SODABOB
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I agree there are still a lot of unanswered questions, which I am trying to find answers to. But for now, a few reminders ...
1. The ACL labels were applied at the Owens-Illinois plant and not by the bottler
2. The new Bakersfield plant officially opened on June 13, 1939
(Which was two years prior to the known 1941 3-1-3 bottles)
3. Prior to 1939 , their "bottled goods came from another point"
(From Los Angeles or San Bernadino to a Bakersfield warehouse ?)
4. After the Bakersfield plant opened in 1939 they obviously started bottling their own goods
Questions:
If the known 3-1-3 bottles are dated 1941 ...
1. I wonder if there are any 1939 through 1940 Bakersfield bottles, and what they look like? (Bubble placement ?)
2. I wonder which came first; The 1939 3-1-3 Bakersfield sign (and other 3-1-3 items) or the 3-1-3 bottles?
Notice what I unlined in this article from ...
[ The Bakersfield Californian ~ April 15, 1939 ]
View attachment 185699
And here's the rest of the story two months later about the formal opening in a two-page spread from ...
[ The Bakersfield Californian ~ June 13, 1939 ]
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I agree there are still a lot of unanswered questions, which I am trying to find answers to. But for now, a few reminders ...
1. The ACL labels were applied at the Owens-Illinois plant and not by the bottler
2. The new Bakersfield plant officially opened on June 13, 1939
(Which was two years prior to the known 1941 3-1-3 bottles)
3. Prior to 1939 , their "bottled goods came from another point"
(From Los Angeles or San Bernadino to a Bakersfield warehouse ?)
4. After the Bakersfield plant opened in 1939 they obviously started bottling their own goods
Questions:
If the known 3-1-3 bottles are dated 1941 ...
1. I wonder if there are any 1939 through 1940 Bakersfield bottles, and what they look like? (Bubble placement ?)
2. I wonder which came first; The 1939 3-1-3 Bakersfield sign (and other 3-1-3 items) or the 3-1-3 bottles?
Notice what I unlined in this article from ...
[ The Bakersfield Californian ~ April 15, 1939 ]
View attachment 185699
And here's the rest of the story two months later about the formal opening in a two-page spread from ...
[ The Bakersfield Californian ~ June 13, 1939 ]
(Save & Zoom+)
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