Mr. Hemingray
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Awesome collection! I remember drinking Teem when I was a kid. I was 13 when it was discontinued in 84'.
Great stuff here!..so I see they ran test marketing until a full release!
Up here in the north it was not released until 1960...earliest ad I could find was for May. Also the ads show the swirl bottle, but I don't think I've ever seen one?...just the quilted design.
I posted this newspaper article earlier, but this time I underlined three key factors. And because they are quotes from Herbert L. Barnet, I consider them reliable. If I were to look for a particular Teem bottle, I would try and find a seven ounce bottle from St. Joseph, Missouri. The only bummer is, according to iggy/Rich and the dozens of Teem bottles I've looked at, they are not marked with a city or state. But that doesn't mean that a 7 ounce Teem bottle with a 1959 date code doesn't exist. It just means that finding one could be a challenge. I'm hoping when Rich sees this he will clarify if his 7 ounce Teem bottle is dated 1959 or later - I'm a little confused about the dates of the comparison bottles he recently posted.
[ The Pittsburgh Post Gazette ~ Pennsylvania ~ March 24, 1959 ]
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Rich
Thanks
Did you check the lip of your Glenshaw bottle for an embossed letter or number? 1959 might be a little late for the lip codes, but it might be worth checking if you haven't already.