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This is the earliest reference to the "Mae West" bottle I have been able to find so far, from ...

The Glass Packer periodical - May 1945 - Volume 24 - Number 5

And in part says ...

At that it is a vast improvement over its predecessor, nicknamed the "Mae West." The Mae West is the industry's most classic example of how to incorporate every bad feature in a single jar; 112 per cent overweight, and it simply wouldn't stand upright on a conveyor belt.

https://goo.gl/JxUkZr


Note: I don't like these Google Book snippet views because you cannot open the entire page - at least I don't know how. If someone knows how, please do so and share it with us. Thanks

If nothing else, it at least gives us a "latest date" reference to work with. The way the article is worded, it sounds like they are quoting a previously used term and did not coin it themselves.

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Man-o-man, I must be losing it! I totally forgot about this that I posted ten days ago.


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P.S.

But even with that said, I'm back on the trail again and looking for an even earlier date than 1945, and hopefully the origin of the Mae West nickname.
 

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Talk about ambiguous connections ...

I just purchased this matchbook on eBay for $5.16 because ...

1. It has the image of Mae West on the inside.
2. "It Ain't No Sin" was a Mae West movie released in 1934.
3. The cover shows the drawing of a nude women inside of a bottle.
4. It was cheap - only $5.16
5. I haven't been able to precisely date it yet, but it "should" date prior to 1938.
6. Maybe its the origin of the first Mae West bottle reference.

Note: Because the cover might be considered R Rated, I am only posting portions of it. Here's the link if you want to see the entire cover ...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/182007525673?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

(I realize this is farfetched, but if nothing else it will serve as a little souvenir for this thread)

Mae West Matchbook Inside eBay Feb 2016.jpg

Mae West Matchbook eBay Feb 2016.jpg

Mae West Matchbook eBay Feb 2016 (3).jpg
 
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