Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2006.26.006
Accession#:
2006.26
Credit Line:
Donated by LInda Wahto.
Object Name:
Bottle
Title:
Amber colored glass bar bottle
Description:
Amber colored glass bar bottle (see Bottle Collecting Manual with prices revised edition by John F. Hotchkiss and Joan H. Cassidy page 52 in museum reference). Possibly made from a three—piece mold (see The Antique Bottle Collector by Grace Kendrick page 35 in museum reference). Seam marks clearly visible and raised. Decorative design on shoulder as seen in drawing in Bottle Collecting Manual.
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
Search Terms:
Vice
Bar
Restaurant
Bar
Restaurant
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