8 bubbles - 7up

[SODAPOPBOB]

P.S. Here's another Houston, Texas bottle but this one is dated 1942. What's weird is that the chart only shows one Houston acl, but that one is dated 1936. Cecil Munsey created the chart and I contacted him a few years ago about this 1942 bottle. He sent me a reply thanking me and said until I contacted him about the 1942 bottle that he was not aware of any 1940s amber ACLs. I never did get around to informing him about the 1944 bottle. I have also seen a 1943 example from Houston which leads me to believe the Houston acls were produced continuously between 1936 and 1944 and not just in 1936 as the chart indicates.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

PS ~ PS Notice that the 1942 and 1944 Houston bottles both have eight bubbles. Talk about late bloomers!

 

[iggyworf]

Good stuff Bob!!

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

I don't necessarily collect 7up bottles but have been particularly interested in the one shown here ever since it was first presented by forum member wonkapete. I especially like it because of the 1935 date which placed it as one of the earliest 7up acls known. In conjunction with the bottle I found this picture of the accompanying sign that, because of the similarity of style and shape of the seven, leads me to believe that the bottle and the sign are directly related and from the same time period. Notice the sign has nine larger bubbles and about a jillion smaller ones.

 

[zecritr]

i want the sign lol

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Another interesting thing about wonkapete's 1935 7up bottle is that it was distributed by the Dr. Pepper Company of Atlanta, Georgia. As far as I know this aspect has never been fully researched and it would be interesting to know what the 1935 connection was between the two companies. Here's a picture of the base that shows Dr. Pepper and a barely visible 5 to the right of the Owens-Illinois mark ...

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

[style="font-size: 11pt;"]The red is worn off of it but the white is still pretty good. It seems like the red always wears off first of 7up bottles like this. [/style]

iggy In response to your opening comments I wanted you to see this particular 7up bottle that is just the opposite. Notice the red is intact but the white is missing. I had this picture in my files and the only thing I recall is that I titled it as being from Fairmont, West Virginia and dated 1946. Other than that I do not remember what the explanation was regarding the missing white paint.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

iggy In case you aren't familiar with them I thought you might like to see these patent documents as well ... [ Images courtesy of forum member Morbious_fod ]

 

[iggyworf]

Thats cool stuff. I like finding out the history. I also have a Howdy bottle from 1965.

 

[M.C.Glass]

Saw this bottle, linked to in the Getting rid of my collection thread.This mis-registered label is from the 60s, long after 8 bubbles, but it strikes me odd that there is white paint under the supposed red areas well beyond the bubbles, which is all that would be exposed. It makes me wonder if the white material has a better "bite" that protects the red longer.I'd like to know if SPBob's all red label has any ghost trace of white color, like most all bottles missing red show, or if it never was applied...