Barq's Root Beer

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I couldn't save a decent image from the website so I used my printer and created this ...

 

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And this ...

 

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Nice work, great photo

 

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Now I'm wondering who "Barq & Hughes" were that are mentioned in this 1894 reference?

https://books.google.com/books?id=D...EIMjAA#v=onepage&q=Sparkling Orangine&f=false

 

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I just discovered that "Orangine" won a bronze medal at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair ...

Note: The MK stands for Marie K Barq





So where the heck are all of the bottles, labels, signs, etc? I can't find a single example!

 

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To emphasize ...

It was eleven years between the 1893 Chicago World's Fair and the 1904 St Louis World's Fair. So why can't I find something related to "Orangine" during that eleven year time period? Surely there must be something along the lines of bottles, labels, etc.

 

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Like you, i'm starting to believe they were paper labeled hutches.

 

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The plot thickens ...

Sparkling Orangine was also bottled and sold by ...

1. St. Peter's Bottling Company ~ Reserve, Louisiana

Reserve, Louisiana is located about 30 miles northwest of New Orleans. This link is to a pdf file about the history of Reserve where I printed the attached Page 50

http://pontalbacommunications.com/docs/Prescious Gems 2.pdf

Notice where it says ...

"The company manufactured Sparkling Orangine, Ginger Dew, ..."

The article doesn't specify exactly when they bottled Orangine, but I suspect it was early. St. Peter's Bottling Company was established in 1893 - Was sold to Albert Heltz and changed its name to St. Peter's Bottling Works in 1913 - And ceased operation in 1933.

Note: I have not found a connection yet between the Barq Brothers / Barq Bottling and St. Peter's Bottling / Albert Heltz, but I'm still searching.








Sparkling Orangine was also sold by ...

2. R. R. Jeter ~ Colfax, Louisiana

Colfax is located about 200 miles northwest of New Orleans.

It doesn't appear that R. R. Jeter bottled Orangine, but rather just sold it at his post office. At one time, R. R. Jeter was the mayor of Colfax, and also had other business interest such as real estate.

Ad from ...

The Colfax Chronicle ~ Colfax, Louisiana ~ March 10, 1894

 

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If ...

If the various bottlers and merchants used paper labels, there should be at least three or four different Orangine examples ...

1. Barq Brothers / Barq Bottling - Biloxi, Louisiana - New Orleans ?

2. St. Peter's Bottling Company/Works - Reserve, Louisiana

3. Albert Heltz - Reserve, Louisana

4. R. R. Jeter - Colfax, Louisiana
(If he just sold it and didn't bottle it, the label could show a different bottler's name) ?

 

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Which takes me back to and makes me wonder about this from ...

1893