BRISTOL,TENN-VA - COLLECTIBLE BOTTLES & HISTORY

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BRISTOL - Whiskey Dealers (pre 1916)
E.GOUGE - Whiskey In Bristol (3pgs)
Can A E.Gouge Bottle Talk?
BRISTOL - Whiskey Trivia (2pgs)
BRISTOL - Whiskey Bottles (5pgs)
BRISTOL - Whiskey Jugs
BRISTOL - Whiskey Mini Jugs
BRISTOL - Whiskey "Go-Withs"
BRISTOL - Shotglasses- VanBrocklin Collection
BRISTOL WINE & LIQUOR CO.
SOUTHERN WINE & LIQUOR CO
Cobalt KING'S LIQUOR: Fact or Fancy??
BRISTOL - Drug & Patent Medicine Cos. (to 1923) (2pgs)
APPLE BRANDY BITTERS - GOODSON,VA.
DR. JAMES A. DICKEY & CAM ANDERSON - BRISTOL Druggists
J.L.WOOD DRUG CO. of BRISTOL
C.F.HAGAN & the CIN-CO-LERY CO
JOHN R. DICKEY - BRISTOL Druggist (2pgs)
ANDREWS M'F'G CO. of BRISTOL (2pgs)
MYSTIC WINE OF LIFE CO. of BRISTOL
BRISTOL - Drug Store & Medicines (3pgs)
BRISTOL - Botting Companies
BRISTOL - Dixie Bottling Works
pre-1915 BRISTOL COCA-COLAS
BRISTOL - Soda Bottles
BRISTOL - Dairies
BRISTOL - Milk Bottles (2pgs)
Other Bottles &"Go-Withs"(2pgs)
WHO was WHO in Early Bristol? (2pgs)
Do Intact Examples Exist??
NEW "FINDS"
Early Pictures Around Bristol
L. GERSTLE / BLUFF CITY,TENN.
BLOUNTVILLE, TENN.
*JOHNSON CITY,TENN.
* List of Known Johnson City Bottles
GREENEVILLE, TENN.
E.TN Saloon Owners
Other E.TN Bottles (2pgs).
SWVA Whiskey Distillers (2pgs)
SWVA Hutchinsons
ABINGDON, VA. - Bits'n'Pieces
DAMASCUS VA. BOTTLING WORKS
SWVA. Bottles (2pgs)
Local POTTERY
Where Are Old Bottles ?
Digging
The ROBERT PRESTON House Dig
Recent Bristol Events
BRISTOL - Bottle & Jug Display
About Me
* Winds of Change
In Search of COL. JAMES KING'S IRON WORKS
Products of Local IRON WORKS
The CHIMNEY
The CISTERN & The IRON DOORS
The QUARRY CAVE, STONE "SHED" - 2nd IRON DOOR
Hunting OLD MILLS
*WHITE'S MILL
The Star House & Mill
MILLSTONES
* BRISTOL TENN-VA Bottle Club

Main Street scene @ 1885-90
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 This page will be about the results of past and present digs in the Tri-Cities. Some results have already been posted on www.antique-bottles.net  in the Forums section, and I will post links to those threads.

Diggin' With Mr.B.

Mr.B. Digs Alone

Morbious' 2nd Dig

  In July of 2006 I was prowling a construction site and noticed OLD broken glass and bottle necks. I cast about the area until I detected a "trail' or pattern to the scattered shards. Seems the grader had taken the top off of a circa 1890-1900 privy pit and broken many of the pit's contents...:>(
I dug out the remainder of the privy , salvaging/saving about a dozen bottles, the better of which are shown below.

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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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