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If You Have Any Information On The Bottles Marked, No Info, Please Send Me An Email. I Am Looking For The History Of The Companies Specifically. Thank You!

Medium Blob Tops

Castleton Corners

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Weigel, J. F., Bottling Works

Address: Cor. Manor & Turnpike rd.

The only company listed in the area under the Weigel name is Schmidt & Weigel. We can only assume that the two companies are associated.

The company also had a branch in Richmond.

SEE ALTERNATE BRANCH VARIANT IN THE RICHMOND SECTION OF MEDIUM BLOBS BELOW.

Clifton

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Bachmann Brewing Co., The

Address: Block area of Forest (now Ditson), Maple (now Lynhurst), Willow and Tompkins aves.

The brewery was opened in 1851 by General Garabaldi & Antonio Meucci. The brewery then passed through the hands of Louis Gross, Christian Trefz, and Gabriel Mayer, whose eventual death allowed it to be purchased by David Mayer and Fr. Bachmann. Bachmann later bought out Mayer's share in the brewery. The brewery was destroyed on October 31st, 1881. Since its destruction Bachmann roamed Staten Island buying out other micro breweries and bottling companies.

Associated with: The Bachmann - Bechtel Brewing Co.
                         Martin Muller / Martin Mueller
                         Adolf Gaerner
                         Zorn Bros.

Concord

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Mueller, Martin, Concord Brewery

Address: UNKNOWN

No info on this bottle.

Associated with The Bachmann Brewing Co.
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Muller, Martin / Bachmann Brewing Co., The

Address: UNKNOWN

No info on this bottle.

Fort Wadsworth

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Manzel, E.

No info on this company.

The only thing that is known is that the E. stands for Emil and that he owned most of the land in Fort Wadsworth which was turned into a resort.

Greenridge

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Gaerner, Adolf / Bachmann Brewing Co., The

Address: UNKNOWN

No info on this bottle.

Pleasant Plains

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Peters, C.

Address: UNKNOWN

No info on this bottle.

SEE SECOND VARIANT BELOW.
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Peters, C.

Address: UNKNOWN

No info on this bottle.

SEE FIRST VARIANT ABOVE.

Richmond

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Weigel, J. F., Bottling Works

Address: UNKNOWN

The only company listed in the area under the Weigel name is Schmidt & Weigel. We can only assume that the two companies are associated.

The company also had a branch in Castleton Corners.

SEE ALTERNATE BRANCH VARIANT IN THE CASTLETON CORNERS SECTION OF MEDIUM BLOBS ABOVE.

Stapleton

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Bechtel, George, Brewing Co., The

Address: 387 Saint Paul's ave.

George Bechtel was born in Germany in 1840 and in the same year was brought to America. The brewery was founded in 1853 by John Bechtel. George took over his fathers brewery in 1871, destroying all of his fathers old building and making a newer, better facility. George was also an avid democrat, ran for president, and was one of the first members in an anti animal cruelty group. He was a good person among the corrupt members of society in the late 1800s. He donated a large portion of his honest earnings to charity. Upon his death in 1889, he appointed the company to his wife in his will. The company closed down in the early 1900s.

Associated with the Bachmann - Bechtel Brewing Co.
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Kryszewski, Ignac T.

Address: 50 Bay st.

No info on this bottle.

On back is an unusual warning: Expressly Bottled For Family Use.

Staten Island

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Bachmann - Bechtel Brewing Co.

Address: 387 Saint Paul's ave.

The Bachmann Brewery and Bechtel Brewery merged in 1911, but the merge was short lived.

Associated with The George Bechtel Brewing Co.
Associated with the Bachmann Brewing Co.

SEE LIGHT GREEN VARIANT BELOW.
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Bachmann - Bechtel Brewing Co.

Address: 387 Saint Paul's ave.

There are two variants of the bottle which I have. Both have slightly different style of embossing and different colors.

Associated with The George Bechtel Brewing Co.
Associated with the Bachmann Brewing Co.

SEE AQUA VARIANT ABOVE.
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Rubsam & Horrmann Brewing Co.

Address: 191 & 193 Canal st.

The Brewery in which this beer was made was purchased by Joseph Rubsam and August Horrmann from the previous un-recorded owners in 1870. The company was very well known and successful throughout New York but again just like the Eichler Brewing Co, its history was poorly recorded. Although, August Horrmann was committed to a sanitarium, which in the late 1800s was horrible without any humane rules, and killed himself in 1900 with a razor in front of his doctor. It was the result of a family inherited "Melin-Cholia"  The company was bought out in 1953 by the Piels beer company and then closed down in 1963 when the Peils company went out of business.

