VERY RARE EVERETT W. WIARD BOTTLING WORKS, YPSILANTI, MICHIGAN GLASS SODA BOTTLE

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WONDERFUL VERY RARE EVERETT W.
WIARD
BOTTLING WORKS, YPSILANTI, MICHIGAN GREEN TINTED GLASS SODA BOTTLE.
EVERETT WOOLEY
WIARD
WAS THE 3RD SON OF GEORGE AND ANN
WIARD
AND LIVED FROM 1871 TO 1953.  EVERETT'S FATHER GEORGE WAS THE FOUNDER OF
WIARD'S
ORCHARDS IN YPSILANTI, MICHIGAN IN 1837.  THEY ORIGINALLY OPENED THE ORCHARD ON PROPERTY THAT IS NOW THE HOME TO THE WILLOW RUN AIRPORT.  GEORGE
WIARD
, THE SON OF LYMAN
WIARD
, WHO FIRST ARRIVED IN YPSILANTI IN 1826, BOUGHT THE LAND IN 1837 AND PLANTED THE ORCHARD.  THE
WIARD'S
THEN MOVED THE ORCHARD A LITTLE OVER 100 YEARS LATER AFTER SELLING THE ORIGINAL PROPERTY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE WILLOW RUN BOMBER PLANT.  EVERETT
WIARD
AT SOME POINT OPENED THE BOTTLING COMPANY, PROBABLY ORIGINALLY TO BOTTLE APPLE CIDER...NOT SURE WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY OPENED.
THIS BOTTLE IS A LARGE 11 1/2" TALL AND 3 1/2" WIDE GLASS, GREEN TINTED SODA BOTTLE WITH EMBOSSED LETTERING ON THE FRONT "EVERETT W.
WIARD
BOTTLING WORKS, YPSILANTI".  THERE IS A LARGE "W" ON THE BOTTOM.  IT IS IN REMARKABLY GOOD CONDITION CONSIDERING AGE.  THESE BOTTLES ARE VERY RARE.  THIS IS A GOOD ONE !!
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