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In the past few years I've started a small collection of cobalt blue glass just because I've loved it since I was a kid. I just realized that I don't have a Vicks VapoRub jar which our family went through many of back then. I started looking on eBay and see several styles from different eras. I'd be interested in getting a general idea of the age of these, and maybe others can post pics of their jars. Also, if anyone has been able to date them from the embossing on the bottom of the jar.

One other thought came to mind. The Vicks throat lozenges were triangular, back then at least.

The three styles (seemingly oldest first) See attached pictures.
- Old green label, old-time red lid. Mid-late 40’s? early 50’s?
- Green label, white and red lid - late 40’s to late 50’s?
- White Label, green lid. 60’s – 70’s typeface

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Welcome to the forum! If you want unlabeled Vicks jars you could probably find loads of them in the woods. If there's one thing that every single 1950s dump has, at least around here, it's those little blue jars. Apparently the stuff dates back over a hundred years but I never see them in dumps that predate the 1930s, maybe it hadn't made it to Canada yet at that point. I think the base embossing on ours is different as well, never seen the top or bottom ones you posted, just the middle one or unembossed.
 

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I have one Vicks, which isn't a jar, but more like a small bottle. It came from a 20's dump. I'll have to find it.
 

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Thanks for the replies. I'm not really a bottle collector per se, I only want to have a couple for sentimental reasons. I'll probably just grab two or three of the ones on eBay. It's interesting to see the older ones, which I was not familiar with at all.
 
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The ones with the concentric triangles on the base I have found as far back as in the 1920's. Definitely the earliest one.
 

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In the past few years I've started a small collection of cobalt blue glass just because I've loved it since I was a kid. I just realized that I don't have a Vicks VapoRub jar which our family went through many of back then. I started looking on eBay and see several styles from different eras. I'd be interested in getting a general idea of the age of these, and maybe others can post pics of their jars. Also, if anyone has been able to date them from the embossing on the bottom of the jar.

One other thought came to mind. The Vicks throat lozenges were triangular, back then at least.

The three styles (seemingly oldest first) See attached pictures.
- Old green label, old-time red lid. Mid-late 40’s? early 50’s?
- Green label, white and red lid - late 40’s to late 50’s?
- White Label, green lid. 60’s – 70’s typeface

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My collection of colbalt
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE COLBALT blue lol I got tons of vapers rub if you want some.
 

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View attachment 203722 My collection of colbalt
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE COLBALT blue lol I got tons of vapers rub if you want some.
Wow - that looks awesome. My mother-in-law also likes cobalt glass and all over her garden she has 3-4ft. poles with blue Bud LIght (I think) bottles upside-down on them. Looks great!
 

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