Glass Bottles Soda-bimal Soda-ABM Whiskey Beer Other Bottle Types Miscellaneous Stone Artifacts Adzes Poi Pounders Lamps and Bowls Game Pieces Fishing Items Other Other Artifacts Wooden bowls Fish Hooks Other Collectibles Matson Items Other About our Business Hawaii Bottle Club Hawaiian Artifact History Contact Us Links Home Bimal Bottles Bimal stands for blow-in-mold-applied-lip bottles. These bottles were replaced by a more efficient automated bottle making system in the early 1900's. Due to the manner in which these bottles were made, no two are alike. There is a crudity to these types of bottles which has made them a top collectible throughout the world. Hawaii is well represented in bimal soda types and colors. Many think that Hawaii has many of the highly desired bimal sodas. What follows is a small sampling of the several hundred examples of bimal soda bottles manufactured for the Hawaii marketplace between 1851 and 1910. The most complete reference to all bimals is the Elliot-Gould book, "Hawaiian Bottles of Long Ago." "Hawaiian Bottles of Long Ago", by Steve Gould and Rex R. Elliot. All of the Item #'s at the end of the following descriptions were taken from this book. Waimea Water Company Ltd. -- Hutchison (Kauai)#495 Consolidated Soda Water Works Ltd (Honolulu) Codd Marble Stopper #26 Maui Soda Works - Hutchison #448 Spring Soda Water Works - Crown - (Waialua, Oahu) #261 Lahaina Ice Works - Yellow/green - Crown - (Maui) #425 Diamond Soda Water Co - Hutchison (Honolulu) #73 Arctic Soda Works - Hutchison - (Honolulu) #19 Oahu Soda Works H.I. - Crown (Honolulu) #241 Lahaina Ice Co. Ltd - Hutchison - (Maui) #427 N. Hilo Soda Works – Hutchison #392 Waialua Soda Works - Hutchison - Amethyst - (Oahu) # 311 Lahaina Ice Co. Ltd. - Funnel Top - Yellow/Green (Maui) # 428 Hawaiian Soda Works HI - Hutchison - (Very Rare) - Amber #148 Hollister & Co. - Greenish - Squat (Honolulu) #178 Oahu Soda Works - Hutchison #247 Hawaiian Soda Works - 2 piece mold - (Honolulu) #154 Arctic Soda Works - Hutchison - (amethyst) - (Honolulu) - Natural color - not enhanced - #13 Hawaii Soda Works - Lightning Stopper - (Honolulu) #161

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