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morbious_fod

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Krogers, the grocery store chain, own Latonia Club Ginger Ale from around 1931.

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WOW, this is going on 8 years now!! I'd love to see your wall or barn full now. Have you a recent picture.
I only have a Caswell & Hazzard New York Ginger Ale round bottom that I probably mentioned and you probably already have.
It's probably not worth the shipping cost though.[:D][:D]
 

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1939 Clicquot Club golden ginger ale possibly from a pepsi bottler by the style of the labels. No town name or bottling company embossed on the bottle.

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Ginger Ale collector I admire your gumption, but I think you are mildly insane for trying to collect the most popular soda flavor, Ginger Ale; however, you should have one heck of a collection when, more like if, you ever complete it. Good Luck sir!
 

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Hi Leon,

I don't collect ginger ale soda cans and I don't see too much about soda cans in this forum, in fact nothing. But there is an interesting story about the one you have posted. Clicquot Club Ginger Ale Company started up in 1881 or so and were innovators for a lot of marketing and advertising. For example, they were the first nationally advertised soda brand on the radio (1925 I think). They also were the first soda company to try putting up their soda in cans. 1938 to be exact, 100,000 cases of them! Your can is 1938 and this site will tell you more here: http://www.gono.com/history/softdrink.htm and here: http://www.gono.com/museum2003/cone%20top%20soda%20cans/cone%20top%20soda%20cans.htm In mint condition they can go for a high price!

There's also a Can Collector's Club here: http://www.canogram.com/

Thanks for posting the ginger ale item.

Ken
 

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Ginger Ale collector I admire your gumption, but I think you are mildly insane for trying to collect the most popular soda flavor, Ginger Ale; however, you should have one heck of a collection when, more like if, you ever complete it. Good Luck sir!

Hello morbious_fod,

Gumption may not be the right word. You were pretty close with mildly insane but perhaps lunacy would be more apt? When I first started this about 28 years ago, I had no idea that ginger ale was invented in 1852 in Ireland and that ever since folks have been putting it up in bottles. Stoneware even! 900 bottles later, I realized it was impossible. In 1900, there were at least 2,800 known bottling firms in the US, and every one of them made ginger ale. Do the math!

I'll try to catch up with your posts of the backwoods Virginia ginger ale, and as you might guess, I'm familiar with most of them. In the meantime, here's a view of the collection (part of it anyway).


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Does any body know anything about an embossed Peerless Ginger Ale Co. S.F. bottle? I found it in a California lake and believe it is rare. It has a 3 piece seam, crown top, and 8" tall. They went out of business in 1905.

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morbious_fod I can give you some history on your Frankies ginger ale bottles. The owner of the bottling plant in Roanoke was A. M Frankie he was a family friend on my mothers side. MR. Frankie was an Italian immigrant, started the bottling business in the 1930's. He also bottled Orange Crush, Masons Root Beer among other flavors. He went out of business in 1969. I worked for him in 1965 & 66, loading the bottle washer and other things. .Your bottles are post WWII into the late 1950's lcaryswva
 

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