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    Picked up a few Acl's & Cokes

    Picked up a few Acl's & Cokes . Heres some of the better ones I haven't cleaned the rest yet. The Orange Crush is larger than any I have seen. It is from Mexico dated 1955 . Note the raised Crushie Men all around the upper part. The High Rock is a different style than I have seen and the...
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    Anyone know what this strange looking Drugstore bottle is ?

    I have posted a few Soda's in the Soda forum that came out of the attic of an old Drugstore. These meds were also in it. All of them are ground top with stoppers and the name of what was in them on the front in raised block letters. But the one with the ground top and a two way glass line (it...
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    HERE'S A FEW OF THE ATTIC BOTTLES CLEANED

    Here's a few more of the bottles out of the old store cleaned. There was around 100-125 total bottles in the attic a mix of Soda , Meds, Whiskey etc. The building was built appx 1880's and had a Drugstore 1st then a Grocery store and in the 40's-50's a Barber Shop and up until today a Law...
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    ACL Steamboat Bottle Cleaned + history

    Here is the Steamboat bottle after getting all the attic dust etc off it. It came out top shelf minty which is great. I do not have a lot of history on it but it is one of the rarer West Tn ACL's that I know of. I know one sold at the Memphis Bottle show auction several years ago early 2000's...
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    Found a Rare Memphis Tn "Steamboat" ACL Today

    I think I have looked for one of these for 30 + years and yes today one came out of the attic of a old drugstore.I have not cleaned it still has attic dust etc on and in but looks like it should turn out minty. This is suppose to be one of Tn's hardest to get ACL's I have no idea as to value but...
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    Picked up a scarce colored Chase and a Coke ACL product today

    I bought out a old Cotton Gin office this morning. It was full of Sodas just mainly avg stuff. But did pull two 5 gallon buckets of keepers out of it. Here is one that is scarce (it is here I have seen 2-3 over 30 + years may be more common somewhere else) a bright almost Apple Green Chase with...
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    1860's-70's Stoneware Beer Soda anyone know what the letters are ?

    This just came out of the attic of a mid 1800's era house. It's stoneware 12 sided appx Qt Size and I think made by Merrill Pottery In Akron Oh. I have one almost like it I picked up several years ago it is a Diehl & Lord from Nashville Tenn. This only has the three stamped in letters (I put a...
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    Dug a lot of bottles out of these but never expected to own one my Christmas present

    I have dug a train load of bottles out of old privies over the last 30 + years but never thought I would own one. This was behind a local old house and I just had to have it so I bought it for myself for Christmas ! It was built by the WPA in 1932 here they built 128 in our county and as far as...
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    Chase Soda Collection

    Here are all the different styles of Chase I have found over the last 30 or so years. The rarest is the almost teal blue ACL from Dyersburg Tn , then the 2 Chase Specials with paneled bodies then the small 7 oz solid one color red and white ones. All are from West Tn .
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    Pop Cola Collection

    Here's some Pop Colas I have found from West Tn. I have put together 15 different styles from 6 - 12 oz. The solid white and yellow colored ones are WW2 Dated 1942 -1944. There is also a paper label one with pop cola on each upper side embossed and a slick front where the label went. There may...
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    Dug a nice local Soda yesterday

    Yesterday was nice so I got out and did a little digging behind a toc house. I found a nice fill that went down about three feet and dug it out. It was full of mainly meds and most were just plain. But at the bottom of the fill was the remains of several tin cans. As I began to dig through them...
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    Unusual Mil Kay Bottle

    [attachment=M1.jpg] Sorry I haven't posted much lately but have been really busy. I do wish all a Merry Christmas ! I have bought a lot of bottles lately and will post some as soon as I can. Today I bought some out of a old store mainly commoners but one jumped out at me. It is a 8 3/4 oz Mil...
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    Long Tom Bottle & Cannon

    Couple of neat pickups that go together. I found the bottle in a bunch that I bought out of a old store back a few weeks ago. Yesterday at sale I bought the cannon. The toy cannon is 18" long and dates to 30's-40's era the bottle is 60's era. We used a French made 155 mm in WW1 and our own...
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    Picked up 2 Good Sodas today Ky & Tn

    I got two nice Soda's from a local estate this morning the 1st is a large 12" Blob Soda with the following embossed on it " TO RETAIN THIS BOTTLE FROM A.M.LEAVISON PADUCAH KY SUBJECTS YOU TO PROSECUTION " I have only seen something like that on one other bottle the so called Prison Dr Pepper ...
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    Unusual Orange Crush 7 Chero Pickups

    Picked up a few bottles yesterday that was found under a old building. Here's some of them the best are a Dyersburg Tenn Embossed NuGrape (never seen one from there) Also a Orange Crush from Memphis that must have been a flavor bottle. And a scarce Jackson Tenn slug plated Chero. Also got a few...
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    Bought these this morning not as old as I like but cheap

    Got a call from someone who had old bottles. Must say not as old as I like most are dated 1972 on bottom. I got these and about 3 more cases of mixed for $20 so not a bad buy. I did get a Memphis amber Coke also for $20 so it was worth the trip.
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    Dixie Pepsi Cola Bottle Nashville Tn

    Here's a neat bottle I picked up with all the other bottles last week. Dixie bottling works Nashville Tenn Pepsi Cola. Both sides are embossed Dixie also the bottom with Dixie and Nashville Tenn. The paper label is somewhat faded but still readable.
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    Few pickups large size Soda's

    Here's a few large Qt size bottles I got out of a old store I bought a couple of weeks back. It was packed with bottles of all types it had closed in late 60's . The one on far left is a new one on me "Oh Boy" with what looks like the White House on it strange it's local Memphis Tenn. The New...
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    Wonder how this would taste "Taco Soda"

    Here's one I got out of a local estate a few weeks back "Taco" put out by the Taco Beverage company . 1950's era 1st I have seen man it sounds bad I just can't imagine a Taco Soda ! Had to be a Orange Grape flavor etc not a Taco for sure.
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    2 Rare ACL's anyone seen these

    Picked up these two out of a local estate last week. Both are minty and 16 oz code dated 1942 and 1941 . They are two different styles one has the name High Rock and Ginger Ale embossed on heel edge and the other doesn't. One has a ACl on rear and the other is blank. I saw a bad faded one...

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