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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 marked:
front: SMITHSON & MAZINGER / 462 H. ST. S.W. / 1894 / WASHINGTON, D.C.
bottom: S&M
smithson_01 (enlarge) This is a 7.4" aqua hutchinson bottle marked:
front: SMITHSON & MAZINGER / 462 H. ST. S.W. / WASHINGTON, D.C.
bottom: 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 marked:
front: SMITHSON & MAZINGER / WASHINGTON / D.C.
mazinger1 (enlarge) These are 7.5" clear hutchinson bottles marked:
front: R.T. MAZINGER / 359 / M. ST. S.W. / REGISTERED/ 1898 / WASHINGTON, D.C. / AGW
mazinger2 (enlarge) These 3 crown tops are all BIM. The one on the left is 8.5" clear marked:
front: REGISTERED / MAZINGER / 359 [M] ST / BOTTLER / SW / WASHINGTON / DC / THIS BOTTLE / NOT TO BE SOLD
The center one is 9.2 aqua marked:
front: R.T. MAZINGER / 359 M ST SW / REGISTERED / WASHINGTON DC
The right one is 9.5 clear marked:
front: MAZINGER / 359 [M] ST / BOTTLER / SW / WASHINGTON / DC / REGISTERED
bottom: RTM
mazinger3 (enlarge) This is a 9.5" aqua crown top bottle marked:
front: R.T. MAZINGER / 462 H. ST. S.W. / REGD / 1898 / WASHINGTON, D.C.
back: THIS BOTTLE NEVER SOLD
mazinger4 (enlarge) This is an 8" sun-colored-amethyst crown top bottle marked:
front: R.T. MAZINGER / 359 / M. ST. S.W. / WASHINGTON, D.C. / THIS BOTTLE NEVER SOLD
back: REGISTERED

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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