7up BOTTLES ~ OUTSIDE THE BOX

[SODAPOPBOB]

Hmm, looks like we need to do some more research. I was thinking 1938-39 was the last year(s) of the 8-bubble bottles.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

iggy

I stand corrected - there were 8-bubble bottles as late as 1941 and possibly even 1942. My aging memory isn't what it used to be.

 

[iggyworf]

That's what I thought also. But you did get me to check up on it again though. It's all good!

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

iggy

Bill Lockhart did at least three articles on 7up bottles. Here's a link to one you might not have seen. He even mentions my name in it (Bob Brown) for bringing to his attention the earliest known acl, which was a 1935 7up bottle at the time of the article but has since been changed to a 1934 Jumbo Cola. I contacted him a couple of years later about the Jumbo Cola bottle but he said it was too late to edit the earlier article. Anyway, here's the link and I'm also attaching a chart from the article. Save it to your files for future reference.


http://www.sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/EPChap10b.pdf

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Here's the 7up bottle I brought to Bill Lockhart's attention. Speaking of which, I wonder if that's a 'syrup throw' line at the bottom to let bottlers know how much syrup to add during the filling process?

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

P.S.

Based on the Bill Lockhart article and everything I know about the 7up bottle I just posted a picture of, they were only produced during a single year, 1935

 

[iggyworf]

Bob, I haven't read that article yet, thanx. You might have seen this before. That bottle on this site.


http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/47842-7up-bottle-found-years-ago

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

iggy

That article is where I got the picture I just posted. I also noticed your contributions to the discussion. But what's a little weird is where Bill Lockhart says he's going to give that other guy credit for sharing the bottle. Except those comments, including yours, are from ten months ago, whereas my bringing the bottle to Bill's attention was five years ago. Maybe what Bill meant was that guy's particular bottle and not the bottle in general. ???

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Correction ...

I just reread the thread and the email exchanges between that other guy and Bill Lockhart was in 2005 even though it was being discussed about ten months ago. But its still weird because if Bill said he was going to give that other guy credit, then I wonder why he accredited me instead?

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

P.S. ~ P.S.

Even weirder is that the picture Bill used for his article indicates it came from eBay, and I'm pretty sure its a picture that the other guy (jacksprat) posted. ???