iggyworf
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Here we go again with another strange 7up bottle. Some of you may know I collect 7up's. I would like to show another one.
This 7up bottle has a very different variation. This one deals with the position of the 7 bubbles on the shield. First notice the common position of the arrangement of bubbles. From left side to right side, 2 bubbles then in the middle 2 bubbles then on the right side 3 bubbles. This is the typical arrangement of bubbles for '7 bubble' bottles.
Next to it is pictured the odd bottle I just recently got. Notice the arrangement. Left side 3 bubbles, middle 1 bubble, right side 3 bubbles. Now this is not an '8 bubble' with the bottom middle bubble missing. The swimsuit girl has 7 bubbles above her arms. The 8 bubble swimsuit girl always had 8 bubbles above her arms.
I have seen one other bottle like this about a year ago but was unable to purchase it. And that one was is much better shape than the one I have now. That and this one are the only ones I have ever seen. Mine is from L.A. California. Not sure of the bottler as that portion of the ACL is missing. My bottle is an Owens Illinois from 1941. The plant code # is 23, which is L.A. but according to some charts they didn't bottle anything until 1949, so that is a little confusing. But the date code is a 1 with a period after it.
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(not sure why yet but I put pics side by side and when I posted finished post it put the pics all aligned under each other)??
This 7up bottle has a very different variation. This one deals with the position of the 7 bubbles on the shield. First notice the common position of the arrangement of bubbles. From left side to right side, 2 bubbles then in the middle 2 bubbles then on the right side 3 bubbles. This is the typical arrangement of bubbles for '7 bubble' bottles.
Next to it is pictured the odd bottle I just recently got. Notice the arrangement. Left side 3 bubbles, middle 1 bubble, right side 3 bubbles. Now this is not an '8 bubble' with the bottom middle bubble missing. The swimsuit girl has 7 bubbles above her arms. The 8 bubble swimsuit girl always had 8 bubbles above her arms.
I have seen one other bottle like this about a year ago but was unable to purchase it. And that one was is much better shape than the one I have now. That and this one are the only ones I have ever seen. Mine is from L.A. California. Not sure of the bottler as that portion of the ACL is missing. My bottle is an Owens Illinois from 1941. The plant code # is 23, which is L.A. but according to some charts they didn't bottle anything until 1949, so that is a little confusing. But the date code is a 1 with a period after it.
more pics
(not sure why yet but I put pics side by side and when I posted finished post it put the pics all aligned under each other)??
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