Summers & Allen


Company Names, addresses, dates1:
  Summers & Allen, NW Corner King & Pitt Sts, Alexandria, VA (1887)
  Summers & Allen, 102 & 104 N Pitt St, Alexandria, VA (1888)

Notes:
 Presumably the "Summers" was "Charles J.W. Summers", who's name also appears on Alexandria bottles2.
A directory from 1888 lists Summers & Allen as "Soda Water Manufacturers".
I believe the 2 different addresses in the 1887 & 1888 city directories are referring to the same building (102/104 N. Pitt looks to be the same spot as NW corner of King and Pitt Streets).

Bottles:

summers (enlarge) Aqua 7.5" Baltimore loop top bottle embossed:
front: SUMMERS & ALLEN / ALEXANDRIA / VIRGINIA
summers_02 (enlarge) Aqua 7.5" hutchinson embossed:
front: SUMMERS & ALLEN / ALEXANDRIA / VIRGINIA
 This bottle has a round bottom, and will not stand up.


1 Boyd's Directory for Alexandria VA (1887) and Chataigne's Directory - Alexandria, Virginia (1888-1889)
2 Antique Bottles from the Washington DC Area by Potomac Bottle Collectors, 4th edition




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