Orangine, a gold medal winner in 1893, and bankrupt in 1896. How can that be. Welcome to Louisiana guys and gals. im starting to wonder if this Barq's Orangine was a scam.
But on the other hand, you gotta wonder about the deco Orangine bottle produced by the Cascade Bottling Works in New Orleans that was owned and operated by Edward Barq's illegitimate son, Jesse Robinson. I wonder what the story is on that?
And why, after hours of searching, can I only find one example of the Orangine deco bottle, which is the one that sold on eBay and described as a "dug" bottle? Where are the other examples? I'd sure like to have one of them bottles - it just might be the rarest Barq-related bottle in existence!
This is the earliest New Orleans directory listing I can find where it list Jesse Robinson as an independent bottler and not working for someone else in that field ...
1921
This is the earliest New Orleans directory listing I can find where it list Jesse Robinson as the proprietor of Cascade Bottling Works. As we know, Jesse received a Barq's Root Beer franchise from Edward Barq in 1934. This was six years before that.
1928
Note: The reason you don't see the name Robinson is because it was listed under a long list of other Robinsons in New Orleans - and then alphabetized by first name.
Note: I'm not sure if Jesse Robinson started Cascade Bottling Works or bought it from someone else. All I know is that there wasn't a bottling plant listed under that name in the 1921 directory.