Canadacan
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It had recently been brought to my attention that there is another generation of Canadian RC bottles not too often found. At first when I heard of this I said to my friend, who has a complete carton with bottles...It must be American because we never had those bottles!.. but he insisted they were Canadian and have the Dominion glass mark. He was not positive but believed it may be a first generation bottle, I had nothing to go on because for one, I'd never seen one...except for USA versions, and two...I'd never really researched them before.
Fast forward to the last week, I was in our local shop and picked up a RC cola (first gen) in excellent condition, on the same shelf there was that diamond shape label RC bottle!...After examining it I could not tell if it was Canadian or US because it was so dirty, ...it was clear glass, unlike most US versions are green tinged,...but I decided to leave it behind.
Then on a whim Monday afternoon I decided to stop in and look at it again, and figured what the heck...it's a nice bottle and will clean up well, and if it turns out to be a US version...no big deal
Once I got it cleaned up I was able to identify the makers mark on the side as Dominion glass...very same type of marking is found on several of my Crush bottles....that little diamond is tiny, but it's there!
So in the last couple of days I was able to determine the diamond at the top with the bowtie crown design was used between 1967-1969...a pretty short time period really.
In the process of this research I came across an Canadian style label RC but this one did not have the Block lettering, but instead has the same updated style RC as on the diamond label....so it appears there is also a transition label!
Another note is the fact the early bottles have CAN. T.M. REG. .... the transition bottle appears to have the ® mark, and the diamond label also has the ® mark.
Three generations of RC bottles, dated 1965, 1968, 1978
First generation carton and bottles.
This is a 16oz first generation carton...note the absence of 'Cola'.... at this time I don't know if this was the standard color for the flavor bottles or if other colored cartons were made.
This was the flavor bottle with no 'Cola' on it, I have no doubt it became filled with cola over it's use.
Other flavors that I know of are Club soda, Ginger ale, Lemon-lime, Orange,...I'm sure there has to be a few more!
This needs little introduction...the second generation carton and bottles.
This is the suspected transition bottle.
A Canadian thermometer with the second gen bottle and the new RC logo.
An American ad for 1967 showing the second gen bottle for Canada and carton.
I'm unsure what generation this bottle was for the USA...4th..5th?
An American ad for 1969...again a bit of a transition as it has the second gen bottle but also the new logo.
And a favorite...my 1961 Canadian RC sign.
Fast forward to the last week, I was in our local shop and picked up a RC cola (first gen) in excellent condition, on the same shelf there was that diamond shape label RC bottle!...After examining it I could not tell if it was Canadian or US because it was so dirty, ...it was clear glass, unlike most US versions are green tinged,...but I decided to leave it behind.
Then on a whim Monday afternoon I decided to stop in and look at it again, and figured what the heck...it's a nice bottle and will clean up well, and if it turns out to be a US version...no big deal
Once I got it cleaned up I was able to identify the makers mark on the side as Dominion glass...very same type of marking is found on several of my Crush bottles....that little diamond is tiny, but it's there!
So in the last couple of days I was able to determine the diamond at the top with the bowtie crown design was used between 1967-1969...a pretty short time period really.
In the process of this research I came across an Canadian style label RC but this one did not have the Block lettering, but instead has the same updated style RC as on the diamond label....so it appears there is also a transition label!
Another note is the fact the early bottles have CAN. T.M. REG. .... the transition bottle appears to have the ® mark, and the diamond label also has the ® mark.
Three generations of RC bottles, dated 1965, 1968, 1978
First generation carton and bottles.
This is a 16oz first generation carton...note the absence of 'Cola'.... at this time I don't know if this was the standard color for the flavor bottles or if other colored cartons were made.
This was the flavor bottle with no 'Cola' on it, I have no doubt it became filled with cola over it's use.
Other flavors that I know of are Club soda, Ginger ale, Lemon-lime, Orange,...I'm sure there has to be a few more!
This needs little introduction...the second generation carton and bottles.
This is the suspected transition bottle.
A Canadian thermometer with the second gen bottle and the new RC logo.
An American ad for 1967 showing the second gen bottle for Canada and carton.
I'm unsure what generation this bottle was for the USA...4th..5th?
An American ad for 1969...again a bit of a transition as it has the second gen bottle but also the new logo.
And a favorite...my 1961 Canadian RC sign.
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