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Washington – Taylor Portrait Flask out of the woodwork….or something like that
“Our flask was recovered from a privy in the Historic District in downtown Savannah. The privy dated to about 1820 and was in use until around 1900. The bottle was recovered from a “cleanout” pit about...
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Privy Digging – The Hole Story
The purpose of privy digging is the salvage of antique bottles and everyday household artifacts from the past.Removing rocks, brickbats and other debris in a very large urban privy (ca.1855).Privy...
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“Salvadora” in the bottle – Tom Quinn
A great photograph of “Salvadora” in the bottle – photo by Scott Selenak (FOHBC Expo Photographer)From Tom Quinn (Benicia, California) who gave a ‘standing room only’ seminar to 80+ attendees at his...
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Latest news from Outhouse Patrol up in Montana
“We awoke to a very cold early October rainy morning after trying to sleep through high winds whistling through the broken out windows and creaking old door.”Always nice to hear from my friend James...
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Log Cabin Series – Drake’s Plantation Bitters
Log Cabin Series – Drake’s Plantation Bitters28 November 2012D R A K E ‘ S P L A N T A T I O NB I T T E R SThere is no bitters brand that has been written about, talked about, collected or simply...
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Ordinances Regulating Location, Depth, etc. of Urban Privies
Ferdinand, I have put together a list of privy ordinances from Philadelphia, Cincinnati, and more than 2 dozen other cities.Some of these ordinances will show why it is tough to find bottles in some...
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Strong clues as to depth and location of Baltimore privies
Ferdinand,James (Campiglia) suggested this may be of interest to you and others. Strong clues as to depth and location of privies in some Baltimore neighborhoods. Excerpts from report, and link...
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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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Starting at the “Bottom”– The English Royal Privy
The privy and privy chamber were under the control of a minor official called the Groom of the Stool, or stole.STARTING AT THE ”BOTTOM”How the cleaners of English Royalty’s privies became among their...
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Chamber Pot from a Privy Twelve Feet Deep
Chamber Pot from a Privy Twelve Feet Deep16 December 2013Hello F,Have enclosed pictures of a chamber pot I dug many years ago at Laclade Landing near the famous St. Louis arch in St. Louis, Missouri....
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S. S. Smith just Dug
S. S. Smith just Dug 30 September 2015 Now here is one of my favorite bottles. Great semi-cabin form and color. Maybe not a bitters but one that I have in my collection. It looks like a pretty decent...
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Happy Easter and a New Bitters for you
Happy Easter and a New Bitters for You! 27 March 2016 Always nice to hear from the digging crews, especially Jeff Milhalik as he has a special knack for finding easter eggs and digging up incredible...
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A silver lining in that storm?
A silver lining in that storm? by Jack Klotz 15 May 2016 Here is the story of finding the elusive “Brown’s/ Aromatic/ Bitters/ Hannibal/ Mo” bottle. I knew they were out there, just never expected to...
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Cannon’s Bitters Study & Timeline – Washington, D.C.
Cannon’s Bitters Study & Timeline Washington D.C. 17 May 2019 With new material and research on Cannon’s Bitters, it seems like high time to re-look at this incredible brand. I thought I would...
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