Page 4 - Microsoft Word - miniz-digest-86-91.docx

The site can be searched either by company name, and there are lots of cross
references to help with this, or by country. A country flag is shown against every
company name. The above screen shots show the two primary navigation screens.
Below is the start of the listing for a manufacturer, in this case U. D. Pendowa from
Indonesia. There are over 1500 manufacturers currently listed and some of these
manufacturer listings run to hundreds of bottles. Where we know of another web site that
significantly extends the knowledge about a particular manufacturer (history, large high
quality photos etc.) there is a link to that site. This area will be developed much further in
the future.

All photos are a maximum of 360x360mm, although many, initially at least, are smaller
as these are the only photos so far found. Photos are close cropped to get the maximum
size for the bottle itself. As well as size differences, some photos are better quality than
others and some are even black and white scans. The site works on the premise that
any photo is better than none. The site is being constantly updated by replacing photos
with better ones and adding new bottles, variations and manufacturers. Approximately
11,500 bottles are currently shown.

Photos of figural bottles not shown on the site (or better photos of those that are) are
actively sought. They can be emailed to minibottlelibrary@gmail.com – just make sure
you let them know what the bottle is if it is not obvious from the label, or if the label is not
shown on the photo. Remember, any photo is better than none and the webmaster will
crop, resize, lighten or otherwise improve them if necessary. Enjoy.

David Smith