8 bubbles - 7up

iggyworf · Mar 13, 2014

[style="font-size: 11pt;"]Got this 8 bubble 7up last weekend. The red is worn off of it but the white is still pretty good. It seems like the red always wears off first of 7up bottles like this. Looking at the bottom, would that be from 1931? A number 1 to the right of the owens illinois mark? These aren't much more valuable than 7 bubbles of the same ilk are they? I've only came across 3 others on flee bay from 13 to 27$ but no takers.[/style][style="font-size: 11pt;"]Bonus is that its from my home state of Mi. Thanx for lookin![/style]

zecritr · Mar 13, 2014

Cool,they are supposed to be rarer so .....i would rather have one of these than a 7 so

SODAPOPBOB · Mar 13, 2014

iggy Because it has Duraglas on it, which was a glass hardening process introduced around 1940, the date is 1941. 9 <(I)> 1 w/Duraglas = Made in Streator, Illinois / By Owens-Illinois Glass Company / In 1941 Here's a link to everything you ever wanted to know about 7up bottles ... http://www.sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/blockhart_7upbottlers.pdf

SODAPOPBOB · Mar 13, 2014

P.S. The transition from eight bubbles to seven bubbles generally began around 1938. So an eight-bubble bottle from 1941 is kind of a late bloomer.

SODAPOPBOB · Mar 13, 2014

Here's a picture of the earliest known acl 7up bottle, dated 1935 (No bubbles). In 1936 they changed to the swimsuit-girl / eight-bubble label.

SODAPOPBOB · Mar 13, 2014

Correction / Clarification ... There was actually a swimsuit/eight-bubble label as early as 1935, but they were amber colored glass as seen in this example from San Diego, California. San Diego was the only city that produced the slim version, with the squat versions originating from various other cities and states.

SODAPOPBOB · Mar 13, 2014

Here's a chart for a reference regarding the amber bottles - plus a squat variation ... (Even though the chart indicates 1936 as the earliest, there have been some 1935s found since the chart was created)

SODAPOPBOB · Mar 13, 2014

Lastly ... Here's a lineup of early 7up bottles, a couple of which have the red paint missing but otherwise are in near-mint condition ...

iggyworf · Mar 13, 2014

Thanx you guys. And thanx for all the good info Bob. My 7up collection has grown to over 70 bottles now.

SODAPOPBOB · Mar 14, 2014

Just for the record ... When the 7up chart was created it shows the latest date for the amber versions as being around 1939, which was the stubby style. Pictured here is a 1944 stubby which is the latest one I am aware of and is from Houston, Texas. This is the same bottle I posted a picture of earlier but this time accompanied with the base to show the 4 for 1944. Notice there is no Duraglas . If you are thinking it might be a 1934 and not a 1944, I have wondered the same thing but could never find confirmation of a 7up ACL bottle being produced that early.

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