Ginger Ale Bottles wanted

[Ginger Ale collector]

Hi Neil,

Circle A items are really popular these days. It looks like you have an early crown top of theirs. Oddly enough, none of the Circle A bottles that I know of are embossed ginger ale! To my knowledge, they all had paper labels that said ginger ale. The early ones had diamond-shaped labels that were a light yellow or green with three-leafed clover (shamrocks) that was a reference to ginger ale's Irish heritage. I have one of those bottles, but now am waiting for a label to turn up! Thanks for asking.

GAC

 

[Ginger Ale collector]

Hello all-

During my travels have picked up a couple of interesting ginger ales. Here's one that has quite a bit of history, and what appears to be some "artistic" license taken on the label art work. It's from Chicago, ILL, but the subject matter is in northern Georgia. Whomever owned the Citrus Products Company in Chicago was a southern patriot as the label is the Civil War Memorial in Stone Mountain Georgia. This is an interesting story, as it took 60 years to complete, finally done in 1972. While the carving shows none of the horse's legs, it turns out the bottle label reflects the original design. The bottom half of the design was scrapped to save time! The bottle label was made before the carving was finished without the legs. If you want to read more about this- go here: http://ngeorgia.com/attractions/stonemountaincarving.html

You never know where a ginger ale bottle will take you!

 

[Ginger Ale collector]

Hello Bottle Forum- after a long absence I found some time to post a picture of some the ginger ale bottles that have come my way. Going left to right !) James Ray Ginger Ale, Savannah GA in a rare medium blue. These usually are a very dark royal cobalt. Late 1870s early 1880s. 2) Next is a dark teal green crown from Jamaica. Montego Bay Steam Bottling company, label only- probably early 1900s. 3) Lime Rock Springs Ginger Ale, Dubuque, IA, probably late 1930s, 4) Granite State Springs Ginger Ale, Atkinson, NH. The back of the bottle is embossed with the same scene as the label, very rare to get a complete label. The ginger ale neck label is actually a feather shape. Around 1920. 5) East Mountain Ginger Ale, Factoryville, PA. This style bottle which took a small cork and a wire closer, like champagne was popular with spring water companies in late 1890s. Many spas and mineral spring companies also bottled their "waters" in these bottles. 6) Arctic Dry, a very rare painted label from Canada (Windsor Bottling Company), not sure of date, but could be late 1940s. and 7) a yellow amber G. Ebberwein ginger ale ( embossed ginger ale on reverse) from Savannah. This bottle came in about seven different colors including black amber and chartreuse, and even plain old aqua! This yellowish one is hard to come by. All date from mid 1880s. Well that's it for now.

Ken- (GAC- Ginger Ale Collector)

 

[madman]

WOW! IM GLAD TO SEE THIS ONE BACK! CMON GUYS LETS SEE MORE GINGERALE BOTTLES!

 

[cowseatmaize]

I only had one and don't know if I still do or not. It was a round bottom Caswell & Hazard.

 

[madman]

ACLS

 

[madman]

CMON GUYS LETS BLOW THE ROOF OFF THIS THING!

 

[madman]

MORE BUFFALO ROCK, DOUBLE DRY KNOXVILLE TN., CASCADE, VA,

 

[madman]

PIX

 

[bubbas dad]

GAC, nice to hear from you. looks like some nice finds.