Help Identify Liberty & Murphy

[Avery Feathers]

Good afternoon from Maine!

New to Treasure Net and have posted this bottle in the What Is It? forum and was directed here as well! Hoping someone can help me identify this bottle or give me a direction to start looking for info on the company Liberty & Murphy, Fall River, Mass. The bottle was made by Dean Foster Co. Boston with a C-10
production code on the bottom. This Bottle Not To Be Sold and Registered are also on this bottle. I have snooped around business directories and registers from Fall River and cannot locate any company with Liberty & Murphy as the name. I have only found John Murphy or John Murphy & Co. I got a tip to check out a CC Murphy in Fall River from around 1905. Haven’t checked it out yet but plan to. Any tips, contacts, or info is welcome!

Curious.

 

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Won't be able to help, but I like it.

 

[epackage]

1900 directory lists them as liquor dealers at 716 Davol St., they sold beer for some brewery, hence the beer bottle. Could be a local brewer or one of the national brands like Pabst or Ballantine...

 

[epackage]

1900 census info....

Name: Joseph Libertus* [Joseph Liberty]
Age: 45
Birth Date: May 1855
Birthplace: Canada
Home in 1900: Fall River Ward 8, Bristol, Massachusetts
Address:714 Davol St.
Immigration Year: 1864
Spouse's name: Melvina Libertus
Marriage Year: 1888
Father's Birthplace: France, Canada
Mother's Birthplace: Canada, France
Years in US: 36
Naturalization: Na
Occupation: Liquor Dealer
Can Read: No
Can Write: No
Can Speak English: Yes
House Owned or Rented: Rented


Household Members:
Name-------------------Age
Joseph Libertus---------45
Melvina Libertus--------35
Joseph A Libertus--------9


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Name: Edward H. Murphy
Age: 31
Birth Date: Nov 1868
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Home in 1900: Fall River Ward 6, Bristol, Massachusetts
Address: 222 Flint St.
Relation to Head of House: Brother
Marital status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Ireland
Mother's Birthplace: Ireland
Occupation: Liquor Dealer
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Can Speak English: Yes


Household Members:
Name------------------------Age
Mary Murphy-----------------38
Morris Murphy---------------36
Edward Murphy--------------31
Annie C Murphy--------------28
Demesist J Murphy-----------5
William A Coleman----------32

In the 1910 census Murphy is in business for himself and Liberty isn't listed in the directories any longer....

 

[Avery Feathers]

Wow...that’s fantastic! Thank you so much, that was so quick too!!!! Interesting. Has anyone seen one like this before or something similar?

 

[epackage]

Wow...that’s fantastic! Thank you so much, that was so quick too!!!! Interesting. Has anyone seen one like this before or something similar?

I only collect Paterson N.J. so I don't think i've seen that particular bottle, but I have many Paterson bottles just like it...