wonkapete
Well-Known Member
I hit a local estate auction yesterday and was excited to find about 150 bottles in the garage. I grabbed them all, which averaged out about $1 each. Not only that, there were some really good ones in there that I didn't have.
Here's a few of them!
6 pack of amber Orange Crush bottles. Notice the carton, "Advertised in LIFE"
They are from the following towns:
Dixie Maid Ice Cream Co. - De Ridder, Louisiana
Orange Crush Bottling Co. - Abilene, Texas
John G. Epping - Louisville, Lexington, KY
Double Treat - Greene Double Cola Bottling Co. - Nashville, TN
Real Quality Beverages - Seven-Up Bottling Co. - Ruston, LA
Hycee Beverages - Hycee Bottling Co. - Macon, GA
City Club Beverages - City Club Bottling Co. - Thomasville, GA
City Club Beverages - Bainbridge Bottling Co. - Bainbridge, GA
Brownie
Brown Cow Beverages - Frostie Bottling Co. - Jackson, Miss
Big Shot Beverages - Jefferson Bottling Co. - New Orleans, LA
Bucks Beverages - Tom Buck, Columbus, GA
Cheerwine
Grapette - Grapette Bottling Co. - Jackson, Miss
Red Rock - Red Rock Co. - Atlanta, GA
Frost King - Howard McGhee, Jackson, Miss
Nesbitts
Suwannee Valley Beverages - Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Trenton, FLA
Common ones
Various RCs from:
Nehi Bottling Co. - Montgomery, AL
Royal Crown Bottling Co. - Opelika, AL
Royal Crown Bottling Co. - Frisco City, AL
Common ones
Zetz Beverages - 7up Bottling Co. - Vicksburg, MS
Zetz Beverages - 7up Bottling Co. - Vicksburg, MS
Pay Day - Central Bottling Co. - Jackson, MS
LC Beverages - Selma, AL
Koelling
Lime Cola - Lime Cola Co. - Montgomery, AL
Orangico
Chero Cola - Newnan, GA
Diet Rite - Nehi Royal Crown Bottling Co. - Wynne, ARK
Tru Ade - Tru-Ade Bottling Co. - Savannah, GA
Common ones
Double Line - Double Cola Botting Co. - Forsyth, GA
Buffalo Rocks - Birmingham, AL
Buffalo Rocks - Birmingham, AL
Mission Beverages - Mission Orange Bottling Co. - Tuscaloosa, AL
NuGrape
Pop Kola Junior - Williams Bottling Co. - Fitzgerald, GA
Buffalo Rock - Birmingham, AL
Grapette
Pepsi - Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. - Tuskegee, AL
Mission Beverages - Huntsville, AL
True Grits - a very cool bottle, full of grits from the Independent Decorators of Glass Containers company. Story on back about the company.
Byran & Nims Beverages - Opelika, AL
Teague's Beverages - Teague's Bottling Co. - Eclectic, AL
Pat-T-Pak
Pat-T-Pak
Hartman's Beverages - Hartman Beverage Co. - Knoxville, TN
This is the back of the Byran & Nims Beverages bottle. This is different!
De-Lux Beverages - Grant & Kirven, Montgomery, AL
Gould Beverages - Orange Crush Bottling Co., Atlanta, GA
Red Rock - Barq's Bottling Co. - Jackson, Miss
King-Hi Beverages - King Hi Bottling Co. - Opp, AL
Nehi - Nehi Bottling, Montgomery, AL
Talley's Beverages - LaFayette Bottling Co. - LaFayette, AL
M-E Beverages - May-Elmore Bottling Co. - Troy, AL
Fosko - Fosko Bottling Co. - Mobile, AL
Pip's Beverages - Pipkin Bottling Co. - Atmore, AL
Ionia Beverages - Coca-Cola Bottling Co. - Ionia, Mich
Tea Cola - Tea Cola Bottling - Atlanta, GA
Soda Water - Chero Cola Bottling Co. - Tallassee, AL
NuGrape - Montgomery, AL
Gruel & Ott - Port Huron, Mich
Try-Me Beverages - Birmingham, AL
Upper 10 - Nehi Bottling Co. - Birmingham, AL
Grapico
Grapico - Orange Crush Grapico Bottling Co. - Birmingham, AL
Grapico - Grapico Sales Company - Roanoke, AL
Hep - Red Rock Bottling Co. - Knoxville, TN
Drake & Co. - Lowestoft
Christmas Coke - Louisville, KY
U.S. Beverages - U.S. Beverages Co. - Montgomery, AL
The Drake bottle - very unusual, thick top, somewhat threaded
Here's the grape bottle up close
A heavily embossed beer
Here's a few of them!
