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Question on Puna Establishment(s) from the Past
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03-17-2014, 04:00 AM
Thank you for the info. I had two Pahoa works bottle. One I gave away
to a friend, the better one I kept. I used to live in Pahoa (Nanawale)
03-17-2014, 04:04 AM
A good resource is David at Glass from the Past in Honomu.
He has done a lot of digging and also a lot of research on the old glass bottles found on the Big Island. And if you dont want to dig, he has a lot of cool glass from the past at his store.
03-17-2014, 04:43 AM
quote: I LOVE Glass From the Past - what a fun shop. Excellent recommendation. He's the on-island expert. And you can pop into Mr. Ed's next store for some yummy treats while you are there... I honestly don't know how much the old bottles are worth - not very much? They are actually pretty easy to find on the BI. Per bystander's excellent advice above, most plantation towns had their own soda bottling alongside cane production back in the day. I have an old soda bottle from the Na'alehu plant that was dug up behind the now-defunct hotel in Waiohinu. Very cool, from the 20's or 40's, but nothing unusual. They are easy to find in the old dumps, apparently; this was also recommended by David @ the glass shop. From personal experience, the stream that feeds into Onomea Bay is also a fun place to look for old glass and shards of old pottery. Side note: I also found an old Coca-Cola bottle from the 40's at the near-impossible-to-get-to beach on the northwest side of South Point (you have to rappel down the cliff to get to it)...seems the beach was used during WWII by American troops to practice coming ashore. Wild. We found lots of old shell casings too. There is lots of amazing treasure hunting on the island!
03-19-2014, 03:22 PM
Cheerio - there are also unexploded shells from that WWII training down there. Not the safest place!
03-20-2014, 02:56 AM
through searches for my vintage Hawaiiana collection I see the Pahoa bottles and similar ones on eBay all the time.. they are actually fairly common overall... most of the common Hawaiian soda bottles sell for $10-$15 here are a few other 'Soda Works' of that Era.. ie Hamakua Soda Works, Kurtistown Soda Works, Hilo Soda Works, North Hilo Soda Works, Excelsior Soda Works (Hilo), Pacific Soda Works (Hilo), etc. ...not to mention many many more types from Oahu Maui Kauai etc.
here are examples (worth less than what they show since they didnt sell at listed prices)... http://www.ebay.com/itm/HAMAKUA-AND-PAHOA-SODA-WORKS-VINTAGE-SODA-BOTTLES-HAWAII-/111281505707?nma=true&si=goORmvxtrd1XW2ePjMAlB%252FA7nJw%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 Pahoa 'rocket' type http://www.ebay.com/itm/PAHOA-ROCKET-BIG-ISLAND-HAWAII-CROWN-TOP-BOTTLE-HAWAIIAN-SODA-/351026265796?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item51bacbbec4 newer Pahoa Soda Works type... http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bottle-PAHOA-SODA-WORKS-Hilo-Hawaii-embossed-c-1940s-machine-made-/321305764898?nma=true&si=goORmvxtrd1XW2ePjMAlB%252FA7nJw%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 ****************************************************************** save our indigenous and endemic Hawaiian Plants... learn about them, grow them, and plant them on your property, ....instead of all that invasive non-native garbage I see in most yards... aloha
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save our indigenous and endemic Hawaiian Plants... learn about them, grow them, and plant them on your property, ....instead of all that invasive non-native garbage I see in most yards... aloha
03-20-2014, 03:01 AM
here is a link below that shows a few of the rarer ones (pre1913 BIMAL types)... including the very tough Kurtistown Soda Works bottle
email him for an est value quote if you cant find a similar one that sold on eBay (like any collectible, the real 'true' value will be what it sells for on eBay) http://antiquehawaiianbottles.com/4.html ****************************************************************** save our indigenous and endemic Hawaiian Plants... learn about them, grow them, and plant them on your property, ....instead of all that invasive non-native garbage I see in most yards... aloha
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save our indigenous and endemic Hawaiian Plants... learn about them, grow them, and plant them on your property, ....instead of all that invasive non-native garbage I see in most yards... aloha
03-20-2014, 08:25 AM
almost 6 years ago when this thread started (wow!)
I posted that we had purchased land from the Miura family (the same Miura who had Pahoa Soda Works). There is a considerable pile of bottles on this land, in the jungle, where Mr Miura had a flower farm. Can walk to it easily, and then will need to hack some vines and bushes to uncover the bottles. Anyone interested? |
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