Barq's Root Beer

Welcome to our Antique Bottle community

Be a part of something great, join today!

hemihampton

Well-Known Member
Joined
Oct 6, 2006
Messages
9,088
Reaction score
6,089
Points
113
The Gadget that sealed it is called a Hutchinson Spring Stopper. It got it's name by the guy that invented it, Mr. Hutchinson in 1879. these were used during the 1880's up to around 1910, They started to fade away after 1910 & replaced by the Crown Top Bottle by then even though some were used later in USA & some say upto 1930's in foreign countries like Puerto Rico, Mexico, ect., ect., LEON.
HutchinsonStoppers.JPG
 
Joined
Feb 4, 2021
Messages
6
Reaction score
5
Points
3
Yes that's what is in the bottle. Thank you. Narrows the date for me. It is a miracle it all survived in tact thru the years and thru the wrecking ball of the old hotel.
 

Truth1253

Well-Known Member
Joined
Aug 6, 2017
Messages
73
Reaction score
16
Points
8
Location
Outside of New Orleans
Hey guys I need some help and I hope y’all can help me I have these two barks root beer bottles that I cannot find the exact ones online here is the first one.
image-2021-04-14-22:28:03-954.JPG

image-2021-04-14-22:28:38-848.JPG

image-2021-04-14-22:28:53-664.JPG

image-2021-04-14-22:29:37-884.JPG

Screenshot 2021-04-15 at 2.19.41 AM.png

Screenshot 2021-04-15 at 2.20.06 AM.png

Mine is just like this one except the Barqs all in mine is singularly separated and not in cursive.

The second one should be easy it’s a barks root beer bottle that instead of having ‘Barq’s so good”It says “Barks Root Beer”
8d1f7f7c1e9a34490322922c5e141722.jpg

7bfd8c961eb0912f25d1c58d1e5ccb35.jpg

And it’s strain because of the 9 is backwards.

Any help would be great and I’d really appreciate it I’m also looking for a specific root beer can that was made by my father it was called PUSH ROOT BEER. My dad’s family owned barks root beer of New Orleans and he went out on a zone and although it didn’t do well it’s probably very rare. I had the first one that ever came out of production and then I lost it in the hurricane Katrina so if you could find anybody that you know who collects soft drink cans I would be forever in your debt. Thank you for looking and have a blessed day God bless
71d9e6d52ca38d349a4c258c0ed653d4.jpg




Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 
Last edited:

Truth1253

Well-Known Member
Joined
Aug 6, 2017
Messages
73
Reaction score
16
Points
8
Location
Outside of New Orleans
Thanks ACL. I think at some point the father and son split up and the son went to New Orleans and began his own bottling operation. One was using a blue label and the other used a red label.

My family was the ones that opened up the Barq’s root beer in New Orleans. The Robinsons


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 

Truth1253

Well-Known Member
Joined
Aug 6, 2017
Messages
73
Reaction score
16
Points
8
Location
Outside of New Orleans
I'm not sure how accurate this information is, but if the 1934 reference about the red and blue labels is correct, then there might be a 1934 Barq's ACL bottle, which would make it one of only two known ACLs form 1934 - with the other example being a confirmed 1934 Jumbo Cola.

"The Barq's company originated in New Orleans in 1890 by two brothers. In 1897 one of the brother's moved to Biloxi & opened a second bottling plant there. Barq's root beer began appearing around 1900. In the 1930's, the FDA made some changes to the definition of "root beer" and the original Barq's recipe had too high of a caffeine content to fall into the category. The Mississippi Barq's bottlers changed their recipe to comply with the new standards, while the Louisiana side just removed the phrase "root beer" from their bottles & kept the old recipe. Eventually, another company bought out the Mississippi Barq's and a long running battle went on between the two companies until Coca-Cola acquired both in 1995."

"A 1934 contract with Barq protege Jesse Robinson led to a bottling plant in New Orleans. The Louisiana bottle was printed in red (versus Biloxi's blue) to distinguish ownership of bottles, as blue labeled bottles were returned to Mississippi & vice-versa. The last family-held Louisiana Barq's bottling plant was sold by the Robinson's heirs to Coca-Cola in 2000."

[ Barq's ACLs - Dates Unknown ]

View attachment 171754

That was my family the Robinsons


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 

Truth1253

Well-Known Member
Joined
Aug 6, 2017
Messages
73
Reaction score
16
Points
8
Location
Outside of New Orleans
In search of ...

A better example (than the one shown here) of an embossed Barq's bottle from the Cascade Bottling Works, New Orleans, Louisiana ...

Note: Barq's bottles marked with Cascade Botting Works could be somewhat rare. This is the only example I have found so far. I'm especially interested in examples with pictures of the base to get some idea of the dates.

View attachment 171801

d137c2c0ca52a8618317f74c99e7a090.jpg

edde10d8dc8a445b986803a91eeb831e.jpg

Is this a rare bottle that I have?


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 

Truth1253

Well-Known Member
Joined
Aug 6, 2017
Messages
73
Reaction score
16
Points
8
Location
Outside of New Orleans
4bac4b0e8f0668084aea6bf50ccc84f3.jpg

8120651b3d385cecb5bcb5930fc84de0.jpg

c3ed9ba2bfa65c1a412afd1a06f57439.jpg


P.S. If ANYONE has a connection with anybody in the canned collecting I’m really looking for PUSH root beer made by my father author L Robinson.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 

webe142

Well-Known Member
Joined
Oct 4, 2021
Messages
81
Reaction score
175
Points
33
A lot of good info on this thread, but I did leave a little confused on when the barq's acls started. 1934 or 1939.

Ive been reading up because I dug this. It appears to be date coded 1937 and Im curious as to whether it would have been an acl or not.
 

Attachments

  • 20240127_150539.jpg
    20240127_150539.jpg
    223 KB · Views: 15
  • 20240127_150544.jpg
    20240127_150544.jpg
    195.8 KB · Views: 15
  • 20240127_150548.jpg
    20240127_150548.jpg
    190.2 KB · Views: 15

Members online

Latest threads

Forum statistics

Threads
83,220
Messages
742,917
Members
24,237
Latest member
Fancy2cu
Top