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Straight Sided Coca Cola Bottles From Minnesota?

According to Bill Porters Coke Bottle Checklist (3rd edition), no straight sided Coca-Cola's exist from Minnisota. Looks like you found a rare bottle! Edit: Font ---> Default
- Tampa_Ken
- Post #2
- Oct 13, 2014
- Forum: Sodas - Embossed, Paper Label and ACLs.
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SHOW YOUR FAVORITE HUTCH!!!

Tampa had a population of around 16,000 around the turn of the century. I was told that the Florida Brewing Co. (First brewery in Florida) was somehow told they could not use the Gator logo so they reverted to their standard slug plate version. These are very common today. If this is in deed...
- Tampa_Ken
- Post #214
- Oct 9, 2014
- Forum: General Chat About Bottles
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SHOW YOUR FAVORITE HUTCH!!!

Correct, there was also a Baltimore Loop Seal with the identical slug plate. There are actually 2 slug plate variants to this bottle. Very miner: one has a Dot after TAMPA and the other has a Comma. The gator's snoot is slightly different looking as well. All very scarce especially in mint...
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- Post #212
- Oct 9, 2014
- Forum: General Chat About Bottles
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SHOW YOUR FAVORITE HUTCH!!!

Here is one of the few pictorial Hutch's to come out of Florida. A little Gator sitting on a log. FLA. BREW'G. CO / TAMPA, FLA. And no it was not filled with beer, the Brewery also had a soda bottling works.
- Tampa_Ken
- Post #208
- Oct 9, 2014
- Forum: General Chat About Bottles
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Hi fellow bottle collectors

I’m new to this site and I’m excited to be able to learn more about this hobby from all your experts. I am also happy that I can now contribute my Florida soda bottle knowledge. I basically collect Embossed soda bottles from West Central Florida, from Tampa to Ocala over to Leesburg and all...
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- Oct 1, 2014
- Replies: 4
- Forum: General Chat