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

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Yeah it's funny no one's bidding, since in good condition it was supposed to go up to around two thousand back in the early 80's. I wonder what the most is a bottle has ever sold for in Canada. Not sure I've ever seen one of those auctions go above five thousand, though I'm sure they have at times.
 

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Canadacan said:
The location time line is shaky to me because I could not locate information for 1894,95. I believe the company was listed as Vancouver Soda Water Works in 1896...the owner? seems to be Cross D. Gavin.It's not until 1899-1900 that the name Cross & Co. appear in the listings.You may have noted that that little torpedo shaped bottle has MIEKLE BROS. & C0MPANY LTD. on it?...well best I can tell they has a business relation of some kind no doubt about that as they also amalgamated in 1908.So Cross operated as Vancouver Soda Water Works from 1894-1899,1900.....where dose this 1894 come from?The 1959 soda bottle with the blue ACL!....all this information may be written in some book...Pioneer soda companies of BC or something like that?..but I don't have it and have no idea what information it contains. Vancouver Soda Water Works 1894?-1899 Gore Ave. Vancouver BCCross & Co. Ltd. 1900 - 1906 503 HornbyCross & Co. Ltd. 1907 - 1912 1067 RichardsCross & Co. Ltd. 1913 - 1922 38 Lansdown Ave East.Cross & Co. Ltd. 1923 - 1963 38 East 4th Ave

I'm still trying to make sense of things, especially the names, dates and addresses, and thought the following newspaper articles might help ... 1. Vancouver Daily World ~ December 28, 1888 ~ (Vancouver Soda Water Works)2. Vancouver Daily World ~ June 20, 1896 (1 of 2) ~ Says ... "Established ten years ago" 3. (2 of 2)
 

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This is the earliest ad I have been able to find (so far) for Cross & Co. Vancouver Daily World ~ December 7, 1901
 

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P.S. I have been unable to zero in on the 1894 date and exactly what took place at that time!
 

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SODAPOPBOB said:
P.S. I have been unable to zero in on the 1894 date and exactly what took place at that time!
Yes same here!...Thanks for your Hard work in trying to bring light to this[;)] Well we know the Cross's were tied into this soda business in one way or another.And I've never seen that MACK mineral water!...wow! Remember this from the beginning of the post.It's from 1899 [attachment=Cross D.G..jpeg] And then there is also this from 1896 [attachment=Cross G D --1896.jpeg]
 

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Mack Mineral Water ~ St. Catharines ~ Ontario, Canada Most of what I'm finding for Mack Mineral Water places it in St. Catharines, Ontario, which is a long way from British Columbia. I'm thinking Cross & Co. was a distributor of the brand and not necessarily a bottler. ??? 1. Vancouver Daily World ~ August 20, 1903 (There are dozens, and possibly hundreds of similar ads like this between 1901 and 1905) 2. 1900 / 1901 Booklet Cover 3. 1900 / 1901 Booklet Article 2.
 

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Yes Bob that could be that Mack was not bottled by Cross's & Co. These are New additions that just came in today and are now part of my Cross line up[:)] Some pretty cool ACL's! [attachment=ACL's from Goodwood1.jpg]
 

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I found this 1894 British Columbia directory but haven't had time to search it. Click on "Full Screen" and a "Search Inside" box will appear at the top ... https://archive.org/details/cihm_17837
 

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