CRYSTAL BOTTLING & CIDER COMPANY
GRAHAM BOTTLING WORKS OF GRAHAM, VA

The Crystal Bottling & Cider Company was incorporated on February 24, 1904, yet they show up on the May 1903 Sanborn Map, with William Mitchell as President, H. M. Mitchell as Vice President and General Manager, and J. M. Skinner as Secretary, all of Graham, VA. They are located on the Mitchell Transparent Ice company lot on Highland Avenue on the river side of the tracks. By 1910 they appear to have changed their name to the Graham Bottling Works with C. Sidney Angel as President, and Charles W. Elliott as Secretary Treasurer (both of which live in Northfork, WV), and H. Milnor Mitchell as Manager. C. Sidney Angel and H. Milnor Mitchell will go on to figure prominently in the bottling history of the two Bluefields, especially Mitchell who would later become General Manager of Coca-Cola of Bluefield, WV. Both companies used the Hutchinson stopper bottle. The company is no longer listed by the 1912 city directory.

The brick building sits on the location of the Crystal Bottling & Cider Company of Graham, VA, this building was built in the 1930's (according to the sanborn maps) after the original building was torn down

Hutchinson bottle from the Crystal Bottling Company of Graham, VA. I am assuming this is the older one due to the lack of "& Cider" on the bottle, maybe the Cider in Kegs aspect came later on

A "Tomb Stone Slug" Hutchinson bottle from the Crystal Bottling & Cider Company of Graham, VA

Another Hutchinson bottle from the Crystal Bottling & Cider Company of Graham, VA. I am assuming this is the last hutch type bottle used as the slug plate is very similar to the following crown top bottle.

A Crown Top bottle from the Crystal Bottling & Cider Company of Graham, VA.

Another Crown Top bottle spotted on Ebay recently.

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