SODAPOPBOB
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1. It would be interesting to know what the Makers Mark is on the amber 7up bottle with The Howdy Company paper label.
2. I've seen those 7up bottles with the underline and thought the same thing about a possible connection to my Tyler Brothers bottle, but I haven't been able to make total sense of it yet.
3. Because I/we are entering uncharted waters with your 29S6 bottle and the distinct possibility that its a 1929 bottle with what should be a circa 1935-36 7up ACL label, I would like to go on record and say that my continuation into this is based entirely on Bill Lockhart's findings in that he claims the following, which I scanned from his article about the American Bottling Company that I posted a link to earlier. If Bill Lockhart is correct about the American Bottle Company marks 16S through 29S, and your bottle has the same or similar marks, then those so called uncharted waters might now be on an entirely new course that has never been entered before.
Furthermore, if the 29S6 mark does stand for 1929, and we question what an apparent 1935-36 ACL label is doing on a 1929 bottle, then I feel we need to question just about every ACL ever produced and ask if those Makers Marks and date codes are accurate as well. As far as the "repurposing" of old bottles with new ACL labels goes, I feel that is an open topic that needs some additional research as well. Especially if we're talking about a possible repurposed bottle like the one in question with a possible six or seven year gap between 1929 and 1935-36.
Printed/Scanned/Saved from Bill Lockhart's article ...
1 of 4
2 of 4 ~ Bill doesn't show a picture of a 29S6 mark, but he does show this 16S-2 mark
And here's the amber 7up ACL bottle 29S6 mark for comparison
3 of 4 ~ Which is a continuation of 1 of 4
4 of 4
Notice the part where Bill Lockhart says ...
"These marks are found almost exclusively on Select-style soda bottles in emerald green and amber colors."
Also notice where he says ...
"Use of the mark extended into the first year of production (1930) of the new Owens-Illinois Glass Co."
He doesn't even hint at the possibility that the mark continued to be used as late as 1935-36
1. It would be interesting to know what the Makers Mark is on the amber 7up bottle with The Howdy Company paper label.
2. I've seen those 7up bottles with the underline and thought the same thing about a possible connection to my Tyler Brothers bottle, but I haven't been able to make total sense of it yet.
3. Because I/we are entering uncharted waters with your 29S6 bottle and the distinct possibility that its a 1929 bottle with what should be a circa 1935-36 7up ACL label, I would like to go on record and say that my continuation into this is based entirely on Bill Lockhart's findings in that he claims the following, which I scanned from his article about the American Bottling Company that I posted a link to earlier. If Bill Lockhart is correct about the American Bottle Company marks 16S through 29S, and your bottle has the same or similar marks, then those so called uncharted waters might now be on an entirely new course that has never been entered before.
Furthermore, if the 29S6 mark does stand for 1929, and we question what an apparent 1935-36 ACL label is doing on a 1929 bottle, then I feel we need to question just about every ACL ever produced and ask if those Makers Marks and date codes are accurate as well. As far as the "repurposing" of old bottles with new ACL labels goes, I feel that is an open topic that needs some additional research as well. Especially if we're talking about a possible repurposed bottle like the one in question with a possible six or seven year gap between 1929 and 1935-36.
Printed/Scanned/Saved from Bill Lockhart's article ...
1 of 4
2 of 4 ~ Bill doesn't show a picture of a 29S6 mark, but he does show this 16S-2 mark
And here's the amber 7up ACL bottle 29S6 mark for comparison
3 of 4 ~ Which is a continuation of 1 of 4
4 of 4
Notice the part where Bill Lockhart says ...
"These marks are found almost exclusively on Select-style soda bottles in emerald green and amber colors."
Also notice where he says ...
"Use of the mark extended into the first year of production (1930) of the new Owens-Illinois Glass Co."
He doesn't even hint at the possibility that the mark continued to be used as late as 1935-36
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