Good point. It is based on her PhD dissertation which I supervised! But I
have not looked at it in some time. Bottles is one of her categories but I
can not recall if she talks about this specific topic.

                                                RLS


At 03:44 PM 3/20/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>I would recommend Jane Busch' article on the subject: "Second Time Around: A
>Look at Bottle Reuse" published in Hist. Arch., Vol. 21, pp. 67-80 (1987).
>
>Allen Vegotsky
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>From: Robert L. Schuyler <[log in to unmask]>
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>Date: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 1:49 PM
>Subject: Formal Reuse of Bottles (?)
>
>
>>Does anyone on the list know of PUBLISHED sources, or unpublished papers,
>>on the history and nature of the formal reuse of glass bottles? I am
>>referring to the practice in the 20th century (19th century?) when bottles
>>were systematically returned to the store or other original source. The two
>>major categories I am familiar with are:
>>
>>(1) Soda bottles which were purchased (with part of the price considered
>>a deposit) and then returned for money. This was a way many children
>>made pocket money, especially with Coca Cola and Pepsi Cola bottles.
>>
>>(2) Milk bottles which were left out to be picked up by the milkman
>>(sorry, I do not remember any milkwomen!) to be taken back to the local
>>dairy to be refilled.
>>
>>Some questions:
>>
>>        (1) Are there other obvious categories beyond the two I listed
>above?
>>
>>        (2) When did such practices start?
>>
>>        (3) When did they end (if they have ended)?
>>
>>        (4) When did the phrase - "No Deposit No Return" - come into
>>use?
>>
>>        Such practices have a major impact on the archaeological record
>>of the 20th (19th?) century. For example, in recent excavations of 20th
>>century deposits we found only one Coca Cola bottle and it was there
>>because it had been broken.
>>
>>        I am after published (or at least formally written up) sources,
>>either primary sources or work by researchers such as archaeologists,
>>material culture experts or cultural historians. I would also be
>>interested in personal knowledge you may have. You could either send
>>such personal accounts to me off line or, if you want, share them with
>>the list. This question would, I think, be of interert to many historical
>>archaeologists.
>>
>>                                        Robert L. Schuyler
>>
>>
>>
>>Robert L. Schuyler
>>University of Pennsylvania Museum
>>33rd & Spruce Streets
>>Philadelphia, PA l9l04-6324
>>
>>Tel: (215) 898-6965
>>Fax: (215) 898-0657
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Philadelphia, PA l9l04-6324

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