Updates—July 2025

Written By Antonio Lim

A new update to the site is here with plenty of new bottles, information, and pages to sift through. Here is a rundown of all the updates:

Page Additions:

  • Benwood Beers

  • Bramwell Sodas

  • Elkhorn Sodas

  • Fayette County Alcohol Bottles

  • Farmington Sodas

  • Fulton Sodas

  • Grafton Sodas

  • Hambleton Sodas

  • Hinton Alcohol Bottles

  • Jefferson County Milks

  • Kanawha County Lumber Scrip

  • McDowell County Druggists

  • McDowell County Milks

  • New Martinsville Sodas

  • Pendleton County Druggists

  • Sutton Sodas

  • Tucker County Alcohol Bottles

  • WV Photographs

General:

  • Added descriptions to all photos.

  • Renamed “Beer Bottles” section to include all alcohol bottles, jugs, and glasses

  • General neatening of page formatting.

  • Changed all unknown date spans to either “Information Needed” or “Coming Soon.”

  • Updated images for various bottles throughout the site.

Beckley Sodas

Additions:

  • Added another Raleigh Bottling Works hutch (formerly WV0003.3)

Bluefield Sodas

Additions:

  • H.B. Shelton & Co. hutch

  • H.B. Shelton & Co. article

Edits:

  • Removed connection between Bluefield Bottling Co. and H.B. Shelton & Co., the two are unrelated

  • Expanded on the Bluefield Bottling Co. article

Charleston Alcohol Bottles

Additions:

  • Ben Baer acid-etched whiskey flask

  • Ben Baer acid-etched shot glass

  • Dilcher & Ripley beer bottle

Edits:

  • Separated Ben and Ike Baer

Charleston Banknotes

Additions:

  • National Bank of Commerce, $10

    • Article on National Bank of Commerce & signature identification

Charleston Druggists

Additions:

  • John Cotton amber med bottle, John Cotton added as new druggist in the site

Charleston Milks

Additions:

  • Hotel Kanawha Dairy ½-pint bottle

Charleston Soda Bottles:

Additions:

  • Added image of Charleston Parfay

  • Added updated images of Chero-Cola.

  • Added Howdy Bottling Co.

  • Added Nu-Grape (“Imitation Grape” variant)

  • Added Celery-Cola/Gay-Ola example

Edits:

  • Finally figured out the story behind the name of the New York B.B. Carbonating Co.

  • Updated some images of bottles, including block letter Charleston Celery-Cola


Charleston Tokens A-L

Additions:

  • Cat & Fiddle, 40c

  • J. Kourey & Bros., 5c

  • L.J. Falone, 5c

  • R.H. Kyle & Co., $1.00

Edits:

Davis Sodas:

Additions:

  • Added a colorless Chas. Campbell hutch example w/ no town name on the bottle.

Glen Jean Sodas:

Edits:

  • Added information and dates found re: Alleghany Bottling Co.

Kanawha County Scrip:

Additions:

  • Spring Hill, Black Band Coal & Coke Co., $1.00

Keystone Sodas:

Additions:

  • Added C.W. Elliott Co. hutch

  • Updated Elkhorn Bottling Works crown top image

Logan Sodas:

Additions:

  • Bennett & Campbell hutch, article

  • Logan “Princess” bottle

Edits:

  • Finished Guyan Valley Bottling Works article

McDowell County Scrip:

Additions:

  • Roderfield, Silver Creek Mining Co., $1.00

Montgomery Sodas:

Updates:

  • Updated image of Montgomery Carbonating Co. crown

Morgantown Milks:

Additions:

  • Green Valley Dairy

Northfork Sodas:

Additions:

  • Added C.W. Elliott & Co. hutch

Parkersburg Milks

Additions:

  • Miller’s Dairy

  • Parkersburg Rotary Club

  • Stoops Dairy


Pemberton Sodas

Additions:

  • Heel embossed Lilly example

Princeton Sodas

Additions:

  • Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co.

Rock Sodas

Additions:

  • Rock Cliff soda water bottle

Thomas Sodas

Additions:

  • Added sections: D.W. Mason, H.B. Hockman, J.H. Pase, and A. Suder & Co.

  • Added example of D.W. Mason bottle

Valley Bell

Additions:

  • Amber pyro w/ bells

Welch Sodas

Edits:

  • Uploaded updated photos of the straight sided Coke and CC Soda

Antonio Lim