Dixie Shake Boonton NJ

[JohnN]

Anyone ever heard of Dixie Shake? I don't know what was in it, so I don't know where to post this. I'm guessing it is a soda, but it very well might not be. Maybe some type of milkshake product? This is my second favorite bottle, next to the nutri-cola. Embossing: Dixie Shake Dixie Shake/ Boonton N.J. Cont 8 fl oz. Jersey Dixie Shake Corp. I will try to get better pictures if needed.

 

[JohnN]

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[surfaceone]

Hello again, John,

Here's a little anecdotal snippet"

"Our member, Ev Hughes, recollects â€.... Go to Division Street and Cedar Street. On south side of the corner was the Dawson Lumber yard. Across the street, on the north west corner of Division and Cedar is/was a concrete block building which in more recent days housed the guy who made fancy automobiles, as I recall. Anyhow, that building during the 30's used to be a bottler--soft drinks I think.

Member Ernie Piscitello writing from Florida recalls “ ...... talk about a "factory" on Division and Cedar and about the factory manufacturing and bottling "Dixie Shake", which was a chocolate-milk-type drink similar to today's „Yoo Hoo‟. I also remember these boys sayingthat they swam in the manufacturing tanks when the tanks were being cleaned. †From BOONTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

 

[JohnN]

I don't know how you find this stuff. When I search nothing ever comes up. Thanks for the info. I figured it was probably some type of "Yoo-Hoo" drink. Also, has anyone else found one of these?

 

[joebattaglia]

FYI: I found a Dixie Shake bottle recently at the bottom of a drained lake, which says it was produced by the Dix-A-Dee beverage corp. of Brooklyn, NY.

 

[morbious_fod]

Pepsi produced a Dixie Shake during the 60's or 70's. I wonder if there is a connection.

 

[surfaceone]

ORIGINAL: joebattaglia

FYI: I found a Dixie Shake bottle recently at the bottom of a drained lake, which says it was produced by the Dix-A-Dee beverage corp. of Brooklyn, NY.

Hello Joe,

Welcome to the A-BN & thanks for telling us of your bottle discovery. Is it embossed like John's pictured above, or an ACL?

From Chris Weide.

 

[bottlingco]

If it is a painted label like the yellow and red one above, I would like to have it for my collection. Let me know. ~bottlingco

ORIGINAL: joebattaglia

FYI: I found a Dixie Shake bottle recently at the bottom of a drained lake, which says it was produced by the Dix-A-Dee beverage corp. of Brooklyn, NY.

 

[morbious_fod]

ORIGINAL: morbious_fod

Pepsi produced a Dixie Shake during the 60's or 70's. I wonder if there is a connection.

Whoops remembered wrong. Pepsi's was Devil Shake.

 

[joebattaglia]

It had no label. The lettering was raised glass. Unfortunately I didn't keep it because it was broken slightly at the neck.