Email a list of brands on your Birmingham sodas and I can tell you what's rare or not. We used to dig those 1920's Surprise sodas with the lion at the old Woodlawn dump where I-20 went through near the airport. I started collecting in Birmingham in 1969.
Dennis
A lot of soda bottles have the script name of the drink or initials of the bottler if not a brand name. The early soda crates were designed with false bottoms and holes so the bottles could be stored upside down. With the names on the bottom a route salesman could quickly see that he was picking...
I had one of these Christo's years ago and thought it pretty rare. I think it may be from Richmond where Christo-Cola and Ginger was manufactured by the Christian Brothers Manufacturing Co. The only rarer one is the half gallon fruit jar embossed Christo Ginger Ale that contained fountain syrup...
New Birmingham Soda History
I just completed two new soda history books. Each is 64 pages of soda history and illustrations. Cost is $15 postpaid purchased through this forum. I take PayPal at books@kolawars.com or payments by mail at P O Box 1913, Buffalo, NY 14225.
Kola Wars:Birmingham...
I just completed two new soda history books. Each is 64 pages of soda history and illustrations. Cost is $15 postpaid purchased through this forum. I take PayPal at books@kolawars.com or payments by mail at P O Box 1913, Buffalo, NY 14225.
Kola Wars:Atlanta
by Dennis Smith
For the first...
The bottle was shown to my friend but no price mentioned. My friend recognized the bottle and told the guy he was taking it to return to the rightful owner.
Dennis
Thanks to an alert Atlanta collector the bottle stolen at the Atlanta Bottle Show last month was recovered at a local Atlanta flea market. The guy who had the bottle at his booth "had no idea how it ended up in his box."
I appreciate all of the concern from friends and fellow collectors. The...
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I m travelling on vacation this week but can be reached by phone
Toll Free 1-866-840-9355.
Dennis Smith
P O Box 1913
Buffalo, NY 14225
celerycola@yahoo.com
Here's a picture of the stolen bottle
You can reach me by telephone
Toll Free 1-866-840-9355.
Please pass this on to anyone who may be approached to buy this bottle.
Thanks for your help.
Dennis Smith
P O Box 1913
Buffalo, NY 14225
celerycola@yahoo.com
Stolen Celery Cola Bottle Picture
Here's a picture of the label under glass of the stolen bottle
You can reach me by telephone
Toll Free 1-866-840-9355.
Please pass this on to anyone who may be approached to buy this bottle.
Thanks for your help.
Dennis Smith
P O Box 1913...
At the Atlanta Bottle Yesterday a bottle was stolen from a box under my table. It is a label-under-glass fountain syrup bottle approximately 12" tall. The blue label reads [/align] [/align]"Celery=Cola"[/align]"You'll Like It'[/align] [/align]I had the bottle with me to include in my exhibit at...