BIG CHIEF SODA BOTTLES ~ EARLIEST & LATEST ~ EMBOSSED & ACLs

[SODAPOPBOB]

P.S. Where are the true 1925 and 1926 embossed Big Chief bottles - and do they even exist?

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Quick update thus far ... Earliest Embossed Big Chief = 1928Earliest ACL Big Chief = 1941

 

[Bert DeWitt]

SODAPOPBOB sorry off the subject do you know where I can find a list of all cities and towns from Missouri that came out with 6 oz. D Pat. Coca-Cola bottles?

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Because we all enjoy pictures ... 1. Six pack ~ Date and location unknown2. Newspaper Ad ~ The Iola Register ~ Iola, Kansas ~ August 15, 1947 ( I have one of these identical Iola, Kansas bottles that is an Owens-Illinois and dated 1956 )

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

SODAPOPBOB sorry off the subject do you know where I can find a list of all cities and towns from Missouri that came out with 6 oz. D Pat. Coca-Cola bottles?

Bert I saw your other post about this and unless someone beats me to it I will let you know this evening - I'm just heading out for the day.

 

[Bert DeWitt]

Oh okay thank you kindly.

 

[sunrunner]

in the end in all comes down to who is the real big chief.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

in the end in all comes down to who is the real big chief.

The earliest Big Chief ACL listed in the 2002 Third Edition book "Collecting Applied Color Label Soda Bottles" is this one from ... Safford, Arizona ~ 1939 ~ Extremely Rare But no confirmation on the date for the Safford bottle other than what it says in the book. (I need a hands-on confirmation before listing it as a possible earliest). There are 34 Big Chief's listed in the book but only 9 of them are pictured. It shows one from McAllen, Texas (1941) that sold sometime between 1998 and 2002 for $1,200 1. Safford, Arizona Big Chief from book2. McAllen, Texas Big Chief (Which I don't have but hope to someday)

 

[MichaelFla]

Sunrunner, I think the real "Big Chief" is E. A. Zatarain, based on this February 1922 copy of The Re-Ly-On Bottler.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Another aspect I'm working on is to try and match as many ads as I can to pictures of the corresponding bottles. So far this has proven to be quite a challenge because ads with pictures are hard to find and require hours of searching through hundreds of listings. In this particular case I lucked out and found one of each ... 1. Ad ~ The MT Vernon Register-News ~ Illinois ~ September 8, 19532. Corresponding Bottle Note: I don't know about the rest of you, but in 1953 I was just learning to walk and talk. (Lol)