BOTTLE

Description: 1. BOTTLE: 19.4CM (H) X 5.5CM (D). CLEAR GLASS BOTTLE HAS REMOVEABLE CAP WHICH REVEALS MOUTH OF BOTTLE. HAS RAISED ROUND LIP WHICH INDENTS SLIGHTLY, THEN RAISES AGAIN. NECK IS INDENTED WITH RAISED VERTICAL LONG OVALS. EVERY THIRD ONE EXTENDS OVER THE BEGINNING OF THE RAISED PARALLEL HORIZONTAL LINES BELOW. EVERY OTHER ONE OF THESE IS LONGER THAN THE OTHER. BODY OF BOTTLE HAS THESE LINES AT TOP AND THEN IS SMOOTH AND HAS ETCHED IN GLASS, "PROPERTY OF LETHBRIDGE BREWERIES LIMITED LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA". BOTTOM IS SLIGHTLY CONCAVE, IS VERY THICK WITH SOLID GLASS, HAS TWO PARALLEL RAISED HORIZONTAL LINES AROUND BOTTOM. READS "CONTENTS 6 1/2 FLD. OZS." WITH A DIAMOND WITH A "D" IN THE MIDDLE ON THE BOTTOM. BOTTLE HAS A LOT OF CORROSION ALONG THE MOUTH. GLASS IS BADLY SCRATCHED, ONE CHIP AND SOILING. 2. CAP: 3.1CM (D). HAS RECCURING GROOVES AND JUTS ALONG EDGE WITH SHARP ENDS. ACTIVE CORROSION ON IRON. RUBBER IS FLAKING AND DETERIORATING. 3. PAPER: IN NECK IS PIECE OF PAPER THAT READS "W. DEMERS 1214-3RD AVE. S. LETHBRIDGE OCTOBER 1944". PAPER IS BRITTLE AND STAINED. 4. PAPER: IN BODY OF BOTTLE IS PAPER THAT READS IN BLUE "A44AN (ALLAN?) MORTON OCTOBER 1944". IS ALSO BRITTLE AND STAINED.

History: DONOR DISCOVERED BOTTLE WITHIN CINDER BLOCK WALL OF OLD FARMER'S MARKET ON 7TH STREET AND 2ND AVENUE WHEN IT WAS DEMOLISHED BY TOLLESTRUP CONSTRUCTION ABOUT THE SUMMER OF 1994.