EARLIEST ACL SODA BOTTLE(S) ?

[splante]

second brownie club much better condition almost perfect, notice label is smaller and pattern on bottle is diffrent on bottom

 

[splante]

bacl label of same bottle number 1568 on bottom

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

splante ~

Thanks for the additional photos and information. If possible could you try again to focus a photo of the entire bottom of the 3236 bottle? You will notice the front label has the block print as opposed to the script lettering on the other example. The block lettering is the older of the two, and possibly a 1936 ... but I really need to see the entire bottom to confirm this. If it in fact turns out to be a 1936, it will qualify as one of the top ten earliest acls known.

Thanks so much for your contribution. I look forward to your reply.

SPB

 

[splante]

still could not get it to show in a photo clear bottle/clear embossing, so I edited photo in paint shop and tried to trace over all the markings as best i could, notice the gab between 32 36 its not like one number 3236 same with the 5 7 theres a gap between the numbers as not to read it as 57 hope this helps

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

splante ~

Thanks. I know you're trying, and I appreciate it. But even without a clear photo, knowing now what it says by your outline I still don't recognize anything about the numbers. The "E" is a total mystery to me. And as much as I would like the 36 to mean 1936 ... I just can't say for sure.

HELP!

Is anyone familar with these code numbers and able to decipher them?

And what do we know about the "Brownie Club" bottling history?

~ Thanks ~

SO "DUH" POPBOB

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

This snippet from page 88 of my ACL book is all I currently know about the Brownie Club bottle in question. Please be reminded this is for the "Block Lettering" version. The script label came out later. Although it only has this single listing, notice the two dates 37,35. So it is safe to assume there was also a 1936 bottle. Regarding the company history, I have found nothing so far.

SPB

Brand Name - Photo Number - Date - OZ. - City/State - 1993/94 Value - 1998/2001 Value/Rank(R=Rare).

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

And Here's photo number 144 from the same book. (If a 1935 example ever surfaces it will qualify as one of only four ACLs known from 1935).

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

wonkapete ~

This ones for you! [] As long as we are setting records straight, I thought you might be interested in this snippet from the Third Edition of the same ACL book. Notice it says that 7up's first bottle was in 1936. Thanks to your contribution we have fully established that the first 7up bottle was in 1935. So maybe one of these days (prior to the release of the Fourth Edition) you might want to contact them with photos of your 7up bottle and "re-write" the book. Who knows, maybe they will even publish your name as a major contributor. Wouldn't that be cool?

SPB

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Oops! I got my images backwards ... here's the ACL book text that needs correcting.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

P.S. ~

wonkapete ...

I forgot to mention that the ACL book I keep referring to only list photos of two 7up bottles. Both of which are amber versions from 1936 and 1937 ... with the 1936 "slender" one being from San Diego, CA., and the 1937 "squat" one being from Dallas/Houston, Texas. You may be one of few, and possibly the only collector in the entire country with a green "Alkaline" example. If so, I wonder what it might be worth?

SPB