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[attachment=IMG_5524_opt.jpg] I picked up this beautiful ACL bottle for my collection the other day. The name on the soda is "A Kick". It is in such excellent condition that to look at it you can hardly believe it is over 70 years old. On the reverse it indicates it was produced by Everett Bottling Company of Everett, Wa. I'm sure the logo would appeal to many people with the images of kicking football players and a large somewhat balloon shaped football.
This bottle is a perfect example of why I enjoy collecting ACL's so much. I can find almost nothing about this bottle online and yet just 70 years or so ago there were employees who went to work everyday to produce this brand. There would have been advertisements, distribution channels and probably people who regularly bought "A Kick" soda pop. Now, probably almost everyone who worked for the company has passed. If Everett Bottling Company still exists it must have undergone a name change since I can't locate it online. Collector bottles like this remain as the only evidence that this entire enterprise ever happened. I look at each bottle in my collection the same way - you can imagine a story behind every one.
 

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wavey,Between the two versions, yours is the most difficult to find, although neither are all that easy.Nice find! ~bottlingco
 

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The earliest date I can find for Everett Bottling Works is 1905 (But it might have been founded earlier). I have seen references where they produced Hutchinson bottles, which would have preceded their Crown bottles. A. E. Kick's first name was Alexander and he was born in Wisconsin in 1883 [ Attachments ] 1. KICK'S deco style bottle ~ Everett Bottling Works ~ Owens-Illinois Glass Company ~ 1945 https://www.etsy.com/listing/170410253/1940s-kicks-soda-bottle-clear-glass 2. This newspaper article ties in with what you said in your opening synopsis about hard working employees ... From ... The Labor Journal ~ Everett, Washington ~ June 9, 1911
 

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Clarification ... I'm not certain when Everett Bottling Works changed the name to "Company" Nor am I certain if the EB on the base of the 1945 Kick's deco bottle refers to Everett Bottling "Works" or "Company"
 

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Is that a C.O. for COMPANY I see on the base of the 1945 Kick's bottle?
 

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Thanks for everyone's replies and especially to SodaPopBob for your info. I get a kick (pun intended) out of the fact that the company president was able to use the football theme to give the soda a sporting image while at the same time kind of naming the brand after himself.
 

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wavey Your bottle should have a date code on it - check the base for two-digit numbers - you mentioned "70 years" which would be around 1945 - but I'm guessing early 1950s ???
 

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The bottom of the bottle shows an S, then an angular G with and C intertwined (G over the C), then a 1.Further down are four numbers 5044, then below that a single 1. I was guessing that it was a mid forties bottle but it certainly could be from the 1950's.
 

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