a Bob's soda bottle

[msleonas]

There is an L on the lip.

 

[msleonas]

I looked that up and I think it is 1940, which would make sense with the company information from the old newspapers that SodaPopBob posted links for.

Thanks guys.

So, the question is, is it fair to say this is a rare soda bottle?

 

[bottlingco]

L does equal 1940. There is an 8 oz. and this is the second type of quart I have seen. In my opinion (collecting for 40 years, but the fun of the hobby is you still learn every day) that it is Very Rare using the rarity scale in "Collecting Applied Color Label Soda Bottles" produced by efforts of the PBSCA.
It goes like this:
very common= in most collections, always available
common = in many collections, becomes available often
rare = in many collections, becomes available from time to time
very rare = in many collections, very rarely becomes available
extremely rare = very few in collections, very rarely becomes available

I based the very rare rating off of having any 1 of the 3 bottles mentioned above. It definitely has a nice picture on the label.

 

[msleonas]

Thanks! Do you have pictures of the ones you have seen. It would be cool to see other versions.

Thanks again.

 

[bottlingco]

Sorry, I do not have a picture of one. ~bottlingco

 

[splante]

funny I bought 2 bobs at brimfield also, not much for RI acl, bought them because they reminded me of the cotton clubs...here are the ones I bought

 

[splante]

like your green one,

 

[splante]

Bob again your research skills are amazing

 

[msleonas]

Hey Steve,

I bought he green one from the guy you bought yours from. I picked the green one because I knew the clear ones were probably not as desirable.

Hope you had fun! That was a lot of walking!

 

[splante]

thats funny,we both bought bobs,
I didnt buy much, not any RI's that I wanted, the bobs were $5.00 each but one had a brown syrup type ozze inside, when I told him it would take all day to clean he threw it in for free,(took 10 mins to clean)got the bald mountain for free also I think the dealer felt bad that I was striking out with RI acls. And yes tons of walking