Ginger Ale Bottles wanted

[druggistnut]

Hi GAC,
I also have the McCullough's bottle and spent a couple of fruitless days trying to run it down. I posted on here about a year ago regarding it, too.
My friend has an amber quart blob, no slugplate, embossed S and H Ginger Ale. The back is embossed Not To be Sold. No makers mark.
I will try to get a pic from him, but no promises.
It was dug in Michigan.
Any ideas?
Thanks, and GREAT topic!
Bill

 

[celerycola]

I have a 12 ounce ten pin Brayer's Hi-Ball Ginger Ale from Rochester NY. I probably have a few more ginger ales in my bottle show sales boxes.

I have a lot of history on soft drinks in general and ginger ale in particular from forty years of research and have written several books on soda history. If you decide to write a book let me know and I give you a ton of information.

 

[rico2002]

[] Hi, I have a wolverine box and three of the Wolverine bottles that you have posted a picture here. They do not say ginger ale on the bottle like the one you have very heavy bottle, would like to know about the history of this bottle and if they are worth anything including the wooden crate they came in. Thank You

 

[Ginger Ale collector]

Hello- GAC here- back again after a long absence- The Caswell and Harzard is a nice bottle- fairly common- comes in a greenish aqua that stands out. The company was a famous druggist and medicinal supply firm in the mid to late 1800s. The bottle is probably late 1880s.

 

[Ginger Ale collector]

Hi Bill- I've been away from the forum for a while- but I have the same trouble with the McCullough's bottle you do! Still no info! If your buddy still has the S and H blob embossed ginger ale- I'm interested. Have no idea! The closest I come to S & H is D & H. Ken.

 

[Ginger Ale collector]

Hi Celery Cola- I've been away from the forum for a while- bit I believe I met you a few years ago at the York National show- you had a great display of your Celery Colas, if I'm not mistaken. The Brayers Ginger Ale from Rochester is not a common bottle. It is in my collection along with a couple of its cousins from Brockport, NY., which is about 20 miles west of Rochester. Not sure what was up with the ten-pin style, but they are all nice bottles from the 1930s.

 

[Ginger Ale collector]

Hi Rico- I wish I knew more about the Wolverine- I haven't turned up any new information- and the Web isn't much help either. We'll keep looking and learning! There's got to be a Michigan or Ohio person who could help. Here's an earlier post: https://www.antique-bottles.net/forum/m-30298/mpage-10/tm.htm Thanks, Ken

 

[Ginger Ale collector]

Hey Madman- I'm back again- don't know about blowing the roof off- but here are some new additions to my collection of ginger ales: Left to right: 1) Wargin's Dry from Buffalo, NY, 1943, 2) Eureka Club, not sure of location- 16 sides!, also comes in a 7 oz, same design, 3) Beverly Club- Golden State Bottling Company, rare art deco, from the 1930s, 4) Here's an odd one, no company name- it is suspected to be Josiah Russel, who had locations in London and Rotterdam, Netherlands. The bottle was purchased from the Netherlands, who knows? Great color- probably 1890s. 5) Indiana Club- Jeffersonville, 1948- pretty rare, 6) White House ginger ale, Standard Bottling, Boston, MA, flag embossed on reserve. You see the bottle often, but hardly ever with the label. 7) Polar- from Panama- and yes that is Antarctica, reminding us northern hemisphere folks that there is a different view of the world! 1966, 8) Watsonville Cider and Ginger Ale Company, San Fransisco- very rare, and in perfect condition- almost as if it was never used.

 

[rwl777]

I have an old Genuine Belfast Ginger Ale CD Dow Boston bottle that doesn't stand up.

Any idea what it's worth? I found it about 35 years ago in an unusal place in Boston.

I can send a picture to an email address but it won't load on this site. Message is "too large"

 

[Ginger Ale collector]

Hi- welcome! Your Dow's is one of the more common round bottom ginger ale bottles. It dates from about 1880 or later. Dow's claims to have started up in 1861 as the inventor of the first marble sound fountain apparatus. The bottle in mint condition is worth $25-30, but I have seen them sold for lower and higher than that.