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WWII Pepsi - 10/15/2008 4:38:59 PM    kbobam   Posts: 71 Joined: 9/7/2008 Status: offline I think it's sort of funny that if you asked most people today when they thought the recycling 'movement' started, they'd likely guess in the 60's to 70's range.  The neck label on this one, making a point of requesting the cap as well as bottle, is a reminder that a couple decades earlier recycling was going on, the likes of which we haven't seen since!  Cheers, Bob Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: WWII Pepsi - 10/15/2008 4:44:28 PM    kbobam   Posts: 71 Joined: 9/7/2008 Status: offline Whoops.  Not the correct cap.    (in reply to kbobam) Post #: 2

RE: WWII Pepsi - 10/15/2008 8:20:58 PM    L C   Posts: 1586 Joined: 3/17/2007 From: Ohio Status: offline And lets not forget about the young recyclers years ago that went along looking for the ones people threw out of cars ! I used to pick them up when I was a kid , two cents apiece for deposit ! If I had a good day and found as many as eight of them , I was in hog heaven , that would pay for a pop and a candy bar (in reply to kbobam) Post #: 3

RE: WWII Pepsi - 10/16/2008 4:42:37 PM    bamascavenger   Posts: 296 Joined: 9/1/2007 From: Al. Status: offline Thats a nice unusual bottle you got there! (in reply to L C) Post #: 4

RE: WWII Pepsi - 10/16/2008 6:07:50 PM    kbobam   Posts: 71 Joined: 9/7/2008 Status: offline I was even more embarassed about the incorrect cap when it occurred to me, in a mildly politically-incorrect way, that I must have been out of my mind to not realize that a WWII cap would certainly be red white and blue.  More importantly, no way no how would it be, uh, that 'other' color!  With apologies if necessary to all my Asian friends, Bob  ( :  (in reply to bamascavenger) Post #: 5

RE: WWII Pepsi - 10/16/2008 7:18:54 PM    digger mcdirt   Posts: 911 Joined: 8/8/2005 Status: offline That's a nice one I love the Paper Label Pepsi's. bob _____________________________ McDirt (in reply to kbobam) Post #: 6

RE: WWII Pepsi - 10/16/2008 8:36:47 PM    kbobam   Posts: 71 Joined: 9/7/2008 Status: offline I probably don't appreciate the paper labels as much as you do overall, but I liked the story behind this one. I heard once that a good 'authenticity hint' with these was that if you can look through the back of the bottle and see two very neat glue lines, running vertically on the left and right edges of the label, then you're probably in good shape.  I'm guessing that the implication is that most people trying to 're-create' bottles will apply glue all over the back of the label.  Not certain on this though.  Bob (in reply to digger mcdirt) Post #: 7

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