1917 COCA COLA HOBBLESKIRT AD

[SODAPOPBOB]

Correct me if you think I'm wrong, but after re-reading the info on page 52, I believe I understand it to mean ...

If it has LGW and is "Machine Made" then it is likely a 1919 bottle. Thus, a blown in the mold (BIM) bottle would be earlier. If this is correct, then I guess all I need to do is find a "Machine Made / Straight-Sided" Coca Cola bottle marked LGW and then I'm good to go.

And speaking of "go," in case you're wondering where I'm going with this, I'm thinking since I already have one of the "first" 1917 hobbleskirt's, that it would be cool to have one of the "last" straight-sided bottles. Makes sense, right? Now all I gotta do is find one of the dang things, which sounds like it's going to be a lot easier said than done.

Bob

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Check out what Digger ODell had to say on this subject back in 2000 ...

1922 ?

http://www.bottlebooks.com/questions/august2000/august_2000_questions_ask_digger.htm

DEAR DIGGER, I HAVE AN OLD COCA COLA BOTTLE THAT I FOUND IN MY YARD. MAYBE YOU CAN IDENTIFY THE YEAR IT WAS MADE. EMBOSSING: "COCA COLA" "BOTTLING WORKS" "REGISTERED" "ROCHESTER,NY" (ON BASE) "561" SIZE: 7 OZ.

"Aqua straight sided Coke bottles like yours were used from about 1905-1922. You do not mention if the bottle is machine made which would help narrow that range down further. If it were not machine made one could probably place it's age prior to World War I. If it is machine made then the age is probably between 1914-1922." Digger

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Don't ask me why, but yesterday I offered the ebay seller $10.00 for his 1917 ad. I just checked and he "DECLINED" it! It's starting to look as if the magic number is $15.00. I'm going to pass on it, which will give me something to look for in the future. But even if I do find the right magazine with the same ad in it, it'll probably be priced in the $15.00 price range anyway, so a guy really can't win for losing. Oh, well. Life "Magazine" goes on.

Bob

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Unless I'm off my rocker, we might have to up the date for straight-sided Coca Cola bottles to 1929 ...

Ebay Link:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/360441984478?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

LP (Along lower heel of soda bottles, preceded and followed by various numbers) Graham Glass Company, Evansville, Indiana. This code represents the Loogootee, Indiana glass plant. See Graham.

Graham Glass Company, Evansville, IN; Loogootee, IN; and Okmulgee, OK (1907-1929). Another plant location was operated at Chekotah, OK until 1923. Graham was owned by Owens Bottle Company after 1916. Became part of Owens-Illinois in 1929.

[ Base on ebay bottle ]

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Same Bottle ~ Moultrie, Georgia ~ Graham Glass 1929 ???

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

I just sent the following message to Bill Porter ... (I'll report back when I receive his reply).

Hi Bill ~

Is this what I think it is - a 1929 straight-sided Coca Cola bottle? If so, just how late did they make straight-sided Coke bottles?

Thanks.

Bob in California


Ebay Link:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/360441984478?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

LP (Along lower heel of soda bottles, preceded and followed by various numbers) Graham Glass Company, Evansville, Indiana. This code represents the Loogootee, Indiana glass plant. See Graham.

Graham Glass Company, Evansville, IN; Loogootee, IN; and Okmulgee, OK (1907-1929). Another plant location was operated at Chekotah, OK until 1923. Graham was owned by Owens Bottle Company after 1916. Became part of Owens-Illinois in 1929.

 

[celerycola]

Flint Rock was a brand of Soda Water Flavors bottled by a number of South Georgia Coca-Cola bottlers. It was named after the Flint River.

This bottle was not intended to hold "Coca-Cola".

ORIGINAL: SODAPOPBOB

Same Bottle ~ Moultrie, Georgia ~ Graham Glass 1929 ???

http://www.ebay.com/itm/360441984478?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Celery ~

Thanks.

When I looked at the Flint Rock bottle I swear I was seeing a Coca Cola signature on the shoulder but realize now I was mistaken. This just goes to show you what I was saying earlier about "old eyes." Anyway, I'll scratch that one off the list and retreat back to Digger's 1922 and see if I can find another one like it.

Bill Porter will be sure to repremand me for my mistake, but that's okay because I hoping he'll still give us some idea as to how late the true straight-sided Coca Cola's were made and by who.

Bob

 

[celerycola]

No problem, Bob. The last bottler using straightside bottles for Coca-Cola switched in 1942-3 at the beginning of WWII. That was the Verner Springs Company of Greenville, SC. They used a tall, slim bottle with Coca-Cola in script on both shoulders and Trade Mark Registered below. A large number of these were found in a warehouse forty years ago.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Dennis ~

Thanks a million. This is the first I have heard about the Verner Springs bottles. Very interesting. Do you happen to know which glass factory made them and if they are date coded?

I heard from Bill Porter who said the 29LP was a Graham Glass bottle but that the 29 was a style/mold number and not a date. He did not comment about it being a Flint Rock brand.

Bob