Does anyone know what this was...

[Hyz25265]

 

[bottle-bud]

What you have is a very common Smile bottle. They came in several different sizes and was a very popular soda. Franchised from the Orange Smile Syrup Co. of St. Louis , Missouri. Orange Smile was in business from 1920 til about 1961.

 

[RCO]

I've never actually found a smile bottle in the wild yet although it was sold in parts of Canada , see its listed in my book and I've seen there bottles for sale before , it was popular back then I guess maybe not locally

 

[bottle-o-pop]

what book?

 

[bottle-o-pop]

I don't know what it was. I have seen some of these Smile bottles with their paper label describing it as containing flavoring/syrup. So, it makes me wonder - were they soda bottles or syrup bottles, or both, and if both, did it depend on their size?
Smile crowncap bottles come in several sizes; 1oz 2½oz, 6oz, 6½oz, 24oz, and 1 gallon. I don't know whether all of those sizes contained soda or syrup. It's possible the gallon size never contained any product.

 

[martyfoley]

Great name for a product. Hopefully it lived up to its name. Happy face find!