Canadacan
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I just recently aquired this 1951 Pepsi ACL double dot!..I had only previously seen photos of them, and now I finally have one! It was looking pretty stained in the seller photos but I decided to take a chance..and good thing I did because it basically cleaned up to reveal an almost mint label.
So I'm still trying to figure out the time line for the double dot ACL, my previous oldest wave embossed ACL is a single dot dated 1953. From what I'm gathering the single dot came in about 1952.
I have a clipping for Pepsi from Aug 1948 and it' makes mention of a new size bottle for the cooler, but it never disclosed the size!..lol, I can only assume it's a 10oz bottle?...but I'm uncertain and I'll have to delve deeper to find more ads that may help out.
Re: edit note, I believe the size introduced in 1948 was the double dot 8oz, because someone had just posted one on Facebook and noted it was dated 1940, secondly I don't think there was a quart family size yet because in the ad they have this new "Forty-Eighter" carton for four 12oz bottles for 'take home'.
Here is a before and after on the front label...I'm pretty happy that it cleaned up!
Pictured together is a 1943 12oz..it's possible in 1943 the older label was still in use.
Then my new 10oz double dot 1951, and the 10oz single dot from 1953
Here is the ad from The Ottawa Citizen, 31 Aug 1948, Tue, Page 26
And the part that makes mention of the new size bottle.
So I'm still trying to figure out the time line for the double dot ACL, my previous oldest wave embossed ACL is a single dot dated 1953. From what I'm gathering the single dot came in about 1952.
I have a clipping for Pepsi from Aug 1948 and it' makes mention of a new size bottle for the cooler, but it never disclosed the size!..lol, I can only assume it's a 10oz bottle?...but I'm uncertain and I'll have to delve deeper to find more ads that may help out.
Re: edit note, I believe the size introduced in 1948 was the double dot 8oz, because someone had just posted one on Facebook and noted it was dated 1940, secondly I don't think there was a quart family size yet because in the ad they have this new "Forty-Eighter" carton for four 12oz bottles for 'take home'.
Here is a before and after on the front label...I'm pretty happy that it cleaned up!
Pictured together is a 1943 12oz..it's possible in 1943 the older label was still in use.
Then my new 10oz double dot 1951, and the 10oz single dot from 1953
Here is the ad from The Ottawa Citizen, 31 Aug 1948, Tue, Page 26
And the part that makes mention of the new size bottle.
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