Trying to date an ACL Brownie Club soda bottle (Providence, RI).

[SODABOB]

FBT

Thanks

Even though there is still a bit of controversy about the accuracy of the Glenshaw codes, the O = 1943 is close enough for now. No one, including myself, has been able to decipher all of the number codes. The RC bottle I just acquired has a GI on one side - which is possibly for 1937 - and 83 on the other side - which doesn't jive with anything I am aware of. Check out this forum thread for some additional information about Brownie Club soda bottles.

https://www.antique-bottles.net/threads/brownie-club-beverages-search-for-a-1934-acl.560955/

Bob

 

[RIBottleguy]

Hey Tim,
This is a fairly common RI ACL, there are a lot of variants of them out there. I agree with the 1943 date.

 

[FreeBirdTim]

Thanks, Taylor! Glad to hear it's not rare, since it's in pretty rough shape. I did find another Yacht Club deco at that dump, so I'm still finding some good bottles there.

 

[hemihampton]

The Soda Book called it rare but since Taylor specializes in Rhode Island Bottles I'm sure he'll know more about it. Leon.

 

[FreeBirdTim]

Probably semi-common would be the best way to classify the bottle. First one I've ever dug, but I'm not a hardcore bottle dump guy like Taylor. I spend most of my time metal detecting. Thanks for your input.