In a recent excavation in downtown El Paso, we found a bottle
fragment (apparently) from Albany, NY.  The fragment includes the
base and lower body with a jagged break ca. half way up.

Embossed markings include HE [break] OLAN/1876/ALBANY on one side and
G/stylized H supeimposed on N with an ampersand/ALE on the other.
This may be He[nry] & Nolan Ginger Ale from Albany, New York.

Can anyone help me with identification of this bottle--name of the
company, dates in business, any other interesting information?  I
have searched my usual sources (archaeology and bottle collector
literature) and have found nothing so far.

Thank you in advance,

Bill


Bill Lockhart
New Mexico State University
Alamogordo, NM
(505) 439-3732