Lets show off our favorite whiskey jugs !

[PikesPeakCharlie]

Following behind Relic & Bass , Lets all show off our whiskey jugs . Here are two that I have dug through the years, The 1/2 gal S (Sam) Lang I dug in Cripple Creek on Meyers Ave in the old red light district in the early 80s It was the first jug I ever dug , Sam Lang owned The Rocky Mountain Liquor Company at 228 Bennett Ave 1897 -1899 . I have seen 5 or 6 of his jugs marked Rocky Mtn Liquor Co ,but in all these years The S lang is the only one I've seen. The second one is a one gal from The Old Kentucky Liquor Co . J.S. Wright was the manager of the Old Kentucky Liquor Co 1894 - 1904 at 217 Bennett Ave , it was a wholesale liquor house and Saloon they produced quite a few varients of their jug , i.e. liquor house,store,company and a ground top whiskey flask. So come on lets see some of yours. PPC

 

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Nice, I notice they liked to get creative with the lettering on the jugs out there. Two of my favorites, my 4 gallon Schwarz and my 1 gallon Louis Weiss Original Wine & Liquor House...

 

[PikesPeakCharlie]

E , I kinda thought you might be the first on here with all of the jugs in your collection . Your 4 gallon is sweet !! but I sure love the Louis Weiss !!!!!! OK ! Epackage and me are waiting for the rest of ya,,,,, lets see some whiskey jugs

 

[Bass]

Sorry guys, i don't have one but i sure like yours.

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[RelicDude]

Awesome I love jugs. This is the only one i have found. I found it in the barn of the house I lived in up in lubec Maine. It is no way as cool as yours. They just don't survive in the rocky boulder filled soil here.

 

[geo4472]

do these count....lol

 

[Bass]

<img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1023944"/> do these count....lol

how did you get that photo of my girlfriend ?

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[PikesPeakCharlie]

Bass ,its out there waiting for you now get off the computer and go find it Relic that's a nice jug wish it would have had some stenciling for you ! Geo,,, I was wondering how long it would take !!

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

View attachment 1023944 do these count....lol

She really needs to have a firmer grip on that bottle......
Carl

 

[RelicDude]

Lol

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[Harry Pristis]

Here's one I dug up in a Central Florida citrus grove some years ago:

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"Few things upset Ocala’s prominent whiskey distiller, George Carmichael more than the growing sentiment on behalf of temperance that was about to force a referendum on the wet-dry issue in late 1887.

"As the owner of several saloons and the town’s only whiskey distillery, George Carmichael had a vested interest in the outcome of the countywide election and apparently was willing to go to almost any extent to stop the temperance crowd in its tracks.

"When the special election was scheduled in 1887, the whole town was torn by the controversy. Arguments for and against alcohol were heated, and since the preachers and the good church ladies were leading the fight against alcoholic beverages, the outcome didn’t seem to be in doubt (although the ladies couldn’t vote).

"... [The election] was close.
[The City of] Ocala remained wet by a majority of only seven votes.
County voters elected to go dry by a small majority.

"It was a defeat for Carmichael and his supporters and a victory for the Temperance Union. If the ladies had been able to vote, the outcome clearly would have been quite one-sided.

"As for Carmichael, he and his son, Ed Carmichael, would be haunted by the 1887 referendum. George Carmichael had applied to the City of Ocala for a liquour license for a new saloon just before the voters went to the polls. Using that fact as a basis, George went to court to force the city to issue his license.

"There would be other elections in Ocala and Marion County, and eventually, like so many other cities and towns in the South, the county would go dry with the rest of the country." (Ocala Star Banner)

 

[Bass]

Nice jug Harry and thanks for the history behind it. I was doing some old newspaper readings a couple of weeks ago from a town just northwest of where i live. The town had this same vote around 1885 and the temperance voters lost 37 to 36 ! What a close one!

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[PikesPeakCharlie]

Harry , That is a sweet jug congrats !!!!! nice color . I enjoyed the history you have on it as well !

 

[sandchip]

Here's one. Can't say for sure liquor came in it, but I'm gonna throw it in anyway. It reads "A.J. BUCHANAN & BRO / AMERICUS, GA"

 

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Here's one. Can't say for sure liquor came in it, but I'm gonna throw it in anyway. It reads "A.J. BUCHANAN & BRO / AMERICUS, GA"

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Nice jug, I see he was listed as a grocer so you're right, it could have been used for various liquids, thanks for sharing it...

 

[PikesPeakCharlie]

Sand , That is a good looking jug !! Thanks for sharing it !! My ancestor's landed around Savannah in the 1600s and through the years moved inland, still have family in Georgia. Thanks again for letting me see a Georgia jug !!!

 

[Harry Pristis]

Sand , That is a good looking jug !! Thanks for sharing it !! My ancestor's landed around Savannah in the 1600s and through the years moved inland, still have family in Georgia. Thanks again for letting me see a Georgia jug !!!

These are 'Southern tradition' jugs. Either, or both, of these jugs could have been made in Georgia . . . Georgia or the Carolinas.

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[sandchip]

Very nice, Harry. And by the way, that Ocala jug is awesome.

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

MY ONLY TWO...

So far my only two. the first ever dug was the Court Place Liquor House, when I found that, I ran and stuffed it in the car trunk, went back to where I had left my detector and the hole, and did a very embarrassing (if had been witnessed by any others) Chicken Dance.
Oh did I make some moves!
Had to calm down for awhile, I was afraid that I'd end up slitting my hand on some glass shards, I was still shaking.
Second was dug on Easter of this year, by myself. First professional hole that I've ever dug, straight down and deep. I will still claim the crappiest hole ever dug in the history of bottle digging holes, up at a Leadville hunt.
Set back hole digging for decades.
Carl

 

[sandchip]

That Court Place rocks. I'd be dancing too.