Gallery of Images

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SS Republic artifact distribution map. Blue crosses represent bottles scattered within the wreck site and debris field.

White milk glass bottles once held Laird's Bloom of Youth.

A sturdy bottle that once contained beer or ale.

A large cargo of beer and ale bottles on the seabed.

A cathedral-style pepper sauce bottle with preserved chili peppers.

A bottle of Drake's Plantation Bitters being recovered by the ROV.

Distinctive log-cabin bottles of Drake's Plantation Bitters.

Salt-glazed stoneware ink bottles made by J. Bourne & Son.

Master ink bottles designed to pour into smaller containers.

Unique bottles known as mustard barrels.

Nineteenth-century French and American perfume bottles.

One of two bow anchors at the SS Republic wreck site.

Preserved gooseberries recovered intact from 1,700 feet.

A cache of glass bottles on the ocean floor.

An ornately patterned cathedral pickle bottle on the seabed.

Mystery bottles that may have held bitters or schnapps.

Clock components sharing the seabed with a deep-sea creature.