BIB LABEL ~ WHAT IS IT AND/OR WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

[cowseatmaize]

By the way, if anyone finds "anything" with "Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda" on it, such as bottle caps, labels, advertisements, or any form of go-with's, I recommend buying it on the spot, because as far as I know no such critters are currently known to exist.

I'm thinking it's just a term made up sometime and even adopted by the present owners of 7-UP. I can't find any reference to a Howdy Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda either unless the edge of the cap you posted mentions it.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Cows: Here's the copy/pasted description that was with the "Lithiated Lemon & Limes Soda" cap I posted a picture of ... Lithiated Lemon & Limes Soda (7up) ID20632

DescriptionLithiated Lemon & Limes Soda (7up) PurposeBottle closureLinerCorkLocationsSt. Louis State/ProvinceMissouriCountryUnited StatesProductSoda/soft drinkBrewer/bottlerHowdy Corporation, The Relative rareness Period used1928 - 1929Extra infoSold on eBay in 10-11 for $62.99
This was the first 7up crown and used while the 7up trademark was pending.
Within the Howdy Corporation. the product was also referred to as Bib Label Lithiated Lemon & Lime Soda

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

But where-o-where is even one of those so called "bib" labels? And I don't just mean the ones used by 7up, I mean those used by "anyone"

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

There is some printing on the edge of the cap but I haven't been able to figure out exactly what it says yet ...

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

"Whistle" was one of Charles Grigg's earliest creations around 1919, followed by "Howdy" around 1920. And because both of these ads show paper label bottles for those brands, ya gotta wonder why they didn't use a regular paper label for "Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda" when it came out around 1928-29 1. Whistle Ad ... The Gettysburg Times ~ Gettysburg, Pennsylvania ~ April 5, 19202. Howdy Ad .... The Charlotte Observer ~ Charlotte, North Carolina ~ October 30, 1921

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Here's one of the earliest 7up ads I can find, which doesn't show a bottle, but it would obviously have been a pre-acl with a paper label of some type, and would likely have been related to the early signs like the one pictured below. 1. Ad from ... The Burlington Hawk-Eye ~ Burlington, Iowa ~ December 25, 19312. Sign ... Exact date unknown but likely as early as 1931

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

But where-o-where are all of the "bib" labels? []

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

According to the information on this website, which I posted the same link to earlier, it says ...
Http://www.digitaldeliftp.com/LookAround/advertspot_7-up.htm

The Howdy Company debuted it's newest product, "Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Sodas" in October 1929
The website also includes this bottle which they claim is a Lithiated 7up bottle dated circa 1931 (But where-o-where are all of the "bib" labels and bib label bottles?) [ Which were possibly only produced for a short time in late 1929 to early 1930 ]

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Even though it is not my intent to do a full history about 7up with this thread, because that's already been done in the past and my focus now is with the bib labels, I do think it appropriate to at least show this picture of one of the earliest 7up acl bottles for those who might not have seen one. This particular example is dated 1935, and because of the large 7, seems to be directly related to the 1931 ad I posted along with the similar looking metal sign ...

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

I recall reading one time, but can't remember where, something about the only Bib-Label advertising item ever produced was a cardboard tag that was made to attach to a pull chain for a ceiling light fixture. I'm trying to find where I read that, and ask if anyone comes across such a reference to share it with us. If the claim is true, and the pull-tag was the only Bib-Label item ever produced, I imagine one would be quite rare and possibly valuable as well.