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"MISSION OF CALIFORNIA" acl - 5/3/2010 3:36:58 PM    SODAPOPBOB   Posts: 3678 Joined: 3/10/2010 Status: offline Recently on another thread I noticed there seemed to be an interest in "Mission" bottles. I even commented that there was one under every bush, and in every antique shop here in Southern California. Of course, even though it says Mission of "California," we all know this to be a national brand that was bottled in other states as well. Below is an example of one I found several years ago while travling along Route 66 in centeral Arizona. You will notice on the images to follow that this particular bottle is from Douglas, Arizona. Which I happen to know is a fairly small town located in the remote southeast corner of Arizona. Thus, I'm guessing this is a fairly hard to find bottle. It's not in the greatest shape, and although there are no chips, etc., it does have some minor label issues. It may be of interest to note that I found it standing straight up, but half buried in the sand of a dry wash out in the middle of nowhere. It still amazes me that it withstood all of those flash floods that are common in the area and took place over the years. It is dated 1956. Which was a time when Route 66 was in it's "hayday." Regarding other Mission bottles, I would be interested in hearing how collectible and how rare they might be in other parts of the country. And being as I see so many of them, let me know if there are specific states/cities that I should keep my eyes peeled for. I would be happy to arrange something if anyone is interested in a particular bottle. Thanks, SODAPOBBOB (Front)  Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: "MISSION OF CALIFORNIA" acl - 5/3/2010 3:37:41 PM    SODAPOPBOB   Posts: 3678 Joined: 3/10/2010 Status: offline (Back) Attachment (1) (in reply to SODAPOPBOB) Post #: 2

RE: "MISSION OF CALIFORNIA" acl - 5/3/2010 3:38:23 PM    SODAPOPBOB   Posts: 3678 Joined: 3/10/2010 Status: offline (Base) Attachment (1) (in reply to SODAPOPBOB) Post #: 3

RE: "MISSION OF CALIFORNIA" acl - 5/3/2010 5:22:52 PM    TJSJHART Posts: 1332 Joined: 9/10/2007 From: Arizona Status: offline now this is goin to be strange,,,i've got two misson bottles one from saxton pa. with the good housekeeping seal thats in great shape dated "75" and one from douglas and it's in very rough shape , rust stains bad case wear looks like it was dug . it says mission beverages . on the back it say's dr. pepper botting co. douglas , arizona . and is dated " 3. " 7 ozs. the other bottle is a  embossed BIG SUN from the coca cola bottling douglas az. dated "46" . something i heard is that the only majorbottler in az. now is kailil bottling in tucson. Attachment (1) _____________________________ .N.R.A. LIFER (in reply to SODAPOPBOB) Post #: 4

RE: "MISSION OF CALIFORNIA" acl - 5/3/2010 5:25:52 PM    TJSJHART Posts: 1332 Joined: 9/10/2007 From: Arizona Status: offline #2 Attachment (1) _____________________________ .N.R.A. LIFER (in reply to TJSJHART) Post #: 5

RE: "MISSION OF CALIFORNIA" acl - 5/3/2010 6:45:49 PM    SODAPOPBOB   Posts: 3678 Joined: 3/10/2010 Status: offline Geez!  Now you've got me wondering just exactly how many different bottlers there could possibly have been in Douglas. Unless ... Mission Orange - Coca Cola, and Dr. Pepper were all bottled under one roof. I guess I'll have to do some additional research and see just what went on down there in the desert. Maybe it was a central location that made it suitable for distribution. Thanks, SPB (in reply to TJSJHART) Post #: 6

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