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Anyone collect patches? - 1/17/2012 11:54:08 PM    vintage57   Posts: 25 Joined: 9/1/2011 Status: offline Soda related but not bottle related thread. Sorry. Maybe an unusual question here. I have seen alot of different soda brands on patches to be used on, I assume, delivery drivers' uniform shirts. My question is, have you ever seen a uniform shirt (or even a picture ) with an oddball brand on it? I mean I have seen shirts on ebay for Coke, Pepsi, 7UP, Dr.Pepper. But have you ever seen an actual driver shirt for any other brand? I have an Orange Crush back patch from probably 1940-50. But I have never seen an OC shirt. Not even at collector conventions. How about Dad's Root Beer? Nesbitts? Canada Dry? Squirt? NuGrape? I have all these patches, never seen one on an "official" uniform! I was just wondering if the uniform showed other brands the bottling company distributed. Was Dad's on a blue or yellow or white shirt? NuGrape on a purple? I know this sounds crazy but I am curious why other brands drivers' shirts don't exist? We got patches but WHAT were they put on? Or do I even make sense? Terry PS: I thought about this when someone brought up the Popeye thread about a sign and bottle cap but never seeing a Popeye bottle. Post #: 1

RE: Anyone collect patches? - 1/18/2012 4:29:07 AM    morbious_fod   Posts: 4020 Joined: 3/4/2007 From: The backwoods of the backwoods, Virginia Status: offline I've only seen a Pepsi shirt from the 1950's or so in person. _____________________________ My website chronicling the soda bottling companies of the Southwest Virginia or Northeast Tennessee area including Bluefield, Princeton, and Rock West Virginia www.tazewell-orange.com NEW ARTICLES: Just say Mil-Kay the story of Mil-K-Botl (in reply to vintage57) Post #: 2

RE: Anyone collect patches? - 1/19/2012 12:33:50 AM    surfaceone Posts: 7099 Joined: 12/9/2008 Status: offline "Patches, we don't need no steenkin patches.." From. (in reply to morbious_fod) Post #: 3

RE: Anyone collect patches? - 1/19/2012 2:09:17 AM    SAbottles   Posts: 1121 Joined: 8/21/2010 From: Cape Town - South Africa Status: offline Nice, Surface ! Been wanting to use that line for years ! (in reply to surfaceone) Post #: 4

RE: Anyone collect patches? - 1/22/2012 1:33:22 PM    DIGS CHESCO   Posts: 128 Joined: 1/29/2010 From: Uwchland PA Status: offline I collect Brewery patches. Ballantine Beer and Scott & Grauer Beer Distributor Patches. Here are som of my favorites. Attachment (1) (in reply to vintage57) Post #: 5

RE: Anyone collect patches? - 1/22/2012 1:35:59 PM    DIGS CHESCO   Posts: 128 Joined: 1/29/2010 From: Uwchland PA Status: offline and my favorite beer distributor workers uniform shirt c.1950-60's. Tom Attachment (1) (in reply to DIGS CHESCO) Post #: 6

RE: Anyone collect patches? - 1/22/2012 1:38:23 PM    L C   Posts: 3431 Joined: 3/17/2007 From: Ohio Status: online Some nice memeorabilia Digs . I never could find but a few soda and beer patches over the years , but I do have a nice collection of gas and oil patches . (in reply to DIGS CHESCO) Post #: 7

RE: Anyone collect patches? - 1/22/2012 1:43:46 PM    DIGS CHESCO   Posts: 128 Joined: 1/29/2010 From: Uwchland PA Status: offline My grandfather was in the beer distributor business, so I guess I got exposed a t ayoung age. (in reply to L C) Post #: 8

RE: Anyone collect patches? - 1/22/2012 1:45:59 PM    L C   Posts: 3431 Joined: 3/17/2007 From: Ohio Status: online My brother-in-law worked for Pepsi for over twenty years and I never gave the patches a thought at that time . Wish I had now . (in reply to DIGS CHESCO) Post #: 9

RE: Anyone collect patches? - 1/22/2012 3:03:01 PM    Photon440   Posts: 54 Joined: 7/27/2009 Status: offline When I worked at the bottling plant in the '70's we were given a uniform each year, consisting of three shirts, two pairs of slacks and a jacket.  The jacket and shirts had patches, and we had the choice of blue uniforms with Pepsi labels, or green uniforms with 7-up labels. The last year that I worked there, we were given generic gray uniforms, with a multi-logo patch that had Pepsi, Crush and 7-up on the same label. Other than a couple of the Pepsi labels that I removed when discarding the worn out clothes, I don't have any of them left now. :( -=Photon=- _____________________________ It's Fizzy (in reply to L C) Post #: 10

RE: Anyone collect patches? - 1/22/2012 4:31:27 PM    Eric   Posts: 157 Joined: 3/25/2008 Status: offline Here are some patches I have.. picked them up over the years at auctions, swap meets and shows... ages vary from the 40s into the 80s. I've seen pictures of Pepsi and RC patchers on solid white shirts or khaki colored uniforms, the older 7up one I have came off a dark green drivers jacket... Attachment (1) _____________________________ Eric Always looking/buying Nichol Kola items Bottles, Crates, Carriers, Caps, Coolers (in reply to Photon440) Post #: 11

RE: Anyone collect patches? - 1/22/2012 4:32:03 PM    Eric   Posts: 157 Joined: 3/25/2008 Status: offline Some more.... Attachment (1) _____________________________ Eric Always looking/buying Nichol Kola items Bottles, Crates, Carriers, Caps, Coolers (in reply to Eric) Post #: 12

RE: Anyone collect patches? - 1/22/2012 4:32:43 PM    Eric   Posts: 157 Joined: 3/25/2008 Status: offline Last one... Attachment (1) _____________________________ Eric Always looking/buying Nichol Kola items Bottles, Crates, Carriers, Caps, Coolers (in reply to Eric) Post #: 13

RE: Anyone collect patches? - 1/22/2012 5:34:38 PM    Eric   Posts: 157 Joined: 3/25/2008 Status: offline The Dads rootbeer was on a 70s Dr Pepper shirt... it was a long sleeve white and burgandy striped shirt with a burgandy collar.... Coke seemed to always have the cool looking uniforms the 40s and 50s uniforms were tan with red pin stripes or white with green pin stripes.. I have a few uniform pieces that were never worn in Coca-Cola also have a winter Coke drivers cap that was a solid dark green... Sprite was a Coke product and was usually sewn on the sleeve or right front side of the shirt. _____________________________ Eric Always looking/buying Nichol Kola items Bottles, Crates, Carriers, Caps, Coolers (in reply to Eric) Post #: 14

RE: Anyone collect patches? - 1/22/2012 7:27:55 PM    L C   Posts: 3431 Joined: 3/17/2007 From: Ohio Status: online That is a really nice collection , some real nice colors . (in reply to Eric) Post #: 15

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