I have a 1925 Hawthorne directory which shows F W Tyson as bottler if your interested. email me at cokemanfla@hotmail.com and I'll send you a scan. Fredrick William Tyson bought the bottling business from a Mr Cowart in 1915.
There are several variants of the St Pete Straight . Porter's book doesn't show variants. Even though the center slug are the nicest looking the two variants of shoulder scrips are harder to find.
So, I was looking on line for any information on the old franchise of CROWN BOTTLING WORKS and could not find any history. The Crown Bottling Works existed as early as 1900 to the late 1920's or maybe a little later. From what I can gather , this was a Bottling franchise which was scattered...
Hi. I wrote to you a few months pass and have not seen a reply so I'm hoping you might of missed it. I am doing research on all the Coca Cola Bottling Companies in Florida which includes the Hawthorne plant . I'm sorry I don't have a bottle but I know there is one in the museum in Gainesville...