Ginger Ale Bottles wanted

[celerycola]

Radio Ginger Ale closeup

 

[celerycola]

Town and Country Ginger Ale Closeup

 

[Ginger Ale collector]

Hi Squirtbob,

That's a great Par-T-Pak! Too bad it is already spoken for. What also is interesting is the back of the bottle showing the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval. It looked familiar to me and it was. The Rum's Dry Ginger Ale brand, like Par-T-Pak was a NEHI brand. The 7 oz ACL I have shows the sale GH seal, and in fact the same "Serial Number", 4897. Some years ago, being a an inquisitive fellow, I wrote to the Good Housekeeping folks and asked if they knew anything about #4897 and if they had any of the testing results. "Oh we didn't keep those old records. . ." Oh, well. Would have been nice. I did learn that the outfit has been around since 1909. I've never seen another brand with the GH seal. Here are the Rum's Dry's: Left is the 7 oz, then a 10 oz version and finally a 6.5 oz Golden variety.

 

[Ginger Ale collector]

Hi Madman,

I'm not ready to break up my ginger ale collection quite yet, but when I do, I'll see if you've found a Variety Club yet. Since we are on the subject of ACLs, us New Englanders digging out from 2-3 feet of snow would like to see another color than white! Here's a line up of color, left to right 1) Black Rock Buffalo NY, 1950, 2) Woodcock, Georgetown, SC, date ??, 3) Skinner's, Harrisburg, PA 1941, 4) Scotia, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, date ??? 5) Booth, Philadelphia 1947, 6) Old Nassau, Mineola , L.I., NY, 1947.

Ken

 

[Ginger Ale collector]

Hi Celery Cola,

Thanks for posting those ginger ales, I'm familiar with all of them except the Topaz. Really neat- must be super rare to find one with a complete label. It looks like it might be from the Prohibition era as many soda bottlers used the "idle" beer bottles during that period. When I get a chance I'll post of few the ginger ales I have that appear to be in beer bottles. Thanks.

 

[celerycola]

Actually the Topaz is circa 1910 or so. I bought it with two labelled Jarvis' Celery Tonic nearly thirty years ago. All three are bimal bottles and Jarvis died in 1912.

ORIGINAL: Ginger Ale collector

Hi Celery Cola,

Thanks for posting those ginger ales, I'm familiar with all of them except the Topaz. Really neat- must be super rare to find one with a complete label. It looks like it might be from the Prohibition era as many soda bottlers used the "idle" beer bottles during that period. When I get a chance I'll post of few the ginger ales I have that appear to be in beer bottles. Thanks.

 

[squirtbob]

I have a 6 OZ. Rums Dry Ginger Ale. It is an Owens-Illinois bottle dating to 1938. It also has the Good Housekeeping seal and also has the number 4897. Nehi Bottling and bottle size all heavily embossed near the heel of the bottle. I've noticed that some of the earliest acl's were 6 OZ. bottles. Unfortunately the acl has faded on this one. You have an incredible collection.

ORIGINAL: Ginger Ale collector

Hi Squirtbob,

That's a great Par-T-Pak! Too bad it is already spoken for. What also is interesting is the back of the bottle showing the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval. It looked familiar to me and it was. The Rum's Dry Ginger Ale brand, like Par-T-Pak was a NEHI brand. The 7 oz ACL I have shows the sale GH seal, and in fact the same "Serial Number", 4897. Some years ago, being a an inquisitive fellow, I wrote to the Good Housekeeping folks and asked if they knew anything about #4897 and if they had any of the testing results. "Oh we didn't keep those old records. . ." Oh, well. Would have been nice. I did learn that the outfit has been around since 1909. I've never seen another brand with the GH seal. Here are the Rum's Dry's: Left is the 7 oz, then a 10 oz version and finally a 6.5 oz Golden variety.

 

[Ginger Ale collector]

Hi Squirtbob,

My Rum's Dry is "6 oz." also. Must be the same vintage bottle, although I'm never sure I read the bottom of the bottle correctly. Mine has 3, then the Owens Illinois mark, and then 9. Is that 1939? On the size, I always get fooled between what's embossed and the actual size of the bottle. When you put the Rum's "6 oz." next to one labeled 7 oz., there's no discernible difference in size. But when I really read the embossing on the Rum's it has "Min. contents 6 oz." So it could hold 7 oz., I suppose. Thank for the nice words on the collection. I decided years ago to focus on a category nobody else seemed interested in. Well, 30 years later. . . ;-). Ken

 

[Ginger Ale collector]

ORIGINAL: celerycola

Actually the Topaz is circa 1910 or so. I bought it with two labelled Jarvis' Celery Tonic nearly thirty years ago. All three are bimal bottles and Jarvis died in 1912.

ORIGINAL: Ginger Ale collector

Hi Celery Cola,

Thanks for posting those ginger ales, I'm familiar with all of them except the Topaz. Really neat- must be super rare to find one with a complete label. It looks like it might be from the Prohibition era as many soda bottlers used the "idle" beer bottles during that period. When I get a chance I'll post of few the ginger ales I have that appear to be in beer bottles. Thanks.

Hi celerycola, Good information there. Thanks. Here are a couple of beer bottle styles with ginger ale labels. On the left, pretty sure it's Prohibition era from Montana. On the right, it's a puzzle. The bottle from Henry Maillard (a famous grocer in NYC) is embossed on the bottom with the AB "run together" which I believe is the Anheuser Busch mark. However, the bottle is BIMAL which could date it before Prohibition. But, as we know, BIMAL bottles were used for many years after the ABM really took over. So, it still could be prohibition era ginger ale. It is a puzzle.

 

[madman]

GREAT BOTTLES!