COCA COLA / NEEDLES, CA. / BILL PORTER

[SODAPOPBOB]

Here's the cover of Bill Porter's book. Check with him personally via the address below for a copy of your own.

E-mail : oldcokes@aol.com

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

This now famous photo was taken by Dorothea Lange in 1939 during the great depression and shows one of the more unusual uses of a Coca Cola hobbleskirt bottle. I wonder if that was some form of a generic nipple, or if they were designed specifically for soda bottles?

 

[TheCaliKid]

Bob -

You wonder about the strangest things.



P.S. Your Needles can't beat my Taft! [][][]

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Hey Kid ~

Where ya been? Good to hear from you. In response to your reply, consider this ...

Is the universe there to "wonder" about or "wander" about?

SODA"AMAZED"BOB

[]

P.S. ~ There was a "Taft" Big Chief on e-bay the other day. You otta get it. Even if you don't "get" my quizzler above. Lol

 

[cobaltbot]

Cool post and photos Bob. I have found over 200 hobbleskirts and continue to dig or pick them up. Most are from the east.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

cobalt ~

Thanks for stopping by. Another interesting side note to the bridge(s) crossing of the Colorado river near Needles is shown in the picture below of Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper from the movie "Easy Rider" made in 1969. As you know, Peter Fonda is the son of Henry Fonda who starred in the 1940 movie "The Grapes of Wrath." In one of my earlier pictures it shows the Joad family crossing the old arch bridge, (which was replaced by a newer bridge in 1966) whereas in the one from "Easy Rider" it shows them crossing the newer bridge on I-40. This father-son connection was no mere coincidence, and the film makers of "Easy Rider" (which was produced and directed by Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper) intentionally created the bridge crossing scene to suggest a "bridging" of the generation gap between the depression era of the 1930s and the 1960s.

SODA"POP-AND-SON"BOB []

P.S. ~ I am eagerly seeking a Barstow, Ca. hobbleskirt if anyone should come across one. Barstow is another small Route 66 town which is located about 120 miles west of Needles. Thanks.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Additionally ...

I am currently working on putting together a list of every e-mail address I can find for the various historical societies - museums - and chambers of commerce along old Route 66 that once had a Coca Cola bottler. My intent is to send each of them an inquiry to see if they can send me information and photos regarding the history of the Coca Cola bottler in their particular town. This sort of information, and especially photos is extremely difficult to find on the internet. If and when I get the requested info I will post a separate thread regarding it. But I anticipate it will take quite a bit of time.

SPBOB

 

[celerycola]

Some of those histories were in the bottler Fiftieth Anniversary publications published by The Coca-Cola Co. You should see some in Mike Miller's Arizona Bottle Book. Dennis Fewless and Chris Weide should be able to provide information on most of these plants from the '20's to the '60's.

ORIGINAL: SODAPOPBOB

Additionally ...

I am currently working on putting together a list of every e-mail address I can find for the various historical societies - museums - and chambers of commerce along old Route 66 that once had a Coca Cola bottler. My intent is to send each of them an inquiry to see if they can send me information and photos regarding the history of the Coca Cola bottler in their particular town. This sort of information, and especially photos is extremely difficult to find on the internet. If and when I get the requested info I will post a separate thread regarding it. But I anticipate it will take quite a bit of time.

SPBOB 

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

celery ~

Thanks a lot. I will definitely look into that. Especially if they have photos of the bottling plants. As they say, "One picture is worth a thousand words." Plus, I heard through the grapevine that Dennis Fewless is supposed to have a 1934 acl of some kind. That would be an added bonus if he does.

Bob

 

[splante]

awesome history lesson sodapopbob....every bottle has a story.......