BRISTOL,TENN-VA COLLECTIBLE BOTTLES & THEIR HISTORY

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a pictorial history of collectible bottles and related "go-withs" from the Twin Cities of BRISTOL,TENN-VA.: containing - Whiskey , Patent Medicine, and Drug Store bottles from @ 1870 to 1920, the more modern bottles, such as: Soda and Milk up to about 1950, and collectibles. I have also put together lists of known soda bottlers, druggists, medicine manufacturers, distillers, whiskey dealers, saloonists, & dairymen: their locations & known years of operation for not only Bristol ,but other locales as well. As additional information is learned, it will be added to the site.

In an on-going effort to establish the historical significance of the preservation and researching of bottles in relation to their being important links, ( in some instances the sole remaining evidence), to the people,prosperity, and growth of Bristol, biographical information about the business owners will also be provided, if known, or as it is revealed. Many of the men behind these "bottling" business ventures risked all in order to provide a service to their town and support their families.

My hope is this site will prove to be both useful and informative.

Note:

Click one of the Index links in the left column for another topic page.

Links to the Next Page>>>> are added at the bottom of the page.

Thumbnail pictures on most pages are a link , just click the

thumbnail to view an enlarged picture in a new window.

* beside Index title indicates new pictures or information have been added.

LINKS TO FAVORITE SITES

"LOCAL" LINKS

Bristol Historical Association

Robert Preston House - Washington County,VA.

Bristol Sesqui-Centennial Website

Great Road Pottery - (TN-VA)

Sullivan County Historical and Genealogical Society

Historical Society of Washington County VA

Johnson's Depot aka Johnson City, Tenn.

Morbious Fod's "Tazewell Orange" - Soda Bottlers of SW.VA. & NE.TN.

*** For those who love the outdoors as well as I do. I have established a couple of photo albums of pictures I have taken while wandering the woods, hillsides and rivers of my area.

Click on any of the links below: Updated: 10 May'09

Appalachian Mountains

Steeles Creek Park

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OTHER FAVORITES:

Southeast Bottle Club

Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors

Antique Bottle & Glass Collector magazine-Glassworks Auctions

Norman Heckler Auctions

American Bottle Auctions

Antique-Bottles.net/Forums

Museum of Beverage Containers & Advertising

Historic Glass Bottle Identification & Information

Pre-Prohibition Shotglasses.- Maintained by Robin Preston

The Seattle History Company's Hutchinson Bottle Directory

Charles Head's Koca-Nola Site

Flaschenjager's Bottle-Site

NEW: Don & Pat's Collectibles

Southern Railway Engine at Mary St. Bridge/Bristol,VA.

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  Site established: November 2005

Updated:   February 2, 2010

Comments, Info, Pix welcomed:

brisbotls@hotmail.com

Thank you,

    Charlie Barnette

Bristol,Tenn-Va

Sources - Bibliography

i)      Library of King College, Bristol,Tenn. - Newspaper Microfilms

ii)     Bristol,TN-VA Public Library - Newspaper Microfilms &  City Directories

iii)     1904 Bristol Herald Industrial Supplement

iv)     Bristol-Goodson Industry & Resources in 1885 -W.F.Henry/Reporter

v)    Witness To An Epoch - Chas.J. Harkrader

vi)     Double Destiny   - Robert Loving

vii)    Historic Sites of Sullivan County - Muriel Spoden

viii)   Bristol Tennessee-Virginia : A History - V.N. "Bud" Phillips

ix)     Spirits & Medicinal Bottles of Bristol, Tenn.-Va.   - Charlie Barnette

x)       The Passing Years   - Bristol Historical Association

xi)      City of Bristol @ 1915

xii)     A Pictorial History - Bristol Historical Association

xiii)    Whiskey, An American Pictorial History - Oscar Getz

xiv)    Prohibition, 13 Years That Changed America - Edward Behr

xv)     The Shadow Of The Bottle - Review & Herald Publishing Co.

xvi)    Historic Sullivan - Oliver Taylor

xvii)   One Year At A Time - Bristol - 1907 - Lonnie & Kim Blevins

xviii)   Honoring Our Heritage: Faces & Places From The Past -

                       Lonnie & Kim Blevins and Roy & Carolyn Williams

xvix)   Between the States: Bristol Tennessee - Virginia During the Civil War - V.N. "Bud" Phillips

xx)      Pioneers in Paradise - Bristol, Tenn-Va. - V.N. "Bud" Phillips

xxi)     A Good Place to Live - Bristol, Tenn-Va. - V.N. "Bud" Phillips

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