Bottle Type Collection Photo Gallery

Bottle Collection Photo Gallery
The bottles featured in the photo gallery depict a small portion of the entire collection at the SACRF. Types of bottles in the collection include: bitters, ale, beer, food, household items, ink, liquor, oil, patent medicine, perfumes, cosmetics, pharmacy medicine, snuff, soda water, wine, and champagne. The bottles assembled in this type collection are drawn from numerous extensive archaeological collections housed at SACRF, including Old Sacramento SHP, Fort Ross SHP, Columbia SHP, San Juan Bautista SHP, Old Town San Diego SHP, and Sonoma SHP. The majority of the bottles exhibited in the photo gallery were gathered from Old Sacramento SHP.

To learn more about a specific bottle, or to see the full-size image, click on the desired image.

Drake's Plantation Bitters
Image of Drake's Plantation Bitters bottle

Dr. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
Image of Dr. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters bottle

Berkshire Bitters
Image of Berkshire Bitters bottle

Fernet-Branca Bitters

Image of Fernet-Branca Bitters bottle

Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey

Image of Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey bottle


Livingston's Blackberry Brandy
Image of Livingston's Blackberry Brandy bottle

Fleming's Export Pure Rye
Image of Fleming's Export Pure Rye bottle

Udolpho Wolfe's Schnapps
Image of Udolpho Wolfe's Schnapps bottle

Hock Style Wine
Image of Hock style wine bottle

Bordeaux Style Wine with Shoulder Seal
Image of Bordeaux style wine bottle with shoulder seal

Bordeaux Style Wine
Image of Bordeaux style wine bottle

Jackson's Napa Soda Water
Image of Jackson's Napa Soda Water bottle

Buffalo Brewing Company
Image of Buffalo Brewing Co. beer bottle

Horlick's Malted Milk Lunch Tablet
Image of Horlick's Malted Milk Lunch Tablet bottle

Eskay's Albumenized Food
Image of Eskay's Albumenized Food bottle

Holloway's Ointment
Image of Holloway's Ointment bottle

Vaseline Chesebrough
Image of Vaseline Chesebrough bottle

A.C. Tufts Pharmacy Bottle
Image of pharmacy bottle

S.B. Ridgeway Pharmacy Bottle
Image of pharmacy bottle

The Sanford Manufacturing Company
Image of Sanford ink bottle

Ink Bottle
Image of ink bottle

Singer Sewing Machine Oil
Image of Singer sewing machine oil bottle

Wakelee's Camelline
Image of Wakelee's Camelline bottle

Alfred Wright Perfume
Image of Alfred Wright perfume bottle