Ginger Ale Bottles wanted

[epackage]

Samuel Pollock had a silk mill in the city, the railroad must have had a regular stop/station nearby....

 

[LC]

Well , I was looking back through the post and saw that I had already posted the Ginger Ales I posted the other evening already in an earlier post , sorry for wasting your time and band width . Did make it out to the building today and found the Union Bottling Works Ginger Ale bottle I was telling you about . This is an acl along with the paper label showing the flavor of the drink . Can't say I have seen another pop bottle that was both acl and paper label .

 

[johnfitzgerald]

Any info or interest in this embossed bottle? The Gorman Ginger Ale Co. Baltinore, MD?
John

 

[Ginger Ale collector]

Hi John,

The "s" in the script embossing is often read as an "r". This is the Gosman Ginger Ale Company. Their bottles are fairly common without the label. This bottle is probably from the mid-1920s, maybe later. I've seen Gosman signs that say "Since 1870", but I have yet to see a bottle from that period. There are Gosman Ginger Ale advertising pieces from the 1890s. For this one, without the label and damage to the crown top, there's not much in this one for a collector, I'm afraid to say, but thanks for posting it. Here's an example of a more collectable Gosman bottle.

GAC (Ken)

 

[Ginger Ale collector]

Hi LC

Yes it is unusual to find an ACL with a paper label. Yes, we did mention some of those bottles in an earlier post, but not a waste of time, just a reminder that we've have good posts.

Speaking of paper labels, here's one of the themes in my ginger ale collection: Native Americans (Indians if you prefer). The first from the left is unusual because the label is actually on the correct bottle. For some reason these Blackhawk labels are very common and find their way onto all kinds of bottles they should not be on! The second is a BIMAL (blown in mold applied top) from late 1890s-1910 from Atkinson Depot, NH. The same scene is embossed on the reverse. Third is Sand Springs from Williamstown, MA. The local history is that native people showed the settlers where the good water was back in the late 1600's. Last is another from Atkinson Depot. The name reflects the fact that Hi-Brow was shipped into Boston and other cities as an "elite" beverage. Probably was the same as other ginger ales, but anything made with spring water was thought to be superior, and the bottlers took advantage of that.

 

[LC]

Those are quite nice , always nice to see the colorful labels such as these , thanks for your effort in posting them . Did you notice that the label with the Indians on them are all spring related ?

 

[Ginger Ale collector]

Hi LC,

Since the mid-1800's or earlier, mineral water companies promoted the health-giving properties of their particular spring water. These bottlers figured out they could capitalize on ginger ale's popularity and increase sales by making it with their pure water. Here are a few more spring-related ginger ales. From left to right, Greenbrier (a famous resort on its own) White Sulphur Springs, WVA- early 1940s, Ute Chief Springs, Manitou, CO (at the foot of the Rocky Mountains) early 1900s with an applied crown top, Lime Rock Springs, Dubuque, Iowa, - 1930s and Lithia Polaris, Boonville, NY- early 1900s with applied crown top. (Don't ask me what the "polaris" means in regard to the water!.) You'll note that the last one says "non-intoxicant". There was a time that the temperance movement decided that because of the "ale" in its name, ginger ale was suspected to contain alcohol. Additionally, the ginger extract used to make ginger ale was indeed contain a lot of alcohol (50%), but the finished product did not. To combat the bad press, and assure their temperance-minded customers that their ginger ale would not violate their "pledge", bottlers added "non intoxicant" or "alcohol-free" to their labels.

 

[LC]

Some more nice labels . I have several crown tp sodas with paper labels but never did find many . Stumbled onto an album I have been looking for forever full of vinatge beer labels . There are some pretty nice ones in it . Been wanting to take some pics of some of them but have not got around to doing so .

 

[madman]

ORIGINAL: Ginger Ale collector

Hi LC,

Since the mid-1800's or earlier, mineral water companies promoted the health-giving properties of their particular spring water. These bottlers figured out they could capitalize on ginger ale's popularity and increase sales by making it with their pure water. Here are a few more spring-related ginger ales. From left to right, Greenbrier (a famous resort on its own) White Sulphur Springs, WVA- early 1940s, Ute Chief Springs, Manitou, CO (at the foot of the Rocky Mountains) early 1900s with an applied crown top, Lime Rock Springs, Dubuque, Iowa, - 1930s and Lithia Polaris, Boonville, NY- early 1900s with applied crown top. (Don't ask me what the "polaris" means in regard to the water!.) You'll note that the last one says "non-intoxicant". There was a time that the temperance movement decided that because of the "ale" in its name, ginger ale was suspected to contain alcohol. Additionally, the ginger extract used to make ginger ale was indeed contain a lot of alcohol (50%), but the finished product did not. To combat the bad press, and assure their temperance-minded customers that their ginger ale would not violate their "pledge", bottlers added "non intoxicant" or "alcohol-free" to their labels.

the lime rock deco bottle is very cool !

 

[madman]

heres my latest addition quart 1951