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BASSMAN
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Found Bottle @ TTN

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Found this interesting bottle @ TTN. I can't sem to find any info online about it.
Any help with I.D., Date or origin would be appreciated.
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It has threads but a very small opening. Perfume, Cologne or Oil? Don't know.
It has threads but a very small opening. Perfume, Cologne or Oil? Don't know.
Also, (not in picture) embossed on one side "2 1/2 FL OZ"
Also, (not in picture) embossed on one side "2 1/2 FL OZ"
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Re: Found Bottle @ TTN

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I found this http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread ... Circa-1928
Looks similar but different size.
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Re: Found Bottle @ TTN

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Maybe this
http://www.timepassagesnostalgia.com/&p ... e&sin=8366
Looks like a pretty rare find. Congratulations.
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nwbobber wrote:http://www.timepassagesnostalgia.com/&p ... e&sin=8366
Looks like a pretty rare find. Congratulations.
Talk about antiques! That website design is about as old as Keith's bottle!
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Nice work Kieth, Shows ya there still out there!
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nwbobber wrote:Maybe this
Looks like a pretty rare find. Congratulations.
Old Aqua Velva Bottle found TTN 11-18-2011.jpg
Cool! That's more than I could find, Thanks! :highfive:
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt ... m=1&itbs=1
But the page chaged from an old antuque Aquavelva Bottle to an antique Sex Mag! What's up with that?
But this is kind of cool...
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FINDING THE AQUA VELVA LETTER BOX:
Location: J. B. Williams Park, Glastonbury, Connecticut
Difficulty: Easy walk. Please note that a pace is one step.
Time Needed: Approx. 40 minutes, including stamping in.
HISTORY:
In the mid 1800’s, a man named J. B. Williams created a formula for shaving soap. A couple years later, he and his brother, William S. Williams, formed what is believed to be the first commercial soap manufacturing business in the world. The company was called the J. B. Williams Company. Besides shaving soap, their company also was known to have made ink and shoe blacking. Among the many products that the company produced, were two well known products, ‘Lectric Shave and Aqua Velva. The business was sold in 1957 to former owners who renamed the company to Glastonbury Toiletries. They continued operation into the 1970’s. Today,'Lectric Shave and Aqua Velva are currently owned and marketed by Combe Incorporated in White Plains, New York. Their website is http://www.combe.com/.

DIRECTIONS:
Coming from Route 2 East, take Neipsic Road (exit 9). At end of the ramp, take a left. J. B. Williams Park will be on your left.

Coming from Route 2 West, take Route 83 (exit 10). At end of the ramp, take a right. Just after the bridge, bear right. At first stop sign, turn left onto Neipsic Road. At the next stop sign, turn left, which continues on Neipsic Road. J. B. Williams Park will be on your right.

From the parking lot, go through the main gate (there will be a welcome sign here). Following the sign for Upper Pond, go up the wide dirt path (the park’s fire road). At the crest of the first hill, you will see lower pond on your right. Continue following the fire road. Soon, you will see a wooden staircase going down into the woods on your right. Take the staircase down the hill and cross over the two wooden bridges. At the end of the second bridge, walk straight ahead to a “T” where there is a large tree with many roots. Bear left up the hill to another “T” where there is a large pine tree. Turn right at the “T” and follow the path. You will cross over lots of tree roots and a small stream (or dry stream bed if not running). Immediately on your left, you will see a large 15 foot tree stump. One half of the broken tree is on the ground on your left. The other half is broken off on the ground past the stump. Continue along the path and you will immediately see the remains of two fallen trees that have been cut away from the trail. On your right you will see pieces of the tree cut into 4 foot pieces.Go about 60 paces and stop at the tree on your right which is broken off about 40 feet up and has almost no bark remaining on it. Directly to your left, going up the hill, is a large fallen pine tree. At its tip is another fallen pine tree going up the hill in line with the first one. Follow the fallen trees up the hill to the tip of the second one. Then, just a little more than arms length away on your right are two fallen branches in the shape of a “V”. Hidden under the white birch branches is the Aqua Velva Letterbox.

http://letterboxing.org/BoxView.php?box ... s_Soap_Man
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