Delaware Punch..from Vancouver BC..who knew?

[Canadacan]

It does make you wonder exactly how they went about their bottling operations. That Green Delaware is definetly ginger ale...I left the bottle behind, they wanted $40 for it. I know Country Club had 7up caps with their name on it because I have one.

 

[CanadianBottles]

Huh, that's interesting. I have a feeling there was likely a lot of reusing of old bottles with different companies' names on them on the West Coast, though I don't have any definite proof of that beyond the 7up with a different label. Your Country Club 7Up cap, does it have the 7Up logo or an image of anything else? I'd really like to figure out what my bottle was used for, though considering how few paper labels from BC have survived it's probably unlikely that I ever will. (I dug the bottle, so not that much is left of the label on mine).

 

[Canadacan]

I have to run out for a bit, I'll post a picture for you when I get back. It has the black and white 7up logo.

 

[Canadacan]

A bit off topic but Here is that cap...Probably pre 40?...notice it only has 4 bubbles...there is a USA similar one with 6 bubbles. [attachment=7up cap1.jpg]

 

[CanadianBottles]

Do you know if the bottle is original to the cap? And does it have any bottler/town name on the back? I know I've seen an 8-bubble from Seven Up Vancouver, which I assume took over the franchise from Country Club quite early on, unless they were bottling simultaneously, which would be quite weird. I have a feeling that that 8-bubble had U7P embossed in the neck like my label only one, which would mean that your bottle probably isn't original to the cap. I saw it a couple years ago in an antique store though, so I could be wrong about that fact.Ha ha this has gone totally off topic, but oh well! Nice to finally be able to exchange some info with another West Coast collector. I'll get a picture of the glass maker's mark for my Delaware Punch bottle in a few days, I figure it's probably from the same production run as yours with so few turning up anywhere.

 

[Canadacan]

No the bottle and cap do not belong together...if I'm dating the cap correctly, the bottle is dated 1946 and marked' 7 UP (BRITISH COLUMBIA) LIMITED ..........I have another of the same dated 1943. VANCOUVERThis is the lady with the single foot version..if you know what I mean, and ironically above her there is 8 bubbles???and lists no ingredients....ah man hang on I'll take a pic!..lolYes great to share stuff with a like minded collector! My collection is small and limited but here ya go. Gray Beverage set up in 1948 in Vancouver. see bottle...they became the main distributer for 7up.So in order of date: 1946, 1948, 1953....short lived was the ACL with the Lithium listed. [attachment=7up003.jpg][attachment=7up002.jpg][attachment=7up 001.jpg]

 

[CanadianBottles]

I've always loved that Gray Beverages commemorative, one of my favourite BC ACL's even if it is fairly modern. It's funny, I never came across a Seven Up (British Columbia) bottle, only two non-commemorative ACL Seven Ups I have are Seven Up (Vancouver), which operated in both Vancouver and Victoria and probably preceded yours, and Nanaimo Bottling Works, which is a fairly rare one I think, though it's not that old. Doesn't have the swimsuit girl on it. I need to check the dates on mine, though I can't until this weekend.

 

[Canadacan]

Yes I love that Gray beverage bottle...I also have two of Gray's plant opening bottles 1986 Edmonton Alberta, and 1989 Annacis BC. I know the Nanaimo 7up as I have one too!...yea I never seem to run across them.

 

[CanadianBottles]

Hey do you know of any other companies in BC that put out Seven Up bottles? If Nanaimo Bottling Works put one out then Seven Up (British Columbia) or Gray must not have distributed all over the province. Also I'll have to keep an eye out for that Annacis bottle, never heard of that one existing before. What sort of a bottle is it? By 1989 they were using screw caps and approaching the use of plastic bottles, if they hadn't started already.

 

[Canadacan]

Well at this point I have not...and I suppose I get a little stereo type when I see a scratched and faded 7up ACL and don't pick it up to see because the seller thinks it's worth 10 buck. I should make it more of a habit. But my thought is there has to be more bottles marked, but the Nanaimo Bottling may have distributed to the centeral and north Island. You could imagine one marked Prince George, Kamloops,The Annacis bottle is white!...date code of July/Aug 1985....guess they found some old stock bottles to use. Pictured also is the Edmonton plant opening 1986. [attachment=1989 Annacis.jpg]