I've come to the realization that I never posted MY OWN favorite soda bottle! I have quite a few soda bottles that are near and dear to my heart, but I would say I could narrow it down to two bottles. The first is an extremely rare Cactus design Dr. Pepper Bottling Co bottle made by the Three Rivers Glass Co for Nacogdoches, TX. It's sad its in the condition it's in, but like they say, "you don't have one till you have one!" My other favorite is in the middle of these bottles, it's referred to as a "Circle In Grid" variety. These bottles are pretty common in general, but finding one with a 3 Rivers* mark is very rare, and having Seguin, Texas on the bottom makes it even rarer. Such an odd but neat design, we know it held an orange soda. The other bottles in the picture are a Julep and an Orange Crush marked Jennings, LA, both 3 Rivers* bottles. View attachment 180201View attachment 180202
My info is limited...but there seems to be about 3-4 variations, the "Here's How" slogan appeared around 1929 in newsprint ads....3 Rivers closed in 37. I would suspect there are several city bottles out there. A fellow collector has two not marked 3 Rivers...one has no city the other has Gulfport Miss. Another thing is mine seems to be a new variant as the H's are lower case h's on the "here's how".
WOW What would that Cactus Dr. Pepper be worth complete?
Eastland Texas , Coca-Cola bottling co.I'm very new to this forum and have not seen much discussion I can engage in so I thought this would be a good idea. Post your favorite Texas soda bottle here! Being from Three Rivers, Texas, my collection mostly consists of 3 Rivers* bottles. However, Three Rivers or not, I'd like to see and learn about some other great Texas soda bottles! Will be posting a favorite soon.