Finding Treasurse

Cabinet full of old bottles and jars in my basement
Fuji X-T1, Fuji 18mm R, ISO 640, f/4, 1/60th sec, bounced flash

When you live in a really old home, you often find yourself thinking of what life was like before you were here. This house is from the 1890's and that's about all we know. There was an addition put on in the 90's, but there is just something very special, welcoming, warming about the century part of the home. It just sparks your soul with happiness and joy and makes you feel very welcome. Could it have been a hotel where weary heads slept on their long journey by horse and buggy? Could it have housed happy families that flourished? One thing is for certain, this house doesn't feel one bit negative, scary, creepy or cold.

In the basement, you have two parts. The large part of the basement belongs to the addition on the house. In recent images of mine, you have seen my progress on trying to refinish this area since there was a flood almost a year ago. The other part is under the century part of the house. It is a typical 1890's basement. Dark, cold, damp and full of creepy crawly critters. While planning some upgrades, I was looking around down there and noticed this awesome old cabinet with all kinds of old bottles. I definitely have plans for this! I think I might bring it up out of the basement and use it as a decoration piece.

One of the bottles stood out to me:

Elders Beverages - Kingston, ON
Fuji X-T1, Fuji 18mm R, ISO 200, f/2, 1/140th sec, vsco

All I know about Elders is that they were a local bottler located on Montreal Street, near Rideau Street. Other than that, I cannot find information about when they opened or closed, but there are images floating around with mention of Elders from at least 1973. If you have information, by all means leave a comment!