SEE AQUA VARIANT BELOW.
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Rubsam & Horrmann Brewing Co.

Address: 191 & 193 Canal st.

This is a cleaner aqua variant as opposed to the clear one above.

SEE CLEAR VARIANT ABOVE.
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Zorn Bros. Bottling Dept. / Bachmann Brewing Co., The

Address: UNKNOWN

No info on this bottle.

West Brighton

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F. Fink

Address: 60 Castleton ave.

No info on this bottle.

West New Brighton

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Fred K. Pape

Address: UNKNOWN

No info on this bottle.

Wood Road

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Louis Benz

Address: UNKNOWN

No info on this bottle except that the town Wroodroad or Wood Road does not exist.

Large Blob Tops

Staten Island

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Gowdy's Medicated Beer

Address: 10 Ormond place

No info on this bottle.

Small Blob Tops

New Brighton

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New Brighton Bottling Works

Address: UNKNOWN

No info on this bottle.
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Schneider, Chas.

Address: 127 Jersey st. / 1671-1673 Richmond Terrace

Charles Schneider was a bottler whose products were sold in the Fancy & Staple Grocery Store (Richmond Terrace address), phone number: 60 W.B. His main bottling location was 127 Jersey st.

Pleasant Plains

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Clarius, A.

Address: UNKNOWN

No info on this bottle.

Stapleton

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Bahr & Krasman

Address: UNKNOWN

The company was opened in 1903 in the Grieme Brewery and was kicked out of the American Bottlers Association in 1907. That lead to the company's and brewery's closure in 1908.

Associated with J.H. Grieme
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Birkle, Louis

Address: Prospect st.

No info on this bottle.

SEE NEWER VARIANT BELOW.
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Birkle, Louis

Address: Prospect st.

No info on this bottle.

SEE OLDER VARIANT ABOVE.
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Grieme, J. H.

Address: UNKNOWN

This company purchased the property where the Grieme brewery would be built and opened in 1893. It was passed down to Grieme's daughter Rebecca in 1900. In 1903 she sold the company to Bahr & Krasman.

Associated with Bahr & Krasman

SEE ALTERNATE VARIANTS BELOW.
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Grieme, J. H.

Address: UNKNOWN

This was the more commonly used variant.

Associated with Bahr & Krasman

SEE ALTERNATE VARIANT ABOVE & BELOW.
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Grieme, J. H.

Address: UNKNOWN

This was the weiss beer variant made by the company.

Associated with Bahr & Krasman

SEE ALTERNATE VARIANTS ABOVE.
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Schuhmacher, H.

Address: 203 & 205 Richmond rd.

No info on this bottle.

Staten Island

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Burgess, G., & Son

Address: UNKNOWN

No info on this bottle.
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O'Reilly, John & Hugh

Address: UNKNOWN

No info on this bottle.

Tottenville

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Hadkins Bottling Co., The

Address: Somewhere along Elliot ave. (converted to Arents ave.) Now known as Craig ave.

The company was opened in 1863 by Frank Hadkins Sr. and was later passed onto his son Robert Hadkins after his death in 1887. After Robert's death in 1889, the company was passed down to Frank Hadkins Jr. In 1904 the company placed an ad in the American Bottler advertising a sale on the following products: "Sparkling Kolafra" / "American Ginger Ale" / "Aquehonga Ginger Ale"

In 1917 Frank Hadkins sold the company to a long time employee, Justin Hawkins. They delivered their products by horse and carriage until 1917 when they purchased their first motorized delivery truck.

The company was then moved to New Brunswick New Jersey and officially closed in 1950.

SEE OTHER COLOR VARIANTS BELOW.

Associated with: R. H. Hadkins & Bro.
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Hadkins Bottling Co., The

Address: Somewhere along Elliot ave. (converted to Arents ave.) Now known as Craig ave.

These are two other color variants, aqua, clear, as opposed to the bottle above, which is green.

SEE OTHER COLOR VARIANT ABOVE.

Associated with: R. H. Hadkins & Bro.
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Hadkins, R. H., & Bro.

Address: Somewhere along Elliot ave. (converted to Arents ave.) Now known as Craig ave.


This bottle was only made between 1887 & 1889 when Robert Hadkins gained control of the company from his father, Frank Hadkins. Frank died in 1887. Robert recruited his brother Frank Jr. to help him run the business. Robert died in 1889 and Frank Jr. Hadkins took over.

Associated with: The Hadkins Bottling Co.

West Brighton

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Excelsior Spring Bottling Works

Address: UNKNOWN

No info on this bottle.
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