A short, round, brown glass bottle with an oval paper label and no lid or cap. The blue and white oval label reads : COLD SPRING AMBERLITE ALE - INTERNAL REVENUE TAX PAID - MASS. PERMIT NO. 8 - CONTENTS - 12 FLUID OUNCES - COLD SPRING BREWING COMPANY, LAWRENCE, MASS. There is an image of a flowing stream, a farm and some trees on the label. The bottom of the bottle reads : 46 - B in a circle - 5. The donor of the item was David Burke. Cold Spring Brewery originated in 1895 and closed in 1952. August Stiegler was the treasurer and F.E. Stowell was the president. They brewed lager, stock ale and porter and made soft drinks during Prohibition.
used: Container for Cold Spring Brewery beverages
publication notes: Anderson, Will, BEER NEW ENGLAND, 1988.
Date (coverage)
1895 - 1952