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Hollister Whiskey Bottles CA - Hollister,San Benito County - c1890 - 2012aug - Saloon

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 750.00 USD
Hollister Whiskey Bottles CA - Hollister,San Benito County - c1890 - 2012aug - Saloon
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Lot of 3: 1) Slug inscribed HARTMAN HOTEL BAR C.L. HARTMAN HOLLISTER, CAL. On these two, 1 and 0.5 pint, clear picnics. Both have footed bases, single collar, un-ground tops and air vent holes on shoulders. There is a small notch in the half pint top and both could use a cleaning. Charles Hartman ran several businesses in Hollister before opening his hotel in 1896. The establishment included liquor sample rooms, a stage office, and was listed as the headquarters for commercial and oil men all the way up until 1916. 2) Slug inscribed WM EASTMAN HOLLISTER, CAL. on what is quite possibly the only known example of this half pint clear glass picnic. It has air vent holes on the shoulders, footed base, one small chip, and a single collar, neatly applied top, also with a small chip. Eastman was born in New York around 1849. He operated his bar until Prohibition shut him down in 1918, Then went into the grocery businessas Eastman Bros. [Ref: Picnics, Coffins, Shoo Flies, Thomas, 1974]. - Feisel Collection -59270