Don't Laugh . . . I'm looking for some ACL bottles.

[celerycola]

Red Seal CherryKoke Chicago IL 1937

 

[celerycola]

Cherry Koke Youngstown OH 1940

 

[celerycola]

Lemon Koke Youngstown OH 1940

 

[celerycola]

And my favorite - Plain Koke Youngstown OH 1940

 

[OsiaBoyce]

Are ya sure they even exist?

 

[celerycola]

Not 'til I have one in my hand. These are trademark registrations that appear to be bottle designs. They could be acl, paper label, or never applied to a bottle. I'm checking to see if they were sued by Coca-Cola which may indicate a short-lived brand.

ORIGINAL: OsiaBoyce

Are ya sure they even exist?

 

[cowseatmaize]

I know you said not to but Plane Koke is pretty punny.[sm=lol.gif]

 

[fishnuts]

Those designs do not look like silk screen images to me, but rather label or printed advertising art.

The Red Seal would translate exactly onto a screen for printing. Even with what I see that appears to be a drop-shadow effect in a grey tone.
The three others simply would not have been used in screen processing because of all the half tones /gradients (can't really tell from the copy of a copy, etc). Todays techniques with computer imaging and etc., it could be done. In the vintage you're looking for, imho...doubtful.

I hope you find all of them, however, especially the colas...find two, including one for me.

 

[celerycola]

These are drawings for trademark registrations. The shaded areas represent solid red on the Cherry Koke, solid yellow on the Lemon Koke, and solid green on the Plane Koke.

I would be happy to find them as paper-labelled bottles if that is what they were.

I am going through Coca-Cola lawsuits from the 1890s forward and have just gotten to the mid-1930s. My next research trip may turn up something on these.