celerycola
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Nevin Frank was sued by Coca-Cola in 1926 for labeling their own cola with Coca-Cola labels.
ORIGINAL: 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
Most likely American Bottling Company...ORIGINAL: Ginger Ale collector
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.
Hi Celerycola,ORIGINAL: celerycola
Nevin Frank was sued by Coca-Cola in 1926 for labeling their own cola with Coca-Cola labels.
Hi epackage,ORIGINAL: epackage
Most likely American Bottling Company...ORIGINAL: Ginger Ale collector
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.
â– AB (letters attached) Co………..American Bottle Company (1905-1929). See also A.B.CO. mark. This and the above mark were attributed to Adolphus Busch Glass Manufacturing Company by Julian Toulouse. Recent research (by Bill Lockhart, Alamogordo, NM) has indicated that the American Bottle Company was the actual source of bottles with the “AB†(letters attached) and “AB CO†marks. (Although, to be fair, I have received emails from a researcher who disagrees with Bill Lockhart’s findings. He asserts that the AB [connected] mark was indeed used by Adolphus Busch Glass Manufacturing Company even before the incorporation of American Bottle Company in late 1905, and he came to that conclusion because of (what he believes to be accurate research findings concerning) beginning/ending dates of operation of certain soda bottling companies that were located in Minnesota during that period of time).Perhaps time will settle this question for certain, but for now I am going with the American Bottle Company attribution. Since the “AB connected letters†mark is also found followed by the letters “CO†this would seem to indicate that the actual name of the company in question would have to conform to the “A B CO†initials’ “structure†i.e., American Bottle Company. In other words, Adolphus Busch Glass Manufacturing Company, as far as I know, was never known as the “Adolphus Busch Companyâ€!!An additional note: The “AB†and “A.B.CO†marks are also frequently misunderstood by collectors to mean “Anheuser-Buschâ€, which is definitely incorrect.
ORIGINAL: Ginger Ale collector
Hi John,
Here's another example of a company going from the paper label to the ACL. Berkley Springs was famous for their springwater up in the WVA mountains. A lot of the sodawater companies started out as springwater bottlers and when they started getting competition from the "city" bottlers for customers, they branched out into soda- figuring that soda made with their springwater had to be better than that made with city water. And a lot of customers agreed- so you'll see many bottler's names associated with "Springs" or Mineral Water. White Rock soda started out as White Rock Mineral Water Company. Lots of others too.
ORIGINAL: 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!
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.