Historic Bottle Website "Map"

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The following is a listing or "map" of all the main subject pages and connected sub-pages found within this Historic Glass Bottle Identification & Information Website.  The main subject pages are in bold capital letters and the sub-pages are listed underneath the related main page title in smaller, non-bold lettering.  Recent significant updates, additions and revisions to the site are noted further down the page.


HOME PAGE

DATING PAGE (including beginning of Bottle Dating Key)
    Bottle Dating Key - Mouth-blown bottles
    Bottle Dating Key - Machine-made bottles
    Dating Examples

BOTTLE TYPING/DIAGNOSTIC SHAPES PAGE
    Liquor/Spirits Bottles
    Wine & Champagne Bottles
    Beer & Ale Bottles
    Soda & Mineral Water Bottles
    Medicinal/Chemical/Druggist Bottles
    Food Bottles & Canning Jars
    Household Bottles (non-food related)
    Miscellaneous & Foreign Bottles
    Labeled Bottles
    Illinois Glass Co. 1906 Bottle Catalog

GLASSMAKING & GLASSMAKERS PAGE
    Glassmakers Marks

BOTTLE/GLASS COLORS PAGE

BOTTLE BODY CHARACTERISTICS & MOLD SEAMS PAGE

BOTTLE FINISHES & CLOSURES PAGE - Part I
   Part II: Types or Styles of Finishes - Page 1
   Part II: Types or Styles of Finishes - Page 2
   Part II: Types or Styles of Finishes - Page 3
   Part III: Types of Bottle Closures

BOTTLE BASES PAGE
   Pontil Marks or Scars

BOTTLE FRAGMENT IDENTIFICATION PAGE

BOTTLE GLOSSARY PAGE
    Bottle Morphology

REFERENCE SOURCES/BIBLIOGRAPHY PAGE

HISTORIC BOTTLE RELATED LINKS PAGE

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ'S) PAGE
    Historic Bottle Website "Map" (this page)

ABOUT THIS SITE - Caveats, Acknowledgements & Miscellaneous PAGE

SITE USER TIPS
   Metric Conversion Table


Recent significant updates and revisions to this website

October-December 2009:
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Rabbit Trails: The Twisted Path to Bottle Identification - Bill Lindsey (Bottles & Extras, May/June 2009)  This is an article on a sequence of experiences by the website author in regards to gleaning information about several mid-19th century soda water bottles.
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Southern Glass Co. - Bill Lockhart, Pete Schulz, David Whitten, Carol Serr, and Bill Lindsey with Michael R. Miller and David Whitten (November/December 2009).  An article on this southern California glass maker of the early 20th century.
  -Additional finish tooling information on several pages: Bottle Finishes & Closures page; Types or Styles of Finishes - Page 2; Types or Styles of Finishes - Page 3.  These updates include the inclusion of several original patents for 19th century finishing tools, images of an original finishing tool,  as well as revisions and refinement of the text describing the "applied" and "tooled" finishing methods.

...more to come!

Group of historic bottles dating between 1840 and 1930.


SEARCHING THIS WEBSITE:  To do a word/phrase search of this website one must use the "Search SHA" boxes found on many of the main SHA web pages, including the Research Resources page (upper right side of that page) which links to this site.  The Historic Bottle Website (HBW) has no internal search mechanism so be aware that when running a search one will also get non-HBW response links to other portions of the SHA site.

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This website created and managed by:
Bill Lindsey
Bureau of Land Management (retired) -
Klamath Falls, Oregon
Questions?  See FAQ #21.

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