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1. Mold/Style code on the lower side - G 136

2. Bottle Cap - From Durango, Colorado - Which is about 150 miles north of Gallup, New Mexico

3. Navajo Land bottle - Mint condition and valued at about $250

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Navajoland eBay Bottle March 2013.jpg
 

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And this from ...

The Gallup Independent ~ Gallup, New Mexico ~ May 28, 1936 (Shows several flavors of Pippo)

Pippo Gallup Independent New Mexico May 28, 1936.jpg
 

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Poll ...

Cast your vote - do you think my Pippo bottle is a 1936 or a 1938?

And if you know with 100% certainty, please explain.

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P.S.

I have found newspaper ads for the Pippo brand that range between 1934 and 1938, but nothing earlier or later than that.
 

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By the way ...

I'm doing a little research on the "Gallup Mercantile Company" and especially looking for some early pictures. All I know about it so far is that it was in operation between about 1910 and 1958. It started out as a Trading Post and apparently developed into a combination Trading Post / Tourist Souvenir Store. I'm not sure if they had a bottling facility there, but believe they must have because of the Navajo Land and Pippo bottles that are marked as such.
 

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I'm also searching for "anything" that might shed some light on the 1934 reference I found regarding the Pippo brand. It would be extremely interesting to know if the bottle had a paper label, was embossed, or was possibly an ACL? If an ACL, it would tie the 1934 Jumbo Cola as the earliest!

[Images courtesy of member Morbious_fod]

Jumbo acl - earliest confirmed painted label soda bottle.jpg

Jumbo Cola Base - 1934.jpg
 

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Hold the phone!

I went to the newspaper archives to save the 1934 Pippo ad and stumbled onto this 1932 ad ...

(Now I'm even more curious as to what type of bottles these were)

Pippo The Gallup Independent Aug 12, 1932 (2) Dateline.jpg

Pippo The Gallup Independent Aug 12, 1932 (2).jpg
 

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P.S.

It just this minute dawned on me that because of the price for two bottles of Pippo in 1932 @ 25-cents an 35-cents that the ones in the ad were probably quart-sized bottles. I don't believe anyone was selling a 7 Ounce bottle of soda pop in 1932 for more than 5-cents each. I believe the typical quart bottles in 1932 were selling for about 15-cents each.
 

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I haven't been able to find any vintage pictures of the Gallup Mercantile Company but I did discover they had their own bottling plant at least as early as 1921. They became a Coca Cola bottler sometime during the 1940s. Neither My Pippo nor Navajo Land bottle have Coca Cola Bottling on them.
 

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1. Mold/Style code on the lower side - G 136

2. Bottle Cap - From Durango, Colorado - Which is about 150 miles north of Gallup, New Mexico

3. Navajo Land bottle - Mint condition and valued at about $250

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Speaking of the "Navajo Land" bottle, there's one currently on eBay with five days left and a high bid of $46.00. I paid $300.00 for the near-mint example I have. Check it out!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-195...482918?hash=item3f5c89ee26:g:o9IAAOSwe7BWwoOP
 

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