Acme Carbonated Water Company Bottle - Toronto Ont

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another find from an antique store , came across this bottle and hadn't seen one before and store didn't want much for it . though it was interesting and recalled seeing a listing in the book a for an acme bottle from Toronto .


there is a listing in book for Acme carbonated beverages 1937-39 and Acme Carbonated water co 1940-1952 , I though it looked a bit older than the 40's but that seems to be when it was used based on the book .

don't recall ever seeing this bottle before , its a plain 7 oz clear bottle with no markings but company name is huge in fancy lettering " acme carbonated water company "

I couldn't really find any other info on the company or bottle online or in other books . I did read that the name " acme " was commonly used by many businesses as a trick to appear first in telephone book listings , which was why acme was used so much on different things

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Cool! I've definitely never seen one of those before. The script writing isn't something I see on Canadian bottles very much.
 

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Cool! I've definitely never seen one of those before. The script writing isn't something I see on Canadian bottles very much.


its definitely a Canadian bottle and somewhat unusual , I hadn't seen one before either which was partly why I bought it .

there is a book on Toronto soda water bottles , it might have more info on it but I don't have a copy , i'm not sure where else there would be any other info on it
 

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Nice Script on it....is there any markings at all for date codes?
 

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Nice Script on it....is there any markings at all for date codes?


not any other markings on the bottle , my book gives a date of between late 1930's till early 50's , as when company appears to have operated although I have seen very little if anything from them before which seems odd If they operated for over 10 years in Toronto ?
 

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Dr. Dean Axelson's book on Toronto Embossed & Etched Bottles says this about Acme Carbonated Water Company; " This company is not listed in the registries but had to be in business in the early 1900's. The company was located at 1 Lippincott St. in Toronto."

He shows one photo of a 7 oz. bottle like yours. It was machine made, clear crown top 2 1/4 ' wide base, 7 11/16" high. Not a great value but interesting.

He also lists 3 siphon bottles from this company.
 

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Nice!....I like bottles that have a little somthing to look at on the back!
 

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