SODAPOPBOB
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In a sincere attempt to keep this a simple as possible, I will word this as follows ...
Does anyone have a (For Sure - Complete - Full - Absoloute) understanding of the GC bottle maker's mark that appears on the base of numerous acl soda bottles?
I personally have eight bottles with this mark. Some of which clearly have a double-digit date code. But the majority of them do not have the double-digit code. It is the non-double-digit codes I am interested in here.
GC stands for ...
Glass Containers, Inc., Los Angeles, Calif. - 1933 thru 1955
And
Glass Containers Corp., Fullerton, Calif. - 1956 and later
Important Note: It has already been determined (By an advanced bottle research group) that the four other numbers that always appear with the GC mark ( such as the below that are on my bottles) are not date related, but rather are mold and/or bottle type numbers. The mold/type numbers I have are ...
5491 - 5458 - 5433 - 3357 - 5410 - 5124 - 5384 - 5605
It has also been called into question whether the current records are correct on the mark itself. It is often described as being ... 1. "Rounded" and 2. "Angular/sharp-cut" But the same research group above has never once seen a true "rounded" version of this mark, and seriously doubt it even existed despite what Julian Toulouse and others may have "claimed." (Have you ever seen a "rounded" version of this mark?)
So if you have any "confirmed facts" you wish to add to this, please let me hear from you. And if you have truly "broken the code" for this mysterious mark, please be sure to share that with us as well.
Thanks a million.
SODAPOPBOB
Below is from Julian Toulouse's book (1971/72) "Bottle Makers and Their Marks." (It is being challenged as possibly being incorrect).
Does anyone have a (For Sure - Complete - Full - Absoloute) understanding of the GC bottle maker's mark that appears on the base of numerous acl soda bottles?
I personally have eight bottles with this mark. Some of which clearly have a double-digit date code. But the majority of them do not have the double-digit code. It is the non-double-digit codes I am interested in here.
GC stands for ...
Glass Containers, Inc., Los Angeles, Calif. - 1933 thru 1955
And
Glass Containers Corp., Fullerton, Calif. - 1956 and later
Important Note: It has already been determined (By an advanced bottle research group) that the four other numbers that always appear with the GC mark ( such as the below that are on my bottles) are not date related, but rather are mold and/or bottle type numbers. The mold/type numbers I have are ...
5491 - 5458 - 5433 - 3357 - 5410 - 5124 - 5384 - 5605
It has also been called into question whether the current records are correct on the mark itself. It is often described as being ... 1. "Rounded" and 2. "Angular/sharp-cut" But the same research group above has never once seen a true "rounded" version of this mark, and seriously doubt it even existed despite what Julian Toulouse and others may have "claimed." (Have you ever seen a "rounded" version of this mark?)
So if you have any "confirmed facts" you wish to add to this, please let me hear from you. And if you have truly "broken the code" for this mysterious mark, please be sure to share that with us as well.
Thanks a million.
SODAPOPBOB
Below is from Julian Toulouse's book (1971/72) "Bottle Makers and Their Marks." (It is being challenged as possibly being incorrect).