Buster Brown????

[glassgopher721]

Will try to load picture from mt pc. I can't figure out how to do it on my mobile phone. Thank you for your help so far.

 

[glassgopher721]

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[glassgopher721]

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[glassgopher721]

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[glassgopher721]

This is just a guess, but judging by the wear marks on the bottom inside of crate that it may have held the more rounded type bottles like the Atkinson bottle shown. I also noticed when I took picture of the underside of the bow that there was an impression from a crown cap.

 

[glassgopher721]

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[carling]

With the metal bands, it looks like the standard 1930's and newer style crate to me. Nice looking crate, I like the little extra touch they gave it with whatever that design is above Nashua, N.H.

 

[carling]

Now I'm second guessing myself after zooming in on those bands and the nails, maybe it is older than the 30's. Someone smarter than me will come along....

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Andy Thanks for the great pictures - they are possibly the first and only one's ever posted on the Internet. If you haven't done so already, take a close look inside of the box - sometimes the manufacture stamped their boxes. I think you're probably right about the bottles being the taller, slimmer type. As for the age of the box, I think its hard to say at this juncture and I would only be guessing. The only thing I can add to this is that in Allan Petretti's Coca Cola books he shows similar boxes with the metal straps that he claims are pre-1920. But where he came up with the dates and just how accurate they are, I don't know. I'm still searching for answers but not finding much. The abbreviation for the word "Division" on the box is a clue in itself and suggest the brand was distributed in more than one area. If the patent/trademark document tells us anything, it appears the headquarters was located in Chicago, Illinois. Speaking of which ...

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

P.S. I especially like this part of the document ...