bottle-bud
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Bottle Finder

1956 and Sun-drop is being bottled by the Moore Brothers. Sun-drop was franchised by The Sun-drop Sales Corp. of St. Louis, Missouri. I have a lot of...

We’ll back up a little to 1943 and Moore Brothers are bottling Lucky Club. Lucky Club was franchised from the Lucky Club Co. of St. Louis, Missouri. ...

Very, very nice! Haven't seen that one before.

Here's a nifty little ad I found in the June 28, 1865 Atchison Daily Champion newspaper. Super bottle you got there!

That's a nice assortment you got there. Some of the bottles are hard to read so if you could describe them a bit that would be cool! (bottling co,...

Looks like a shoe polish bottle to me!

Thanks guys! Maybe the next time one of the Ackerman hutches come up for sale I'll get lucky.

Wow! Quite a story, I am fairly new to the forum and this is the first I have seen of this thread. I read all 20 pages and it was very interesting....

Thanks for the nice comments guys! I do not believe I have enough qualifications to create a book or guide for St. Louis bottles, just enough for...

Thanks shotdwn!

Ok, we move on to 1919 and Union Soda Water Co. is bottling Ward’s Orange Crush. I believe Union is the first bottling company in St. Louis to bottle...

Thanks iggy. Wow, how many bottling plants? I do, believe it or not have a data base that includes bottling companies addresses and years in service....

Thank You for the nice compliment shotdwn

I find while researching different local bottling operations that there are a lot of twist and turns which at times can be quite confusing yet...

Nice collection of Teem bottles you have there iggy. I had a few Teems in my collection years ago before I downsized, but I know I did not have any...

Thank You HouTxSoda!

Here is one of my favorites in a 7 ounce. Speed-O

The third edition of a book entitled Collecting ACL soda bottles lists a Dandy bottle with the same color combination as yours as being very rare....

Looks like a Polly bottle to me. You have a nice collection of green glass bottles for sure!

Well I like just about any St. Louis marked bottles, but here are my favorite avian bottles and one featuring a beehive. All quarts from the mid...