EARLIEST ACL SODA BOTTLE(S) ?

[SODAPOPBOB]

P.S. ~ (Page 6)

I apologize for this bombardment of postings, but it's better than counting aftershocks, which I have also started a list of, with three "strong" ones already occurring today. Overall there have been literally dozens upon dozens of them ... but I only record the ones I actually feel ... which typically range in the 3.0+ category.

Anyway, I wanted to clairfy my slogan request by saying that I realize some/most of the slogans are carry-over's from earlier years during the embossed era. But that's okay, just so long as it was still being used in the 1930s. My intent is not to use the slogans for dating bottles, but rather to simply show examples of various slogans during the 1930s. Of course, some of those same slogans are still being used today ... but, (like so many of my crazy projects), "That's another story!"

Thanks again,

SPB

 

[cyberdigger]

This is one quakey year so far if you ask me.. another big one just hit Indonesia an hour ago.. I can't say I've ever felt an earthquake in my life, but I don't think it would do my overactive adrenaline glands any good.. it's bad enough when my car feels funny.. but the Earth itself.. jeepers!!

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

I was granted permission by "Dragon0421" to post the following image(s) of a "Grapico" acl bottle from 1939. It's in pretty rough shape, but still a good example of what was being done in the 1930s.

Thanks Dragon0421 ~ (The bottle can also be seen on "wonkapete's" recent Grapico thread).

SPB

(Back side image with slogan to follow).

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Here's the back side.

The slogan reads ... "Made It's Way By The Way It's Made" Is that cool or what?

SPB

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

ORIGINAL: huntersbottles

The bottom of the bottle has "G 60" and "77-700" embossed in it.
Could you tell me if you know what these mean? Possibly from 1960?

huntersbottles ~

I was reading back through this thread and realized your question regarding the date on your "Brownie Club" was never answered. I'm "guessing" the 60 is for 1960, but I'm not entirely sure. Maybe someone else will be able to tell you more.

Thanks again to you and everyone else who participated. I really got a kick out of all this. Plus I learned a lot about early ACLs.

Bob

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

The 7up labels below are for everyone to enjoy, but especially "wonkapete." It was he who inspired me to do some additional research, allowing me to discover the article by Bill Lockhart regarding the 1935 7up bottle. (Which, as it turns out, "may" be the first ACL bottle ever produced - please see photo of bottle on page 4).

Not long after reading the article, I went online and purchased the labels shown below. All the seller knew about them was that they were original, and from the 1930s. (I received the labels in the mail today). But, as this snippet from Bill Lockhart's article points out, the label changed in ...

[align=left] "Typically, however, the next stage began in 1937. The “slenderizing†lady lost her word [/align][align=left] (slenderizing) and acquired a swim suit." (Full article on page 5 of this thread).[/align][align=left] [/align][align=left] Which confirms the near-mint labels I purchased online for $6.95 are pre-1937.[/align][align=left] [/align][align=left]I hope nobody reminds Bob that this thread is supposed to be about ACLs, and not embossed/paper label bottles. But I just couldn't resist sharing them. And I won't tell him if you don't.[/align][align=left] [/align][align=left]SODAPOP... "Bill or Fred", anything but "Sue" [] [/align]

 

[madman]

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[madman]

nice lable i need one for a squat 1937 knoxville

 

[morbious_fod]

Was-cott is 1910.

 

[morbious_fod]

ORIGINAL: SODAPOPBOB
Interesting side-note: In compiling this list I noticed a connection between the “Was-Cott†bottle on page one, and the “Tazewell†bottle on page four. On the label of the "Was-Cott" bottle it clearly says it’s from Tazewell, Virginia. Surely this is more than coincidence. And surely the “Tazewell†bottle is also from Tazewell, Virginia. ???

SODAPOPBOB

North Tazewell, VA was the rail road hub for Tazewell, VA. The towns were once seperate; however, in 1963 the two towns became one, but both bottles are from the same plant in what is even now called North Tazewell, VA.