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bore sealing surface Fire-hardened 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s Local History Timeline &
or Sheared Lips Bottle Manufacture Dates
ﬁnish collar Hand-applied
neck 1833—Eastern Iowa open to American
Bottle Lips settlement after the Black Hawk War
root of neck Anatomy
1838—Iowa becomes a territory
shoulder 1839—Iowa City platted
1841—Nursing bottle patent
body
1846—Iowa becomes a U.S. state
kick-up 1847—Founding of the State University of

push-up Iowa (University of Iowa)
insweep
or heel 1856—First railroad to Iowa City
1857—The “snap” case, making pontil mark
base
unnecessary
Wine 1858—Mason fruit or canning jar patent
1860—Green, amber, & brown glass intro
American Pontil Mark 1861—First lead glass medicine bottles
Flask Period 1861–1865—American Civil War
1867—First railroad through state
Proprietary Rolled Lip
Medicines

Mason Jars Mold-made with 1875—Clear glass introduced
Applied Finishes
1884—State-wide alcohol prohibition
Food Jars (except for medicines)

Automatic 1885—Semi-automatic manufacture
Machine-Made 1890—Milk, blue, & cobalt glass introduced
1892—Crown cap patented
Bottled
Coca-Cola 1904—Owens automatic bottle machine
1906—Pure Food and Drugs Act enacted by

U.S. Food and Drug Administration
1912—Crown cap universal for carbonated

beverages
1914–1918—World War I
1920—Introduction of plastic closure

(bakelite)