single intact c. 1870's antique american blue aqua soda bottle with wire bail still attached. the front body is embossed "hausburg bros/ chicago". the low sloping shoulders taper into a squat neck finished with an intact applied blob top. there are multiple large vertical bubbles around the shoulder. attached to the neck is a thick wire bail, remnant of the patented stopper (1859) designed by henry putnam. on the back heel is embossed "a & d h c". william, gustave, and charles hausberg were mineral water bottlers from their residence at 112 clybourn avenue. prior to this time, gustave hausburg had been a senior partner in two soda or mineral water bottling operations in the sleepy south chicago suburb of blue island. the first hausburg brothers partnership was short lived and by the time the 1874 city directory was published, gustave had left the company, likely to help set up a family bottling works at elgin. during the mid-late 1870's the remaining two brothers became the "hausburg brothers" bottling works in chicago. they continued to bottle together until 1878 after which william took over the operation on his own while charles presumably moved to the operation in elgin. william and charles continued their soda water bottling in chicago at the 112 clybourne residence and then during 1874-75 moved to new quarters at 143 larabee from 1876-1878. william hausburg parted with his brother in 1879 and continued in business alone until 1889.