Gold Seal soda bottle by coca cola

[SODAPOPBOB]

This is also from Allan Petretti's book and is a letterhead from the ... Western Coca Cola Bottling Company ~ Chicago, Illinois ~ 1909 Notice the symbol in the lower-left corner that says ... Gold Seal Ginger Ale This suggest that some version of Gold Seal Ginger Ale was sold in the United States at least as early as 1909 - which ties in with the circa 1908 poster I posted earlier.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

This will confirm that Gold Seal Ginger Ale was produced by at least two U.S. bottlers in 1909, who were located in ... Chicago, IllinoisCheyenne, Wyoming https://books.google.com/books?id=4w40AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA104&lpg=PA104&dq=gold+seal+ginger+ale+chicago&source=bl&ots=EXZ47MRAdT&sig=CjKc8EoJyYXxN5v0W2DW2W5Y8aM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=clmjVL7bHJTsoATns4CwCA&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=gold%20seal%20ginger%20ale%20chicago&f=false Whether this is the same/similar brand of Gold Seal beverages produced by Coca Cola in Canada, I do not know for certain, but my guess is they are related.

 

[RCO]

Earlier I mentioned a possible connection with Gold Seal Ginger Ale/Coca Cola and a Oshawa bottling plant in Canada. I still don't know very much about the bottling facility, but I did find this ... [ Date unknown ]

Oshawa was one of a number of cities that had coca cola bottling facilities or local bottlers who were bottling coca cola products . my book also lists - Belleville , Brantford , Hamilton , Kingston , Kitchener , London , Niagara falls , Ottawa , Peterborough , port Arthur , Toronto , Windsor as places that did gold seal . but other towns and cities had coca cola bottlers or local bottlers who did coca cola . any info on a patent a date for the bottle or gold seal brand ?

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

any info on a patent a date for the bottle or gold seal brand ?

This is all I have been able to find so far - and nothing for the U.S., yet ...

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Happy New Year


The wording in the 1911 Gold Seal Ginger Ale trademark from Toronto, Canada says ...

"Representation of a gold seal bearing words;
Gold Seal Ginger Ale. Highest Quality, etc.,
printed in white letters with red outline."


Notice the imagery and wording on the attached bottle cap. The description said it was a Gold Seal bottle cap by Coca Cola but it did not say what country it was from. I can't make out all of the wording but I do see "Highest Quality" in the center and "The Coca Cola Co." along the bottom. Plus, the seal image is gold and the lettering is white and outlined in red. I'm not sure what the rest of the wording says but the words "Gold Seal" must be part of it. Even though I have looked, I have been unable to find another cap like it.

For comparison I'm also attaching a picture of one of the "Gold Seal" bottle caps from Canada. Notice it does not precisely fit the 1911 trademark description, nor the words "Highest Quality."


If anyone has, finds, or can make out all of the wording on the red bottle cap, please let us know. I've tried to zoom it but the words just blur.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Now compare the red bottle cap to the symbol found on the 1909 letterhead from the Western Coca Cola Bottling Works, Chicago, Illinois. Especially notice the "bar" across the center.

 

[RCO]

so it was definity being produced before the 1920's when my bottle was likely used , what I find odd about this product is how " regional ' it was as it definity wasn't sold or at least not sold much where I live but appears to be rather common in other areas . thank you all for the research into this product I have learned a lot more than when I first saw the bottle last weekend

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Here's the link where I found the 1911 trademark/?/copyright information for the Coca Cola Gold Seal Ginger Ale. These "Google Books" references are a little tricky to work with but sometimes you can find additional information by using the accompanying search box. Its starting to look as if the Coca Cola/Gold Seal brand originated in the United States around 1909 and was introduced in Canada around 1911 https://books.google.com/books?id=yZY6Ydq7HzcC&q=gold+seal+ginger+ale+trademark&dq=gold+seal+ginger+ale+trademark&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Z42lVM-KPMzmoATMyYKgBw&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAA

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

1911 ~ The American Bottler ~ Coca Cola ~ Gold Seal Ginger Ale ~ Rockford, Illinois https://books.google.com/books?id=WZJRAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA11-PA50&lpg=RA11-PA50&dq=coca+cola+gold+seal+bottle+cap&source=bl&ots=n6M-HKYyMj&sig=l71gbwbQZ8Ka_CXa0aBs_-XhxfI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=iJOlVNq3F8zmoATMyYKgBw&ved=0CE0Q6AEwCTgK#v=onepage&q=coca%20cola%20gold%20seal%20bottle%20cap&f=false

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

In search of ... One of the red Coca Cola/Gold Seal bottle caps like I posted earlier. I can't find one anywhere! If found it could hold some valuable clues / dates