First Straight Side Coke M N Nelin Rockford

[Gurban]

Went back to a late 1800s/early 1900s dump I have working on and off the last few years. I dug down about 10" on one side of the dump and hit a solid layer of glass. It took me about 45 minutes to get these bottles out because they were all wedged in together along with some broken glass in the thick clay. The Coke bottle was a pretty awesome find.
I am not sure of the screw top jar. There are no mold seams in the top. It is a very crude looking jar with many air bubbles.

 

[Hezezilla]

Nice finds! That jar is probably early machine made. I have some jars like that, no seams but a clean screw top. Probably dates to the same time as your other finds. Circa 1915.

 

[Step Back In Time]

Great finds!

 

[Gurban]

I guess I was wrong about this being my first straight side Coke bottle. I forgot I had found this one a couple years ago in the same dump.

 

[Step Back In Time]

That's a neat looking one!

 

[CanadianBottles]

I guess I was wrong about this being my first straight side Coke bottle. I forgot I had found this one a couple years ago in the same dump. View attachment 258923View attachment 258925View attachment 258928

Wow that's the largest straight-side I've ever seen! I had no idea that such a thing even existed. I wonder if this is a true straight-side or one of those rare examples of a flavour bottle which had the script logo included against the head office's rules. Either way that's a fantastic find!

 

[Gurban]

I'm not sure either, but there is an identical one on Ebay.

Scarce Large 23 1/2 FLU OZ Chicago Illinois Coca Cola Coke Bottle EE10 | eBay

<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;"> bottle as pictured. US buyer pays $15 for shipping.</p>

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Wow that's the largest straight-side I've ever seen! I had no idea that such a thing even existed. I wonder if this is a true straight-side or one of those rare examples of a flavour bottle which had the script logo included against the head office's rules. Either way that's a fantastic find