Vernors Ginger Ale 150th B-Day

hemihampton · Sep 24, 2016

Keith also had the same bottle as the one you pictured above but

with a paper label but no codes on bottle. Pictured below on far left. LEON.

SODABOB · Sep 24, 2016

According to Keith's Post #478

This Bottle ...

Goes with this Base ...

Goes with this description ...

"The bottle on the left only has embossing on the bottom of the bottle. The third photo is what that looks like."

Slightly Edited:

"The bottle on the left only has embossing on the bottom. The third photo is what the base looks like."

SODABOB · Sep 24, 2016

P.S.

I expect Keith will be along eventually and will clarify things for us - but the way I understand what he's saying is ...

1. The only embossing is on the base of the bottle

2. There are no codes or any other type of embossing anywhere on the bottle.

Which, if accurate, makes it a strong contender for a super early bottle and possibly one of, if not the very first ... ???

SODABOB · Sep 24, 2016

And there's this I forgot about that pertains to the same bottle being discussed ...

"The fourth and fifth photos are the top of that bottle. Again, I'm no bottle expert. But, from what I've learned during this discussion, this looks like the seam ends and there has been a totally different top applied. In fact, even the quality of the glass looks very different."

Vernor's Bottle Keith Top Tooled Weird.jpg

SODABOB · Sep 24, 2016

And no VGA Monogram anywhere on the bottle!

( Which I think we all agree came later )

SODABOB · Sep 24, 2016

But let's not forget, this C.G. CO. 14-B bottle doesn't have the VGA monogram, either ...

hemihampton · Sep 24, 2016

SODABOB said:
According to Keith's Post #478

This Bottle ...

View attachment 175110

Goes with this Base ...

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Goes with this description ...

"The bottle on the left only has embossing on the bottom of the bottle. The third photo is what that looks like."

Slightly Edited:

"The bottle on the left only has embossing on the bottom. The third photo is what the base looks like."

YES,That's the same bottle I posted.

SODABOB · Sep 24, 2016

I think the missing link might be found by determining when the VGA~MONOGRAM was first used ? / trademark ?

hemihampton · Sep 24, 2016

Yes, That's what I was thinking also.

hemihampton · Sep 24, 2016

Found this in the April 1896 Western Druggist. Vernor's selling & closing his Druggist Business. Why? Because he was moving closer to downtown to concentrate full time on his Booming Ginger Ale Business with the opening of a Bottling dept. & new bigger building. Which eventually expanded to take over the whole block.

LEON.

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