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Got home from work a bit ago and checked my teem bottles. My 2 12 oz and 1 7 oz 'swirl' design bottles are all from 1959! The 2 12's are owens illinois and the 7 oz is Glenshaw. Good work again Bob. I don't have much time right now but quickly matched up my 12 oz ones to my 12 oz 'swirl' Pepsi's and the swirl on the Teem starts lower on the bottle than the Pepsi's. I will post some pics in a couple of days when I get more time. The quilted ones date from 61 & on. I have a good collection of Patio's also I should post soon. For whatever reason I could not open your attatchments in your last post Bob. I do believe there is a 'swirl' patio bottle also but do not own one. I only seen it once. I do have a smooth glass patio. Harder to find.
 

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Rich

When you get a minute, check and see if the attachment shows now. I re-did the cropped portion of the article and hopefully it stays put.
 

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Thanx Bob, I was able to read that one. Does this mean there could be 1958 Teem bottles also? That would be cool!
 

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I'm thinking the same thing - and possibly even a ...

​1957
 

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Hey, Rich

See what you think of this ...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-1...=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Teem Sign 1957 (1).jpg

TEEM SIGN 1957.jpg
 

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Bob that sign is super cool. After seeing it, I would agree it is 1957. Wow, I love the 'big' signs but don't like the 'big' $$ amount. So Teem was around it seems in 1957.
 

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Here is some comparisons of my 7 & 12 oz Teem bottles next to some of my Pepsi 61/2 oz & 12 oz bottles. The molds seem to be slightly different.

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12 oz next to return for deposit 12 oz Pepsi(74). Distinct line at top on Pepsi but Teem has the 'swirls' go into a sort of ending at the neck.

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Now next to a 1959 Pepsi swirl. Still slightly different in how high the swirls come up to the neck.

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7 oz next to 6 1/2 oz Pepsi(1956). Identical height of the bottle but slightly different swirl pattern towards neck.

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Now those 2 filled with the respective oz capacity. Put another 1/2 oz in the Pepsi and it would be the 7 oz Teem.
But all the Pepsi swirl bottles are slightly different from the Teem swirl bottles especially at the bottoms.

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Notice how the Pepsi curves in a little and not the Teem.

So they didn't use exactly the same molds it appears. Now were they completely new molds or just modified Pepsi molds. Probably will never know. But new molds would probably cost a lot more.

Now I am thinking the 'swirl' design for Teem was first. Then in 1960 they went to the 'diamond' pattern, probably to give Teem bottles their own distinction. My all smooth Teem bottles have 70's dates on them.
 

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1955 ?

Rich

Thanks for the comparisons. I agree ... "Close but no Cigar"

Here's another interesting newspaper article from ...

[ The Oshkosh Northwestern ~ Wisconsin ~ December 4, 1959 ]

Notice where it says ...

1. Pepsi Cola Bottling Company Oshkosh, Inc. ... one of the first distributors in the nation to introduce Teem
2. Under development for four years ( 1959 - 4 = 1955 )
3. Taste testing past two years ( 1959 - 2 = 1957 )
4. Emerald green bottle of crossed swirl design
5. Seven ounce size

TEEM The_Oshkosh_Northwestern_Wisconsin_Fri__Dec_4__1959_ (3).jpg
 
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Question: Do any of your Teem bottles have a City / State / Location on them?
 

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Nice article you found. So possible Teem bottles back to 1955.

No city names on any Teem bottle I have or have seen. I checked that awhile ago. My Teem quilted bottles are pretty much identical to my Patio quilted bottles. Patio was also put out by Pepsi.
 

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