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Looking at some of the Bitters Bottles on the steamboat Bertrand – Part 1
James Campiglia, in a series of recent emails, embedded the following statement within one portion of his commentary which inspired this post: “Also found a picture of a shard you may want to post....
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Looking at some of the Bitters Bottles on the steamboat Bertrand – Part 2
Objects from the riverboat Bertrand are kept in a temperature- and humidity-controlled enviorment behind plexiglass. – DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge Looking at some of the Bitters Bottles on the...
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Looking for Bottles Carried on the Steamboat Arabia
T H E S T E A M B O A T A R A B I A Looking at famed Civil War author Jim Schmidt’s interview with Andrew W. Hall and the Galveston-Houston Packet this morning made me think of the bottles...
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Bottles on the Steamship SS Republic
Constructed in 1853 and launched at Fells Point, Baltimore. Christened as the Tennessee on August 31. BOTTLES ON THE S T E A M S H I P S S R E P U B L I C 24 November 2012 I wanted to circle back...
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Memphis, Yellow Fever and “The Great Bottle Treasure Map of 1880”
A Harper’s magazine sketch of a hospital scene during the yellow fever epidemic. Ferdinand, here is the article on “The Great Memphis Bottle Treasure Map of 1880“. The newly founded National Board of...
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Bottles under the pier in Fredeiksted, St. Croix
Bottles under the pier in Fredeiksted, St. Croix by Vince Staley 13 February 2014 The new Fredeiksted pier after Hurricane Hugo 1988. The pier has yielded hundreds of bottles, ceramics, and ship...
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