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New to the Morbious Fod collection II: Electric Boogaloo - 4/11/2010 10:35:27 PM

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Having posted on the original thread to long I have decided to not only create a new thread but to move it to this section, due to the majority of my acquisitions being soda or soda related, it only makes more sense.

Following up a new lead led me into the wilds of lower West Virginia where I found a few decent pieces, and some hey that's neat items. Saturday found me on one of my "Let's just drive and see where we end up" exploring trips into North Carolina. I hit North Wilkesboro, the home of Sun Flower Beverages, passed through Winston-Salem, but didn't stop, and went on to Mayberry (Mount Airy), and continued on up 52 hitting the occasional shop on the way. Wilksboro only had one antique shop; however, the majority of my finds was there. They had some other stuff I was interested in, but not $35 dollars interested. The surprising thing was that there were no Sun Flowers to be found. So let's get started.

This one is off the bay.

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RE: New to the Morbious Fod collection II: Electric Boo... - 4/11/2010 10:39:18 PM

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While the middle one was won off of Ebay the bottles flanking it are a 1946 Nesbitt's from Pocahontas, VA, while having a better acl than my present one, it had a chip on the bottom, but I can deal with that. The other bottle is a Cherry River from the Nesbitts Bottling Company of Richwood WVA. I just liked the acl so I picked it up. It is a 1955. I found the last two in West Virginia if you couldn't guess.

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RE: New to the Morbious Fod collection II: Electric Boo... - 4/11/2010 10:42:42 PM

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You may have seen my post of the Northfork WVA Big Bottle deco, well this is it's newer cousin from the Welch WVA plant of the Northfork Coca Cola group, and this Dixie Beverages from Northfork WVA might be the successor of the Big Bottle brand in Northfork. Too bad this bottle had a huge lip chip, I really liked this one.

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RE: New to the Morbious Fod collection II: Electric Boo... - 4/11/2010 10:47:17 PM

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But now we get into the bottles that made the trip worthwhile. This is a Dixie-Ola from the Roanoke Bottling Company which was incorporated in 1926, and I'm sure they didn't last too long due to Coca-Cola's being sue crazy of anyone using any variation of the name Cola at this time. The other interesting thing about this bottle is that there is a good possibility that they had a franchise in a cross roads town known as Mouth of Wilson, VA, where Field's Manufacturing was bottling this brand, even though the caps still have Roanoke, VA on them, and their own flavor line. I still don't have any concrete dates for the operation of the bottling operations at Mouth of Wilson, and not Mouth of Wilson bottles have arisen only bottle caps.

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RE: New to the Morbious Fod collection II: Electric Boo... - 4/11/2010 10:49:21 PM

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Those are some nice ACL's. I am looking for a green glass Nesbitt's 10oz bottle but am having a time locating one.

I have several Nesbitt's bottles and some other flavors that were bottled by different Nesbitt's bottlers around the country.

Regards, Don Nesbitt - no relation to the bottlers.

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RE: New to the Morbious Fod collection II: Electric Boo... - 4/11/2010 11:05:16 PM

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Sorry supper was about to burn. Next we have this little beauty which is as mint as mint can get with these bottles, it is a 1944 Dr. Pepper from Marion, VA. Call it Karma or whatever this bottle has to be something paying me back for all the broken, melted, sick, chipped, and stained ones of this very bottle that I brought home from that broken bottle dump that I spent so much time digging in only to come up with very little. This bottle alone made that trip into the backwoods of WV worthwhile.

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RE: New to the Morbious Fod collection II: Electric Boo... - 4/11/2010 11:05:48 PM

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bottom.

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RE: New to the Morbious Fod collection II: Electric Boo... - 4/11/2010 11:07:28 PM

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Are you ready for one of my favorite finds from WV? Well it's not in very good shape; however, I think a 1946 Squirt bottle fits the bill. Serious fading all over, but it's an example of a bottle I haven't laid eyes on until now. Now it's time for the upgrade.

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RE: New to the Morbious Fod collection II: Electric Boo... - 4/11/2010 11:07:53 PM

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Ahh yeah!

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RE: New to the Morbious Fod collection II: Electric Boo... - 4/11/2010 11:11:14 PM

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Now we transition into the North Carolina finds, the first being the nice but lightly stained on the the inside Caravan Green Ginger Ale bottle that I picked up in Barney Fife's territory. I didn't seen Andy or Aunt Be anywhere, but I did find this bottle. It's friend is the last hold over from the WV trip and it is a 1929 Rock Cliff Ginger Ale bottle, the real reason I picked up this bottle was for the cap that was attached to it. I don't have a Rock Cliff Ginger Ale bottle cap, and now I do, and it's an early one.

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RE: New to the Morbious Fod collection II: Electric Boo... - 4/11/2010 11:16:54 PM

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The sad thing is that I really didn't find much on my North Carolina trip, the rest I found in North Wilkesboro. I picked up a Buffalo embossed bottle from Charlotte NC for a friend of mine who is into Buffalos, and I picked up these two tips. The first one is a 1940, and the other is a 1947 from Charlotte, NC to upgrade the existing bottle I have for this company. There were a lot of interesting NC bottles in the Wilkesboro antique shop; however, I don't make it a habit of picking up North Carolina bottles. I did see a Wautagua Bottling Works straight side from Elizabethton, TN; however the bottom had a crack almost encircling the whole thing. Sigh. The acl Coke is from Cleveland, Tenn. and I picked it up for a buck in Bristol, I don't know why, it's just tough to find these acl cokes in decent shape sometimes.

