EARLIEST ACL SODA BOTTLE(S) ?
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It seems like everybody has one but me. [
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Awwww...~SPB~[]....we are selling ours, we are selling quite a few between his mine and our kids together there are six kis ranging from 3yrs old to 16yrs so alot to take care of too many bottles and not enough space, you could own this one....lol[]
]....we are selling ours, we are selling quite a few between his mine and our kids together there are six kis ranging from 3yrs old to 16yrs so alot to take care of too many bottles and not enough space, you could own this one....lol[]waskey
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Hey Bob, I know this isn't a soda, but I have recovered another 1934 ACL milk bottle from a different Baltimore dairy. I guess a few of the bigger Baltimore dairies were very innovative in the early to mid 30s because there were almost no dairies using ACL bottles before the late 30s, early 40s. This one is from the Biemiller Dairy. Just like the Kolb's that Joey has, you can only read the ACL label when held under a strong light, but it is certainly a cool one and I have only seen a couple 1934 milks. This one has the same circle on the neck for the permit number as the Kolb's Dairy but has a different permit number for Biemiller's Dairy. This one was made in Elmira NY just like the other too. Very interesting. Here are a few pictures. Good luck on your search for the early ACL bottles. Once again, sorry this isn't a soda, but it is certainly some early ACL history for sure!
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Great info! Thanks a lot. Personally, I'm okay with milk bottles because all of my research and that of others like yourself give support to the findings that milk bottles were the first to receive acl labels with soda bottles coming next. I have actually heard rumors of acl milk bottles as early as 1929-1930, but have yet to see one for confirmation.
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Great info! Thanks a lot. Personally, I'm okay with milk bottles because all of my research and that of others like yourself give support to the findings that milk bottles were the first to receive acl labels with soda bottles coming next. I have actually heard rumors of acl milk bottles as early as 1929-1930, but have yet to see one for confirmation.
Thanks again.
Bob
Just picked up a 28oz Stone's Beverages from Torrington, CT. 99% sure it is 1936, because there is no dot next to the six. The base is also embossed with the company name along with a big 'S' on the bottom. This could be a new addition to the list!
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I recently had a conversation with a fellow that had talked with Bill Lockhart on the phone about this whole dot thing...and your not gona like this....they used single digit date code in the 30's and 40's.
Here was part of our conversation on FB....
I'm saying Lockhart has newer info that was not available when he did his Texas bottle experiment...per phone and emails with him. I'm saying that O I plants were not consistent with one another in markin and dating bottles. I'm saying that I spoke with a retired Streator line operator, told me point blank that the dot is a mould indicator. Lockhart is both right, and wrong. His sample batch was too small...and too much the same.
Anomalies exist abundance and consistency is poor.
I guess more research need to be done on a particular bottle....we need to rely on more on advertising or even knowing when the company existed for sure, it boils down to the fact that 6 can still mean either 1936 or 1946.
Here was part of our conversation on FB....
I'm saying Lockhart has newer info that was not available when he did his Texas bottle experiment...per phone and emails with him. I'm saying that O I plants were not consistent with one another in markin and dating bottles. I'm saying that I spoke with a retired Streator line operator, told me point blank that the dot is a mould indicator. Lockhart is both right, and wrong. His sample batch was too small...and too much the same.
Anomalies exist abundance and consistency is poor.
I guess more research need to be done on a particular bottle....we need to rely on more on advertising or even knowing when the company existed for sure, it boils down to the fact that 6 can still mean either 1936 or 1946.
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