I have been collecting bottles since 1976 and have been a member of the Milwaukee Antique Bottle and Advertising since 1977. I am currently the President of the MABA and throughout the years I have served the club in the positions of President, Vice President, Director, and Show Chairman.
I started collecting bottles while pursuing another hobby of mine, SCUBA diving. I found some bottles while diving in a lake in Wisconsin and went to the library to attempt to find any information that I could about them and one thing led to another and soon I was deeply immersed in both hobbies.
Through the bottle collecting hobby and as a member of MABA I have learned a lot about the history of Milwaukee and Wisconsin and have networked with many collectors and made lasting friends. I enjoy talking about my collection and showing it to fellow collectors. I also particularly enjoy talking with individuals that are interested in getting started in the hobby, sharing with them what I have learned and answering questions.
What I Collect:
- Wisconsin Beer Bottles – both embossed glass bottles and stoneware (pottery) bottles
- Blob Top Wisconsin Soda Bottles
- Colored Seltzer Bottles – from the Milwaukee area
- Milwaukee Whiskey Bottles
- Wisconsin Beer Bottle Openers
- Bottles from Marquette Michigan
Email Sid
Sid’s Want List
#s refer to Wayne Kroll’s “Badger Breweries – Past and Present”
NIB- if not in Wayne’s book
Beers
NIB - Antigo – Kemph
22 Appleton – Chas Windels
23 Appleton – Frank Winkel
47 Beaver Dam – W. P. Sellen
50 Beloit - A. Schlenk
88 Eau Claire – Milwaukee Beer Bottl’g Co
130 Gravesville – F. Seessenguth & Son
148 Hartford – Portz & Werner
173 Kaukauna – Jacob Helf
182 Kenosha – Brand Br’g Co
NIB Kenosha - Grisbach
261 Marinette – Swedish Brewg Co
263 Marshfield – Bast Bros
270 Mayville – W. Darge
286 Milwaukee – Oscar Altpeter
290 Milwaukee? – Arnold and Green – Pottery
303 Milwaukee? - Zenith City Bottling Works
342 Milwaukee – Blossoms Badger Ale
NIB Milwaukee – Dilman & Morawietz
362 Milwaukee – Chas W. Gipfel – glass bottle
413 or 414 Milwaukee - Liginger & McElroy
415 Milwaukee – Lill’s Ale – Pottery
499 Milwaukee – Jos Pantz – Pottery
569 Milwaukee – Taylor & Bro. - Pottery
570 Milwaukee – Town of Lake
572 Milwaukee – Weissenberger & Brinkmeyer - Pottery
628 North Lake – North Lake – Pottery
Any of the aqua blob bottles from Binzel – Oconomowoc
644 Oshkosh – J. Arnold
677 Oshkosh – Chas Rahr
NIB - Miller Bottle from Oshkosh
740 Racine – Weber Lake Shore Brewery
768 Shawano – Emil Raddant – Famous Shawano Beer
NIB Sturgeon Bay – Frank Pleck
812 Superior – Superior Bottling Works
815 Tomah - M. Gondrezick
831 Waukesha – H. A. M. (Henry Meyer) – Pottery
NIB Waukesha – Schock (sp?)
871 S. F. Meyer – S. F. Mayer & Co.
877 Whitefish Bay – C. Cassel
Sodas Quart Hutches
Wenzel Hamm – New London
Platteville Bottling Works – Platteville (any one)
F. X. Sagstetter – Colby
Whittenberg Bottling Works – Whittenberg
John H. Bower – Burlington
Peter Larson – Florence – 1945 & 1943 (in Roger’s book)
Bast Bros – Marshfield
Sodas – Blobs
John Henrich – Appleton
H. Lambeck – Beaver Dam
J. E. Eaton – Burlington – 991
Bailey and Moony – Chilton
Matthew Johannes – Eau Claire
C. R. Hickey – Fond Du Lac
J. H. Lockwood – Fond Du Lac
Gray & Co – Janesville (2648 & 2652)
L. M. – Kenosha
G. Carl & Co – La Crosse
J. & A. Lindstom – Madison (3336 amber, 3334, 3335,3332,3328 cobalt)
Schulkamp – Madison (3341 & 3342)
M. Enes – Milwaukee - 4544
Hopkins & Co. – Milwaukee - 5015 – Pottery
Joseph Ramstack – Milwaukee – 5654
Taylor & Bros – Milwaukee
O. Zwietusch – Milwaukee -6225, 6226, & 6253
Joseph Lean –Mineral Point
Fred Hepp – Fountain City
Hour & Pfiel – Oshkosh
John C. Smith – Racine
Sheboygan Mineral Water – Sheboygan – any
John Burkhard – West Bend
Castalia – Wauwatosa – 9594
James Eaton – Whitewater – 9796
I would also like to get a Soldier’s Grove hutch.