Crawl space cleaning

[Ruslanmd]

I had to clean the crawl space in the old house today .This is what I found there

 

[doc-d]

Very cool.........how old is the crawl space??

 

[Ruslanmd]

This one is old. The new section where I found the bottles was added in 1820-1830.

 

[Valley Ranger]

Nice!

 

[diggummup]

Yes, very cool. I like the old toothbrush. Is it bone or celluloid? Either way it is a turn of the century example. The Bromo's are very common especially in your neck of the woods. The corked tube in the last pic is broken I take it?

 

[Backbacon]

I'm loving those old bottles. The large blue ones would make some fierce patio lanterns.

 

[Ruslanmd]

I am not sure what the toothbrush is made of. A corked tube is broken. There is a lot of broken glass there.

 

[Seener53]

Congrats on the Awesome finds! That is quite a bottle haul and so many unbroken!

 

[diggummup]

I am not sure what the toothbrush is made of. A corked tube is broken. There is a lot of broken glass there.

Take a close look at it with a magnifying glass. Here- distinguish bone, ivory and celluloid

This is for gambling chips and memorabilia but it works for any item really.

BTW- I like the bottles too. I probably have 3 dozen of the Bromo's in all different sizes, a counter display, ice bucket, matchbooks, note pads, drinking glasses, etc. I'm from P.G. county originally. They were based out of Baltimore. When I first started collecting things years ago, Bromo Seltzer was one of them.

 

[Ruslanmd]

Thanks

 

[Ruslanmd]

Plastic...

 

[DanKnug]

Dumb question here...why did people of yore throw trash (bottles, broken plates, etc) in their crawl space?

 

[vpnavy]

Gosh, I just want to grab those bottles and start cleaning them Ruslanmd!

Thanks for sharing...

 

[boogeyman]

I am not sure what the toothbrush is made of. A corked tube is broken. There is a lot of broken glass there.

Quick & dirty test. Take a pin or needle heat it with a lighter until it's almost red. Poke a tiny (very very tiny) hole in it smell the smoke. If it smells like burned hair it's bone or ivory, melted plastic = celluloid. Take a magnifier & look at it if it's bone you'll see pores.


DanKnug = Can you think of a better way to get cats coons & critters out from under your bedroom? Second do you think the wife is gonna crawl down there to find your booze - er ah... Medicine bottles?

 

[Ruslanmd]

Going back to crawl space. I hope to find more stuff today.

 

[Frank1960]

Can you get a detector down there? Might find some more goodies of the metal kind also. Nice bottles

 

[huntsman53]

Yes, very cool. I like the old toothbrush. Is it bone or celluloid? Either way it is a turn of the century example. The Bromo's are very common especially in your neck of the woods. The corked tube in the last pic is broken I take it?

Yeah, with the size of that thing, no wonder folks back in the 1800's had such big teeth!LOL!!!


Frank

 

[surf]

This one is old. The new section where I found the bottles was added in 1820-1830.

Hello Ruslanmd,

These bottles appear to be from the last couple decades of the 19th Century. I'd take this as a sign that there may be older goodies buried outta sight. I've seen some great bottles come from crawl spaces. Is this an under the house crawl, or under the porch?

The tooth brush is bone. The "Extra Fine Quality" refers to the bristles. Have a look at this Loeser & Co. ad from 1903 (left column. 3/4 of the way down the page, under "Toilet Articles") Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Sunday February 8, 1903.

Is the 5th from the left, small clear glass bottle, a Red Dragon Seltzer, by chance? I do admire that wonderfully silver iridescent guy in the middle. I'm looking forward to seeing these guys a bit cleaner... and of course your next group of finds...

Dumb question here...why did people of yore throw trash (bottles, broken plates, etc) in their crawl space?

Hey Dan,

There was no garbage collection in most places, until well into the 20th Century. People had to burn it, bury it, or throw it over the fence, or down the crawl space, lest they be overwhelmed.

 

[fishguy]

I never knew that surf good info, I did hear that when public trash removal started alot of people threw the stuff in the rivers to avoid being charged to remove it.

 

[CoilyGirl]

Loving the bottles and the pretty pin with the green patina. I would risk getting spider webs in my hair for such neat relics.