32 oz. green bottles

[quicksilver]

I found 3, 32 oz. bottles Christmas green in color. They have the words "Not To Be Refilled" at the top and "No Returns" "No Deposit" around the mid-part of the bottle. The Owens date is 1968/1969. I think these are sodas. Let me know for sure and their approximate value.

Matt

 

[Bluebelle]

In between the time that most all sodas were sold in returnable deposit bottles and the time they were bottled in plastic like now, there was a period when a lot were produced in those non-refillable, non-returnable glass bottles. '68-69 sounds about right. The glass was thinner than the returnables and apparently not made to stand up to additional trips through the bottling process. I remember there were some incidents of them actually exploding on store shelves. I don't recall how many years they were used,but they were very very commom at the time, so may not have much value. On the other hand, maybe not that many survived.

 

[Bixel]

Up here in Canada we see some of the no return/refund, not to be refilled bottles in the very thin glass. They come in pepsi, coke, mountain dew, and some other maybe...... sprite? I just picked up a mountain dew last weekend which is probably the hardest of the ones I have seen to get your hands on.

 

[Bixel]

Forgot to add that ours are only 10 ounces..... havnt seen any big 32 OZs....