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Reminder ...

The ginger ale siphon bottles listed on the 1897 Vernor's invoice were priced at 6-cents each. And if resold, they were probably marked up. But just how much they might have been marked up, I don't know.


6 for $1.20 looks like .20 cents each.
 

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Typo!

20-cents each

That's what I get for counting with my fingers!
 

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Vernor's Ginger Ale 1902 DFP July 5, 1902.jpg
 
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Not a typo ...

Vernor's Extract Bottle ~ 25-cents ~ Date Unknown ~ Posted Earlier by Keith

Vernor's Extract Bottle 25 Cents Keith Date Unknown.jpeg
 

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You will recall the siphon bottle I posted from the 1906 Illinois Glass Company catalog. Well, as it turns out, there was some type of Illinois Glass Company operation in Detroit, Michigan in the early 1900s. I have just now started researching it, but thought I'd post what I found so far ...

1903 Detroit Business Directory ~ Bottles/Bottling/Bottlers

1. Both Pages

Vernor 1903 Detroit Directory Illinois Glass Co. (2).jpg

James Vernor (Middle of left page)

Vernor 1903 Detroit Directory Illinois Glass Co. (3).jpg

Illinois Glass Company (Bottom of left page)

Vernor 1903 Detroit Directory Illinois Glass Co..jpg

Detroit Free Press ~ August 2, 1903 ~ K.G. Smith manager

Illinois Glass Co. Detroit Free Press Aigust 2, 1903.jpg
 
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Example of Illinois Glass Company makers mark ...

<I> ... ( I in a Diamond )

Illinois Glass Company Mark I in Diamond.jpg

1903-1904 Catalog

Illinois Glass Company Catalog 1903 1904.jpg

1903-1904 ~ Detroit, Michigan ~ 220 Jefferson Avenue

Illinois Glass Company Catalog 1903 1904 Detroit Branch.jpg
 
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P.S.

I don't know (yet) if the Illinois Glass Company had a factory in Detroit or just an office. But regardless of which, it wouldn't make sense (to me) to have an operation there unless bottles could be made/acquired/ordered.
 
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From the 1903-1904 Illinois Glass Company catalog

Illinois Glass Company Catalog 1903 1904 Soda Bottles.jpg

Keith's unmarked/generic bottles

Vernor's Bottles Keith (2).jpg

Me

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