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R.T. Mazinger / Smithson & Mazinger


Company Names, addresses, dates1:
  Smithson & Mazinger, 349 M SW (1893)
  Smithson & Mazinger, 462 H SW (1894-1897)
  R.T. Mazinger, 462 H SW (1898)
  R.T. Mazinger, 359 M street SW (1899-1915)

Notes:
Richard T. Mazinger was born about 1859 in DC. He's listed in the 1910 Census as working in a Bottling Works. In 1902, he was a Bottler & Wholesale Liquor dealer2. William A. Smithson was his partner from 1893-1897.

Bottles:

smithson_03 (enlarge) This is an 8.8" aqua baltimore-loop bottle embossed:
round slugplate: SMITHSON & MAZINGER / 462 H. ST. S.W. / 1894 / WASHINGTON, D.C.
back: THIS BOTTLE / NOT TO BE SOLD
base: S&M
smithson_01 (enlarge) This is a 7.4" aqua hutchinson bottle embossed:
front: SMITHSON & MAZINGER / 462 H. ST. S.W. / WASHINGTON, D.C.
base: S&M
smithson_02 (enlarge) These are 6.5" aqua hutchinson bottles. The one on the left has a baltimore-loop blob, and the one on the right has a normal blob. They're both embossed:
round slugplate: SMITHSON & MAZINGER / WASHINGTON / D.C.
mazinger_07 (enlarge) This is a 7.5" clear hutchinson bottle embossed:
tombstone slugplate: R.T. MAZINGER / REGD. / 462 H. ST. S.W. / 1989 / WASHINGTON D.C. / THIS BOTTLE / NOT TO BE SOLD
mazinger1 (enlarge) These are 7.5" clear hutchinson bottles embossed:
tombstone slugplate: R.T. MAZINGER / 359 / M. ST. S.W. / REGISTERED/ 1898 / WASHINGTON, D.C.
lower front: AGW
mazinger_08 (enlarge) This is similar to the bottles above except for the shape of the slug-plate. It's a 7.7" sun-colored-amethyst hutchinson bottle embossed:
round slugplate: R.T. MAZINGER / 359 M. ST. S.W. / REGISTERED / 1898 / WASHINGTON, D.C.
mazinger_04 (enlarge) Left is an 8" sun-colored-amethyst crown top bottle embossed:
oval slugplate: R.T. MAZINGER / 359 / M. ST. S.W. / WASHINGTON, D.C.
lower front: THIS BOTTLE NEVER SOLD
lower back: REGISTERED
The right bottle is the same except it is aqua, and the embossing is in an oval pattern vs. a slugplate.
mazinger_06 (enlarge) The left bottle is a 9.2" clear crown-top embossed:
round slugplate: R.T. MAZINGER / 359 M ST SW / REGISTERED / WASHINGTON DC
The right bottle is the same except it is aqua, and it's 9.0" tall.
mazinger_02 (enlarge) Left bottle is 8.5" clear crown-top embossed:
shoulder: REGISTERED
oval slugplate: MAZINGER / 359 [M] ST / BOTTLER / SW / WASHINGTON / DC
lower front: THIS BOTTLE / NOT TO BE SOLD
The right bottle is the same except it is aqua, it's 8.75" tall, and the embossing is in an oval pattern vs. a slugplate.
mazinger_05 (enlarge) This is a 9.5" clear crown top bottle embossed:
fancy slugplate: MAZINGER / 359 [M] ST / BOTTLER / SW / WASHINGTON / DC
lower front: REGISTERED
base: RTM
mazinger_03 (enlarge) This is a 9.5" aqua crown top bottle embossed:
oval slugplate: R.T. MAZINGER / 462 H. ST. S.W. / REGD / 1898 / WASHINGTON, D.C.
back: THIS BOTTLE NEVER SOLD

1 Boyd's Directory for the District of Columbia (various years)
2 Merchants, Tradesmen and Manufacturers Financial Condition for the District of Columbia 1902




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