Cross & Co. Vancouver B.C. 1894-1963

[CanadianBottles]

Oh hey, Prince Rupert, so there is another BC brand I've never seen before! I have a feeling there are probably a lot of Northern BC sodas I've never seen, you don't see much from that part of the province. Speaking of Cross's variations, do you have a 6oz orange peel Cross's bottle? I've got one of those and figure it must have been for one of their products that wasn't ginger ale.And yeah I saw that Lions bottle, never knew that the larger version of that design was used in BC, that's another one to look out for now.

 

[Canadacan]

That Prince Rupert is the only size/style I've seen to date. The Lions was an 11 oz...uncommon size indeed.Yes I have two of the Cross's 6.5 oz orange peel, one is green glass with the Priof top, and one clear, they are pictured on the first post.[]

 

[CanadianBottles]

Oh yeah, I forgot about those. Oops. Man it's hard to keep track of all these. Hey do you know of any other northern BC brands? Only other one I know of is Dawson Creek Beverages, which had a brand called Tall that I have. I think you have one of theirs with a white ACL.

 

[Canadacan]

For more recent brands in Northern BC I'm not really sure. I know of the Dawson Creek one...don't have any of their bottles. Pioneer co's there was Royal Bottling Works Hazelton B.C.1914-?....north west west of PG...about half way to Prince Rupert along the #16 highway. Then there was Albion Bottling Co. T.Z. Krusner 2nd Ave & 8th St. Prince Rupert B.C....(no date).... also Crown Bottling Works 3rd Ave & 6th St. Prince Rupert B.C....(no date)J.H. Falconer Bennett B.C.1900 - 1904....an old abandon gold rush town.I would like to think there had to be some kind of mom & pop operation in Prince George. And I forgot the seller that had the Lions bottles had a Fort William ACL!...now I would assume that's from Williams Lake but it was not marked as such.

 

[CanadianBottles]

No, his Fort William bottle was probably from Fort William, Ontario. I thought you had that Dawson Creek bottle, guess I must have seen that one somewhere else on here.I know about the early companies thanks to the Pioneer Soda Water Companies book, but finding information on more recent companies is a lot harder.

 

[Canadacan]

Ahh I had suspicions it was from Ontario!.. Don't think there was too many in the north but always on the lookout, you just never know what will show up because of the internet.

 

[Canadacan]

Here is a little update to this topic, figured the best place of all to post these new bottles is right here.Well I was pretty happy this past weekend to add this 28 oz Cross's ACL in green!...as well as the 8 oz ACL that has a decent label...I have the other beside it now so yo can see the embossed side too, the last two are previously posted bottles and are there just for comparison. I would still like to find an upgrade on the larger label variation...which is the older one on the right.Interesting to see the latest style of ACL on that 28 oz with the ' Since 1894'....which probably ran till the end in 1963. Dates for bottles pictured left to right 1956, 1945, 1945, 1942, 1950 [attachment=20150713_212457_resized.jpg]

 

[Canadacan]

This is my first inside thread from Cross & Co. The condition is excellent with strong embossing, sure wish it had the threaded cap with it. I believe it is the more common height, it stands at 8 1/2 inches......there is one that is much rarer that stand at 7 3/8. [attachment=20151010_232702.jpg]

 

[Canadacan]

About a month back I spotted this bottle for sale on ebay...from a seller in my area, of course the bottle was way to pricey for a modern NDNR bottle and I never acquired it
But I did get photos!...it's a 28oz NDNR bottle with a paper label, crazy thing is the bottle is dated 1968!.......so Cross's seems to have still been sold at that time.... maybe a correction for the time line could be change to 1968 instead of 1963....things that make you go hmmm

 

[Canadacan]

Well it has been a long time since I've had anything worth posting!...so here it goes, just last week I scored this great Cross & Co. bottle crate, it's dated 1947...which happens to be the last year the Whistle co. of Vancouver was listed in the telephone directories. they started bottling Whistle in Vancouver about 1922 up to 1947...about that time the seemed to change gears and started bottling Kist....what every became of Whistle? ..I suppose they could no longer compete with Crush in this market.
One of the strange things though, is I have never seen an ACL Whistle bottle in BC ...I do have an example from Winnipeg dated either 43 or 53.... I lean toward 43 because this paticular label design was in use by at least 1939.



My Whistle line up ...but not including my 28oz.
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