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book # (unlisted) This is a 9" (11" with metal top) clear syphon seltzer bottle. It says : engraved on metal top: HOTEL HAMILTON white markings on the bottle: (fancy design with 'HH') / HOTEL HAMILTON / WASHINGTON, D.C. |
Hotel Hamilton
Company Names, addresses, dates1:
Hotel Hamilton (old building), 14th & K Streets, NW (c.1870-1921)
Hotel Hamilton, 14th & K Streets, NW (1922-2018+)
Notes:
The Hamilton Hotel (sometimes called 'Hotel Hamilton') was at 14th & K Streets
NW. In 1921 they tore down the original hotel building to make a larger one.1
I don't know if the bottle depicted below came from the original or new version
of the hotel. Wikipedia says that syphon seltzer bottles were popular in the
1920s and 30s, so it's likely that it was from the newer hotel.
The bottle depicted below is the only bottle I know of that has Hotel Hamilton
markings on it - so I suspect that the hotel did not actually manufacture the
soda that went into the bottle. The Hotel may have even had the bottles filled
elsewhere. The advantage of this style of syphon seltzer is that it allowed a
bar tender to use the soda a little at a time while keeping the remaining soda
in the bottle from going flat.
Bottles:
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book # (unlisted) This is a 9" (11" with metal top) clear syphon seltzer bottle. It says : engraved on metal top: HOTEL HAMILTON white markings on the bottle: (fancy design with 'HH') / HOTEL HAMILTON / WASHINGTON, D.C. |