit Line:
Donated by LInda Wahto.
Object Name:
Bottle
Title:
Dark Amber Glass Bottle
Description:
Dark Amber Glass Bottle. Possibly made with a three—piece mold. Seams visible on collar and neck. Has an applied lip which was used after 1900. Could be a wine or whiskey bottle. (See Bottle Collecting by John F. Hotchkiss and Joan H. Cassidy pages 18,33,38. Also see The Antique Bottle Collector by Grace Kendrick, page 35, 40. Both works in the Museum Reference Library)
Notes:
Collection donated by Linda Wahto, brought in by donor's daughter Myiia Whistler. According to Whistler, Wahto and Willette Janes would hunt bottles together. Bottles found in Treadwell/Douglas area. Some are from Myiia's grandfather's house/cabin on the Treadwell Ditch. He grew up there — they tossed garbage into the ditch. Mom/Grandma and Janes would bottle hunt up at the cabin site.
People:
Wahto, Linda
Janes, Willette
Whistler, Myiia
Janes, Willette
Whistler, Myiia
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