SODAPOPBOB
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Yep, here I go again with another 7up thread!
But this time I'm in search of ...
The earliest 'date marked' 7up bottle
Most of us know our 7up basics and that 7up is documented as early as 1928. But what about the bottles themselves? Is anyone aware of a 7up bottle, which would have had a paper label, that's dated between 1928 and 1934? (The first 7up ACL/Painted Label bottles were introduced in 1935). Were the first ones just generic 7 Ounce bottles, possibly green, with no way to identify who used them even if they are date marked? Or is it possible they are marked with 7up in some manner and date marked as well? I'm not sure either but hope to find out - especially if you 7up collectors help us out by sharing with us what you have or know about the 7up bottles made between about 1928 and 1934.
Reminder: The Owens-Illinois Glass Company didn't come into existence until 1929-1930, so if they made any of the pre-1935 7up bottles, they would fall into the date range of about 1930 to 1934.
Its possible the super-early bottles had u7p embossed on the shoulder. To tell you the truth, I'm not sure when the shoulder embossing was first introduced. But I've seen it on non-acl bottles as well as acl bottles that usually date between about 1935 and 1938.
So there you have it! Who will be the first to come up with a confirmed 7up bottle with a confirmed date mark between 1928 and 1934?
Note: Just because a bottle has a 7up paper label on it, even though the bottle might be date marked, doesn't necessarily mean its a bona fide 7up bottle! What I'm hoping to find is a 7up bottle, of any type, that's clearly marked as such and clearly date marked between 1928 and 1934.
Thanks in advance to everyone who takes an interest and/or participates in this discussion/search. It could prove to be kinda interesting. (I hope)
Sodapopbob
But this time I'm in search of ...
The earliest 'date marked' 7up bottle
Most of us know our 7up basics and that 7up is documented as early as 1928. But what about the bottles themselves? Is anyone aware of a 7up bottle, which would have had a paper label, that's dated between 1928 and 1934? (The first 7up ACL/Painted Label bottles were introduced in 1935). Were the first ones just generic 7 Ounce bottles, possibly green, with no way to identify who used them even if they are date marked? Or is it possible they are marked with 7up in some manner and date marked as well? I'm not sure either but hope to find out - especially if you 7up collectors help us out by sharing with us what you have or know about the 7up bottles made between about 1928 and 1934.
Reminder: The Owens-Illinois Glass Company didn't come into existence until 1929-1930, so if they made any of the pre-1935 7up bottles, they would fall into the date range of about 1930 to 1934.
Its possible the super-early bottles had u7p embossed on the shoulder. To tell you the truth, I'm not sure when the shoulder embossing was first introduced. But I've seen it on non-acl bottles as well as acl bottles that usually date between about 1935 and 1938.
So there you have it! Who will be the first to come up with a confirmed 7up bottle with a confirmed date mark between 1928 and 1934?
Note: Just because a bottle has a 7up paper label on it, even though the bottle might be date marked, doesn't necessarily mean its a bona fide 7up bottle! What I'm hoping to find is a 7up bottle, of any type, that's clearly marked as such and clearly date marked between 1928 and 1934.
Thanks in advance to everyone who takes an interest and/or participates in this discussion/search. It could prove to be kinda interesting. (I hope)
Sodapopbob
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