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RE: New to the Morbious Fod collection II: Electric Boo... - 4/11/2010 11:21:21 PM

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Those are some nice ACL's. I am looking for a green glass Nesbitt's 10oz bottle but am having a time locating one.

I have several Nesbitt's bottles and some other flavors that were bottled by different Nesbitt's bottlers around the country.

Regards, Don Nesbitt - no relation to the bottlers.

I think the only Nesbitts green bottle I have is the one pictured but in 7oz. I'll keep my eyes open, but they don't see too many of the green Nesbitts.

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RE: New to the Morbious Fod collection II: Electric Boo... - 4/11/2010 11:48:51 PM

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What the heck here is a pic of the Rock Cliff cap that made buying that particular bottle important.

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RE: New to the Morbious Fod collection II: Electric Boo... - 4/11/2010 11:49:20 PM

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morbious , i alway's enjoy your posts. you give me pics to copy so i know what to look out for on outing to shops . thanks

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RE: New to the Morbious Fod collection II: Electric Boo... - 4/12/2010 1:19:53 AM

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Ya welcome! LOL! Good luck.

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RE: New to the Morbious Fod collection II: Electric Boo... - 4/12/2010 8:06:36 AM

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I have heard that there are some good little shops to find bottles in Mt. Airy. Have never actually been there, but I intend to next time I make it out that way.

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RE: New to the Morbious Fod collection II: Electric Boo... - 4/12/2010 12:57:37 PM

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Unfortunately I only found one shop called the Surry Emporium. That was where I found the Caravan bottle, other than that they didn't have massive amounts of bottles, maybe twenty in all.

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RE: New to the Morbious Fod collection II: Electric Boo... - 4/12/2010 1:53:15 PM

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morbious ~

Regarding your "Nesbitts of California" bottle with the black label ... are those considered hard to find back east? Because out here in California they are as common as dirt! Seriously, I see them all the time. In fact, I have dug or found so many of them over the years, I usually don't even bring them home anymore. I just leave them laying on the ground where I found them for future bottle hunters.

It's possible I am misunderstanding something here, (which is par for the course for me) and it's only the "Virginia" bottles you are interested in. Which is kind of funny when I think about it now, because of the numerous ones I have found over the years, I never checked, or even cared until now where they were made. I guess I will have to start doing that. The antique shops are full of them too. I just looked at one from my collection, and will post a photo of it in a minute for you to examine. I'm not sure where it's from, other than on the back it says ... "By Nesbitt Licensee At Location Shown On Cap." I will give you more specific info from the bottom when I post it shortly.

However, I have never found or even seen (other than in photos) the green variation posted by DONT44. If I ever find one of those, I guarantee I won't leave it laying on the ground where I find it!

I'll be back shortly.

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RE: New to the Morbious Fod collection II: Electric Boo... - 4/12/2010 2:26:08 PM

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morbious ~

Regarding your "Nesbitts of California" bottle with the black label ... are those considered hard to find back east? Because out here in California they are as common as dirt! Seriously, I see them all the time. In fact, I have dug or found so many of them over the years, I usually don't even bring them home anymore. I just leave them laying on the ground where I found them for future bottle hunters.

It's possible I am misunderstanding something here, (which is par for the course for me) and it's only the "Virginia" bottles you are interested in. Which is kind of funny when I think about it now, because of the numerous ones I have found over the years, I never checked, or even cared until now where they were made. I guess I will have to start doing that. The antique shops are full of them too. I just looked at one from my collection, and will post a photo of it in a minute for you to examine. I'm not sure where it's from, other than on the back it says ... "By Nesbitt Licensee At Location Shown On Cap." I will give you more specific info from the bottom when I post it shortly.

However, I have never found or even seen (other than in photos) the green variation posted by DONT44. If I ever find one of those, I guarantee I won't leave it laying on the ground where I find it!

I'll be back shortly.

Thanks,

SPB

The reason this particular Nesbitts is so tough is that it is from the small town of Pocahontas, VA and instead of the "location found on cap" notation on the back acl it has "Franchise Bottler Pochahontas, VA". While I am mostly a Virginia, West Virginia (well two towns anyway), and East Tennessee collector, I have picked up a 1 pint 12oz version of this bottle, and the aforementioned green, two variations of the "Nesbitts Orange Drink" bottles from Kingsport, Tenn, and still have the 7oz Greensboro, NC version of the same bottle from Pocahontas. I even have a 7oz "Nesbitts Orange Drink" from 1948 well after I thought they had dropped the Orange Drink part of the name. I dabble sometimes; however, Nesbitts isn't on of the brands I actively collect.

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RE: New to the Morbious Fod collection II: Electric Boo... - 4/12/2010 3:09:17 PM

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morbious ~

I understand now regarding your interest in that particular bottle. But since I know you like a good challenge, maybe you can figure out from the info on the bottom where my bottle was made. (Most likely from California as that's where I found it) but then again maybe not.???  The makers mark is another one of those weird G over a C that we spoke about the other day (Glass Containers, Inc.), and reads ...


                      50 <symbol> 4        plus ... 5458          plus ... Des. Pat. 114026

           Even if this doesn't tell us where it was made, is the date ... 1950 - 1954 - 1958 ?

I'm posting only the back and bottom ... the front is identical to your's. (Filled with milk for legibility).

      And I will understand if you are not interested or able to crack the G C code. It boggles me!

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