EARLIEST ACL SODA BOTTLE(S) ?

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madman ~

Great! I'm glad you found it. Now you owe me a root beer! And when I say "root beer," I mean root beer "bottle." So I'll just take anything you choose to send me ... providing it is pre-1940, and in mint condition! Lol [] ! Totally joking, of course. Even though I was glad to help, the real kudos go to morbious_fod, as he was the one who brought to my attention in the first place.

Thanks, Morb ... (From all of us). We don't know what we'd do without you.

Bob & company ...

 

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T D ~

I hope you read this, and don't mind that I "borrowed" the photo of your "Brownie Club" bottle below. I found it in a thread you started on June 8, 2008. Maybe you just overlooked it, or already checked the date on it and determined that it was from the 1940s or later. But from the research I have done it appears that it may be as early as 1935. If so, it would tie as the earliest ACL known and posted on this thread. So far the 1935 7up posted by wonkapete is the earliest.

I have been looking for a descent image of one since starting this thread, and am surprised I didn't look on A-B.net first. Hopefully we will hear back from you soon telling us it is in fact a 1935 example. That would really make my day, and hopefully your's as well.

Thanks,

SPB

P.S. For some reason I have been unable to enlarge the photo as I had hoped to do. This particular one I "cropped" from an assortment of other bottles of yours from that 6-8-08 posting.

 

[T D]

Sorry so long to respond. I doubt this bottle is old, any imput would be appreciated

 

[T D]

I doubt the paint on the 1935 bottle would be this bright. The pic in the acl book has a thinner creature...

 

[T D]

bottom says 32 36 on the top and 60 on the bottom

 

[T D]

whole bottle

 

[madman]

1935 jumbo after watching my buddy digg about 10thousand of these broken it was nice to find this one

 

[T D]

from the book

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

T D ~

Thanks a jillion - but I too am still trying to find out more on that early "Brownie Club" bottle. Did you notice in the ACL book where you got that one image that it list two of them? - one from 1935 - and one from 1937. I was thinking the same thing about it possibly being, or tying for the earliest. But I will be danged if I can find a photo of one, let alone anyone who owns one. If you find something before I do, please let us know. (Who knows, maybe the book is wrong ... but I kind of doubt it).

Also I'm kind of thinking yours is a later bottle. You're right - it just doesn't look that old. And surely the 60 is for 1960 ???

Thanks,

Bob

 

[T D]

my assumption is that they bottled for many years with the same style label. That is the fallacy of the book listing the dates