Canadacan
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I just landed my first 12oz paper label O-C Pale Dry ginger ale bottle!...this is the only O-C label I've seen intact on a bottle and the first 12oz. So I figured I share some insight.
O-C was Crush's flavor line which was probably introduced in the mid 1920's
Some of the flavors were pale dry ginger ale, ginger ale, cherry, grape, lime, lime rickey, lemon, lemon sour, orange?..yes even an orange!, strawberry, white soda, root beer, cream soda.
It was available in a specially marked O-C bottle that was essentially the clear krinkly, sizes were 7 oz and 28 oz that also came in green. The paper labeled bottles from what I can tell were in 24oz and 12oz...it possible the paper label was available in 6oz but I have seen no labels to date.
I was not able to locate any info on the introduction of this flavor line, but I can tell you it was advertised in Canada as early as 1925....the earliest found for US ad was 1930 depicting my label, and from what I can tell the paper label design changed around 1933. This product name ran up till the introduction of Old Colony in 1939.
Canada never had, to my knowledge an embossed O-C, but advertisements hinted that the product was packaged in regular bottles, there was however at least one eastern bottler that used a paper label marked O-C.
O-C Ginger Ale- Chicago Tribune, 08 Jun 1930, Sun, Page 13
24 oz labels
A few of my embossed O-C bottles, these bottles have the regular patent date on the other rside.
A few examples of USA crowns.
And a this is the only O-C sign that I know of design wise.
This is what I believe to be the second O-C label design.
O-C Ginger Ale-Davenport- Iowa The Daily Times, 01 May 1933, Mon, Page 7
Orange Crush-O-C Moline Illinois-The Dispatch, 10 Apr 1936, Fri, Page 21
This is one of the Canadian ads mentioning O-C ginger ale and grape...note the ad says 'all sold in the krinkly bottle'.
Orange Crush- The Vancouver Sun, 03 Jun 1925, Wed, Page 11
And shown here are my two Canadian O-C crowns.
And this is a Canadian O-C from Turo Nova Scotia Orange Crush...this same label has also been documented in a Belfast Ginger Ale.
And another from the same bottler but in a Club ginger Ale.
I like this ad because it shows the patented side of the bottle, and says 10 flavors....although I listed 13, that may have depended on location or what each specific bottler choose to provide for their customers.
O-C Beverages- Moline Illinois- The Dispatch, 31 Mar 1932, Thu, Page 5
O-C was Crush's flavor line which was probably introduced in the mid 1920's
Some of the flavors were pale dry ginger ale, ginger ale, cherry, grape, lime, lime rickey, lemon, lemon sour, orange?..yes even an orange!, strawberry, white soda, root beer, cream soda.
It was available in a specially marked O-C bottle that was essentially the clear krinkly, sizes were 7 oz and 28 oz that also came in green. The paper labeled bottles from what I can tell were in 24oz and 12oz...it possible the paper label was available in 6oz but I have seen no labels to date.
I was not able to locate any info on the introduction of this flavor line, but I can tell you it was advertised in Canada as early as 1925....the earliest found for US ad was 1930 depicting my label, and from what I can tell the paper label design changed around 1933. This product name ran up till the introduction of Old Colony in 1939.
Canada never had, to my knowledge an embossed O-C, but advertisements hinted that the product was packaged in regular bottles, there was however at least one eastern bottler that used a paper label marked O-C.
O-C Ginger Ale- Chicago Tribune, 08 Jun 1930, Sun, Page 13
24 oz labels
A few of my embossed O-C bottles, these bottles have the regular patent date on the other rside.
A few examples of USA crowns.
And a this is the only O-C sign that I know of design wise.
This is what I believe to be the second O-C label design.
O-C Ginger Ale-Davenport- Iowa The Daily Times, 01 May 1933, Mon, Page 7
Orange Crush-O-C Moline Illinois-The Dispatch, 10 Apr 1936, Fri, Page 21
This is one of the Canadian ads mentioning O-C ginger ale and grape...note the ad says 'all sold in the krinkly bottle'.
Orange Crush- The Vancouver Sun, 03 Jun 1925, Wed, Page 11
And shown here are my two Canadian O-C crowns.
And this is a Canadian O-C from Turo Nova Scotia Orange Crush...this same label has also been documented in a Belfast Ginger Ale.
And another from the same bottler but in a Club ginger Ale.
I like this ad because it shows the patented side of the bottle, and says 10 flavors....although I listed 13, that may have depended on location or what each specific bottler choose to provide for their customers.
O-C Beverages- Moline Illinois- The Dispatch, 31 Mar 1932, Thu, Page 5
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