6 pack of amber Orange Crush bottles. Notice the carton, "Advertised in LIFE"
They are from the following towns:
Dixie Maid Ice Cream Co. - De Ridder, Louisiana
Orange Crush Bottling Co. - Abilene, Texas
John G. Epping - Louisville, Lexington, KY
Double Treat - Greene Double Cola Bottling Co. - Nashville, TN
Real Quality Beverages - Seven-Up Bottling Co. - Ruston, LA
Hycee Beverages - Hycee Bottling Co. - Macon, GA
City Club Beverages - City Club Bottling Co. - Thomasville, GA
City Club Beverages - Bainbridge Bottling Co. - Bainbridge, GA
Brownie
Brown Cow Beverages - Frostie Bottling Co. - Jackson, Miss
Big Shot Beverages - Jefferson Bottling Co. - New Orleans, LA
Bucks Beverages - Tom Buck, Columbus, GA
Cheerwine
Grapette - Grapette Bottling Co. - Jackson, Miss
Red Rock - Red Rock Co. - Atlanta, GA
Frost King - Howard McGhee, Jackson, Miss
Nesbitts
Suwannee Valley Beverages - Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Trenton, FLA
Common ones
Various RCs from:
Nehi Bottling Co. - Montgomery, AL
Royal Crown Bottling Co. - Opelika, AL
Royal Crown Bottling Co. - Frisco City, AL
Common ones
Zetz Beverages - 7up Bottling Co. - Vicksburg, MS
Zetz Beverages - 7up Bottling Co. - Vicksburg, MS
Pay Day - Central Bottling Co. - Jackson, MS
LC Beverages - Selma, AL
Koelling
Lime Cola - Lime Cola Co. - Montgomery, AL
Orangico
Chero Cola - Newnan, GA
Diet Rite - Nehi Royal Crown Bottling Co. - Wynne, ARK
Tru Ade - Tru-Ade Bottling Co. - Savannah, GA
Common ones
Double Line - Double Cola Botting Co. - Forsyth, GA
Buffalo Rocks - Birmingham, AL
Buffalo Rocks - Birmingham, AL
Mission Beverages - Mission Orange Bottling Co. - Tuscaloosa, AL
NuGrape
Pop Kola Junior - Williams Bottling Co. - Fitzgerald, GA
Buffalo Rock - Birmingham, AL
Grapette
Pepsi - Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. - Tuskegee, AL
Mission Beverages - Huntsville, AL
True Grits - a very cool bottle, full of grits from the Independent Decorators of Glass Containers company. Story on back about the company.
Byran & Nims Beverages - Opelika, AL
Teague's Beverages - Teague's Bottling Co. - Eclectic, AL
Pat-T-Pak
Pat-T-Pak
Hartman's Beverages - Hartman Beverage Co. - Knoxville, TN
This is the back of the Byran & Nims Beverages bottle. This is different!
De-Lux Beverages - Grant & Kirven, Montgomery, AL
Gould Beverages - Orange Crush Bottling Co., Atlanta, GA
Red Rock - Barq's Bottling Co. - Jackson, Miss
King-Hi Beverages - King Hi Bottling Co. - Opp, AL
Nehi - Nehi Bottling, Montgomery, AL
Talley's Beverages - LaFayette Bottling Co. - LaFayette, AL
M-E Beverages - May-Elmore Bottling Co. - Troy, AL
Fosko - Fosko Bottling Co. - Mobile, AL
Pip's Beverages - Pipkin Bottling Co. - Atmore, AL
Ionia Beverages - Coca-Cola Bottling Co. - Ionia, Mich
Tea Cola - Tea Cola Bottling - Atlanta, GA
Soda Water - Chero Cola Bottling Co. - Tallassee, AL
NuGrape - Montgomery, AL
Gruel & Ott - Port Huron, Mich
Try-Me Beverages - Birmingham, AL
Upper 10 - Nehi Bottling Co. - Birmingham, AL
Grapico
Grapico - Orange Crush Grapico Bottling Co. - Birmingham, AL
Grapico - Grapico Sales Company - Roanoke, AL
Hep - Red Rock Bottling Co. - Knoxville, TN
Drake & Co. - Lowestoft
Christmas Coke - Louisville, KY
U.S. Beverages - U.S. Beverages Co. - Montgomery, AL
The Drake bottle - very unusual, thick top, somewhat threaded
Here's the grape bottle up close
A heavily embossed beer