Canadacan
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After many years of having a few bottles from this company I had the chance to recently acquire what is probably their earliest bottle, at this time I don't know if it is generic...however I have not seen any other brands with this exact design... the base has the inverted triangle with a C for Consumers Glass co.
After researching the directories it looks as though the company started in 1926 and ran until 1954, and listed most of the time I L Erb as either the president or manager, except the last year 1954 E Godwell? was listed as pres. and Erb as the manager; the other name mentioned in the listings early on (1928) is W F Howell and is mentioned again in 1952 and listed as the Secretary-Treasurer
The company was located for the first year (1926) on 2280 Caboro Bay rd, and then from 1927 to 1935 at 625 David street. The last location from 1936-1954 was at 558-562 Johnson Street.
This is as accurate as I could be for this information as I am solely dependant upon the phone directories at this writing.
Left to right....the early 6.5 oz embossed 1920's-30's?... then the 30oz green glass ACL dated 1945....and then the two 6.5oz ACL's 1942 and the last 1947 is a variation on the 'Old English Beverages'... lettering moved closer together and overall bolder boarder and print. Sorry for the glare on the photos, taking pics at night is a real bugger!
After researching the directories it looks as though the company started in 1926 and ran until 1954, and listed most of the time I L Erb as either the president or manager, except the last year 1954 E Godwell? was listed as pres. and Erb as the manager; the other name mentioned in the listings early on (1928) is W F Howell and is mentioned again in 1952 and listed as the Secretary-Treasurer
The company was located for the first year (1926) on 2280 Caboro Bay rd, and then from 1927 to 1935 at 625 David street. The last location from 1936-1954 was at 558-562 Johnson Street.
This is as accurate as I could be for this information as I am solely dependant upon the phone directories at this writing.
Left to right....the early 6.5 oz embossed 1920's-30's?... then the 30oz green glass ACL dated 1945....and then the two 6.5oz ACL's 1942 and the last 1947 is a variation on the 'Old English Beverages'... lettering moved closer together and overall bolder boarder and print. Sorry for the glare on the photos, taking pics at night is a real bugger!
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