BIG CHIEF SODA BOTTLES ~ EARLIEST & LATEST ~ EMBOSSED & ACLs

This is a work in progress which I will be adding to as time goes by. I encourage contributions because my collection of Big Chief's is limited and I will need help from other members to fill in a lot of gaps, especially with the non-acl embossed Big Chief's which I do not have as I currently only collect the acls. The primary focus of this thread will be to try and determine and show pictures of the earliest (and possibly first ever) Big Chief bottle as well as the latest (and possibly last) one ever produced. Pictures from any source, including eBay, etc; are totally welcomed just as long as there is a date associated with it that will allow us to establish a production date. To my knowledge there has never been an extensive study about Big Chief's and with as many members as possible contributing to this thread, it could turn out to be fun as well as the "go-to" site for Big Chief collectors and enthusiast. So if you have a Big Chief bottle you'd like to share with the world, (embossed or acl) please post a picture of it and tell us ... 1. Where it was produced?2. When it was produced?3. Which glass company made it? The majority (if not all of them) should be marked with "Coca Cola Company." But a non-Coca Cola would be of particular interest (if one even exist). All of mine are Coca Cola's. Don't worry about trying to keep them in any form of a chronological date order, we'll figure that out later. I hope this turns out to be a fun thread - all members are invited to participate. I'll start things off with ... 1. Bottle ~ Mason City, Iowa ~ Owens-Illinois ~ Duraglas ~ 7 <(I)> 53 (1953)2. Newspaper article ~ The Mason City Globe-Gazette ~ Iowa ~ April 28, 1931 (I will be posting as many Big Chief articles and ads as I can find)

Reminder ... Just because a lot of the earlier, embossed Big Chief bottles have patent dates on them, such as 1925, that doesn't necessarily indicate when they were "produced/issued/distributed" Part of what I'm hoping to establish here is the earliest date-marked Big Chief bottle.

The earliest acl Big Chief in my collection is this one ... 1. Florence, Colorado ~ Coca Cola Bottling Company2. Owens-Illinois ~ 9 <(I)> 1. ~ (1941) Can anyone beat this with an earlier acl?

I forgot to post this keen ad with my Mason City, Iowa bottle ... The Mason City Globe-Gazette ~ Iowa ~ July 31, 1931

Anything related to Big Chief is okay - just as long as we have a date. When all is said and done I will try and organize everything into chronological order. But for now it's a total free-for-all! Root Beer Stand ~ Kansas City, Missouri ~ 1933

I couldn't get that great of pics because it has a lot of wear from being in the ground. around top of logo: MARQUETTE BOTTLWORKS MARQUETTE,MICH directly under the chief's head: KAW-BAW-CAM band below that: THE CHIEF OF ALL BEVERAGES BOTTOM: large M in the center CONTENTS 7 FL. OZ directly above the M is a 1. or I. below M is: 9 <I> 47 IT HAS THE OLD OWENS ILLINOIS MARK. The 4 is a little above the 7. One interesting thin I noticed about the embossed bottles is that the chiefs have different names in different areas of the country.Need anymore info just ask.Lisa[attachment=big chief 004.JPG] [attachment=big chief 002.JPG][attachment=big chief 005.JPG]

That's awesome!

Forgot a pic.

Lisa Extremely cool bottle and one I've never even seen a picture of - that's the sort of thing I'm talkin' about. As near as I can determine, the earliest embossed Big Chief's were like the ROOT patent below except that somewhere along the line they added the image of an Indian to them. The December 29, 1925 patent date is likely to be on a lot of the earlier Big Chief's. But, as I mentioned earlier, the patent date isn't necessarily when they were produced.

Bob, what you are asking might be a tall order. I did a quick search, and these bottles and memorabilia proliferate on the web. eBay is full of them, and you have posted about them on here and TreasureNet (at least, I assume SODABOTTLESBOB is you on there). And there is also this website about them. I think there might just be too much information.