Charles Joly Beer Bottle
Title
Charles Joly Beer Bottle
Description
Three Charles Joly beer bottles were uncovered during the Cooper Street dig. The bottle not only represents the growth of beer production in the United States, it also shows how the nation was expanding with new innovations that allowed for the transportation of perishable items by rail with the use of refrigerated box cars.
Source
Recovered from excavation prior to construction of Rutgers-Camden dormitory at 330 Cooper Street, Camden, N.J.
Publisher
Rutgers University–Camden
Date
1875–1895; photograph, June 2018
Contributor
Ernie Ariens (Graduate Student, American Material Culture, Spring 2018); photograph by Jacob Lechner
Rights
Collection of Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts
Relation
Affleck, Richard, George Cress, Ingrid Weubber, Rebecca White, Kimberly Morrell, and Thomas Kutys. Phase II and Data-Recovery Archaeological Excavations of the Smith-Maskell Site Cooper Street Development Camden, New Jersey. Archaeological Excavation Report, Burlington: URS Corporation.
Collection
Citation
“Charles Joly Beer Bottle,” Learning From Cooper Street, accessed November 29, 2023, https://omeka.camden.rutgers.edu/items/show/24.