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jblaylock

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In between collecting Pepsi's, I've started picking up other Kentucky based soda bottles when the price is right, or if I have a connection to the place it's from. I thought I'd start a running thread of my bottles and hopefully some of you can give me your insight and share your KY soda bottles too. My Kentucky Pepsi Collection
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My John G. Epping Collection. More info can be found HERE
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1946 Smith's Quality Beverages, Harlan KY. I'm from Harlan County so I had to pick this one up.
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Wallins Bottling Works, Wallins Creek KY. This is from the small coal camp town I lived in. More Info
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Wainscott's, Winchester KY. Maker of the popular KY Beverage Ale-8-One.
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H.C. Catron Steam Bottling Works, Junction City KY. (small town outside of Danville KY)I love this purple tinted bottle, one of my favorites
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Danville Bottling Works, Danville KY
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RC Cola: LEFT-Louisville KY RIGHT-Danville KY
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Nu-Icy & Cocoa Shake, Richmond KY (where I live now)Never heard of Cocoa Shake, seems like a knock-off
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Cumberland Valley Beverages & Day's Sparkling Beverages, Corbin KY
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Green River, Prestonsburg KY
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Sinalco, Lexington KY. More Info
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Kentucky's Orange, Lexington KY
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I think that's all for now, hope you enjoy. I'd love to see other soda bottles from KY from other members.
 

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Beautiful collection! Do you have all your locals? Your collecting goals are similar to mine. I collect the local bottles, hometown or where I have a connection , although I keep other towns near me. They end up being sold or traded later.
 

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Some excellent pieces, Jblaylock. Creek Walker, I don't think anyone will ever have all the locals. Just known ones.
 

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Excellent! Love the Pepsi's, since I also collect Pepsi. Like the shape of the Sinalco's. Sorry i don't have anything from Ky. But still keeping my eye out for a reverse swirl for you. Thanx for sharing!
 

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Nice bottles, I especially like the Cumberland valley acl. I went to the Cumberland falls once, beautiful scenery.
 

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Here's an ACL soda from Louisville, KY: Spring Bank Beverages dated 1942 with a nice Indian picture on the front. I think this one's a pretty hard one to find. Nice collection by the way![attachment=IMG_1554.JPG][attachment=IMG_1552.JPG]
 

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westKYdigger

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Here's a shout out from the other end of the state
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Pop Kola & Pepsol ACL's from Murray, Dr. Wells ACL from Fulton, Riverside ACL from Hickman, Art Deco from Mayfield. Others are as embossed.
 

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I love some of the embossed ones as well as the River Side, but was Dr. Wells a National brand? I am 90% certain my town had a product here by that name and a near-identical bottle (if not identical.) The W. B. Reid is superb in its embossing.
 

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Bingo: I photographed a private-collection of Muskegon bottles, and here are two variants.No need to answer my above question... LOL.
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The Murray Bottling Works... it looks like a seam is directly down the front over the embossing??
 

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I believe a lot of small town bottlers could not afford to sell Coke or Pepsi, so licensed brands like Dr Wells to compete with the bigger city companies. They would buy the syrup from the national company. The bottler in Murray had several national/regional brands like nu-grape & used a generic bottle from the nu-grape company. So it is very difficult to prove provenance, even though the local bottler advertised selling it.Tim
 

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