[attachment=IMG_5524_opt.jpg] I picked up this beautiful ACL bottle for my collection the other day. The name on the soda is "A Kick". It is in such excellent condition that to look at it you can hardly believe it is over 70 years old. On the reverse it indicates it was produced by Everett Bottling Company of Everett, Wa. I'm sure the logo would appeal to many people with the images of kicking football players and a large somewhat balloon shaped football.
This bottle is a perfect example of why I enjoy collecting ACL's so much. I can find almost nothing about this bottle online and yet just 70 years or so ago there were employees who went to work everyday to produce this brand. There would have been advertisements, distribution channels and probably people who regularly bought "A Kick" soda pop. Now, probably almost everyone who worked for the company has passed. If Everett Bottling Company still exists it must have undergone a name change since I can't locate it online. Collector bottles like this remain as the only evidence that this entire enterprise ever happened. I look at each bottle in my collection the same way - you can imagine a story behind every one.
This bottle is a perfect example of why I enjoy collecting ACL's so much. I can find almost nothing about this bottle online and yet just 70 years or so ago there were employees who went to work everyday to produce this brand. There would have been advertisements, distribution channels and probably people who regularly bought "A Kick" soda pop. Now, probably almost everyone who worked for the company has passed. If Everett Bottling Company still exists it must have undergone a name change since I can't locate it online. Collector bottles like this remain as the only evidence that this entire enterprise ever happened. I look at each bottle in my collection the same way - you can imagine a story behind every one.