Found a 1920's Art Deco bottle today

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Because Paul Sahagin is listed as a bottler of carbonated beverages and located at 16951 Hamilton Ave, Highland Park, Michigan, then he's got to be a clue of some sort.

 

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Just for the record ...

Both of the snippets are from publications by the Michigan State Department of Agriculture

(And there are additional listings between 1924 and 1934 in similar publications)

1. 1924
2. 1931

 

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Typo Correction ...

I meant between 1924 and 1931 / not 1934 (no edit option )

1931 is the latest listing I can find.

 

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I don't have a current account with Ancestry.com but am able to take a brief peek at things without paying. I was able to copy this but I won't know how it looks until I post it. Its for a Paul Sakagin (with a 'k' which I believe is a misspelling) from the Detroit 1930 U.S. Census ...


Name: Paul Sakagian
Age in 1930: 49
Birth Year: 1881
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Armenia
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1930: Highland Park, Wayne, Michigan
Street Address: Hamilton Ave
House Number in Cities or Towns: 16951
Dwelling Number: 33
Family Number: 78
Home Owned or Rented: Rented
Home Value: 40
Radio Set: No
Lives on Farm: No
Age at First Marriage: 25
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Armenia
Mother's Birthplace: Armenia
Language Spoken: Armenian
Immigration Year: 1913
Naturalization: Naturalized
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Manufacturer
Industry: Soft Drink
Class of Worker: Working on own account
Employment: Yes
Household Members

Name

Age

Paul Sakagian 49
Sarah Sakagian 37
John Unreadable 27
Mary Unreadable

 

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P.S.

Where it says "Working on own account" means he was the owner operator!

 

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Here's the same/similar bottle but by different bottlers ...


Clarksburg, West Virginia

http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/clarksburg-wv-west-virginia-art-deco-456506540


Seymour, Indiana

http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1926-big-pal-bottle-from-the-seymour-bottling

 

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I found an earlier date for the American Soda Water Mfg. Co. in Detroit.

1914

https://goo.gl/B2ZWP2

 

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P.S.

Notice in the 1914 listing where it says "Red Pop" - I wonder if that's generic and refers to the color or if it was an actual brand?

 

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hemihampton

Here's a summary of everything I was able to find regarding your bottle. It is slightly revised because I discovered the company also occupied the 16953 Hamilton Ave building at some point. I also found a later date for the company of 1932. Because Paul Sahagian immigrated to the United States in 1913, and the earliest date for the company is 1914, if it was in fact Paul Sahagian who founded the company, then it wouldn't surprise me if Mr. Sahagian was a bottler in Armenia before coming to the United States. Even though I haven't found confirmation for this, it would strike me as odd that someone with little or no bottling experience would all of a sudden establish a bottling plant so soon after arriving to the United States if he hadn't had some prior experience beforehand. Paul Sahagian was born in 1881 and was 33 years old in 1914.



American Soda Water Manufacturing Company
16951-53 Hamilton Avenue
Highland Park (Detroit), Michigan


Owner: Paul Sahagian
Born: Armenia 1881
Immigrated to United States 1913


1914: Earliest date I can find for company
1928: Paul Sahagian listed in Detroit directory under Bottlers-Carbonated Beverages
1930: Paul Sahagian listed in Detroit U.S. Census as soft drink manufacture
1932: Latest date I can find for company


Deco Design Soda Bottle Used by Company


Patented: May 25, 1926
By: Jerome P Curran
Assignor to American Bottle Company - Toledo, Ohio
Makers Marks: A.B.CO. - AB

 

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Regarding the "Red Pop" question ...

In the early days the term red pop was a generic reference for variations of "Strawberry" Soda Pop.

Interesting Side Note: The Faygo brand, which was founded by the Fiegenson Brothers in Detroit, Michigan in 1907, officially renamed their strawberry soda to "Redpop" in the 1960s. It is still available today!