BROWNIE CLUB BEVERAGES ~ SEARCH FOR A 1934 ACL

[splante]

oh crap

 

[splante]

the "dot" could just be a mark on the glass some others seem to be around the bottle, guess Iam hoping for the best..gonna thin out my non RI acl bottles to make room for my new RI ones ..but I think I might have to hold onto this snow moon until the jury is out on this one

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Steve ~

I found the following from a 1920 "The American Bottler" ... ( So there's still hope for your Snow Moon as being a 1934 )

Trademark Registered

Delco, by Edmund J Delahanty ~ Fall River, Mass.

The book is a January 1920 edition, which suggest the trademark was actually registered in 1919

http://books.google.com/books?id=LZZRAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA2-PA58&lpg=RA2-PA58&dq=delco+beverages+fall+river+michigan&source=bl&ots=hFUv309O3L&sig=JU15XBQbptFm39-kS8REh2EAA_U&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ud2wUP_KIoHC2gWxqYDwCg&ved=0CC4Q6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=delco%20beverages%20fall%20river%20michigan&f=false

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

However ...

I'm not 100% certain it is referring to Delco Beverages. But how many different companies by the name of Delco could there have been in Fall River, Massachusetts in 1919-1920? So irregardless whether your Snow Moon is a 1934 or a 1944, and it is the right Delco in the article, then we at least know the trademark was registered prior to those dates.

Bob

 

[splante]

I guess I would need to know when the Delco was taking off the label.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

ORIGINAL: splante

I guess I would need to know when the Delco was taking off the label.

Steve ~

I'm not sure what you mean. Are you saying there are Snow Moon acls that don't have Delco Beverages on the label?

Bob

 

[smoothjazz63]

False alarm...both Brownie's are Brownie "over" Club. Sorry.

 

[RIBottleguy]

Hello old post!
Well, after a lot of research, I have reached the tentative conclusion that there are no 1930s Brownie Club bottles. The earliest one I have (block lettering) is from 1946. I think nearly all 1930s ACLs are single-color, at least all the examples I have seen. The earliest ACLs from RI that I have found so far are Deep Rock (1937) and Alka-Time (1938), both from the Deep Rock Co. of West Barrington, RI. There are still some ACLs from this company that I have not seen yet, so they might go earlier.

 

[T D]

Most all, if not all of my pre 1940 ACLs are 2 color. Most are the duller paint.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

My primary reason for searching for a "possible 1934" and apparently "definite 1935" Brownie Club acl is because of this listing from Rick Sweeney's book ...

"Collecting Applied Color Label Soda Bottles" ... 2002 publication.