GREEN ~ STRAIGHT-SIDED ~ ACL COCA COLA BOTTLE

[SODAPOPBOB]

Morb Thanks for the information ...
I agree that the green shoulder embossed Coca Cola bottles most likely contained Ginger Ale or a similar flavor. Ginger Ale was a very popular drink in the 1930s and 1940s and there is ample evidence to support that Coca Cola bottlers were distributing it. Even though none of the dozen or so examples of this particular bottle that I've seen contain a paper label, I suspect that most if not all of them did at one time. And because none of them apparently have a city or state embossed on them, this leads me to believe they were somewhat generic and that each Coca Cola bottler who used them had their own label. I have tried to find one with an intact label but so far have been unable to.

I'm currently working on a side-project to see how many different Coca Cola related Ginger Ale paper labels I can find and will post that information when I'm done. I already found several but having difficulty finding 6 and 7 ounce examples - most are 12 ounce or larger.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Update regarding the embossed shoulder, green Coca Cola bottles / paper labels ... I have been unable to find a 1930s-1940s 6 Ounce - 6 1/2 Ounce - 7 Ounce paper label with Coca Cola Bottling Company on it. Everything I have found so far is 12 Ounce or larger.

 

[Uncle_Jarvis]

Check out this one. . . http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Frisco-City-Alabama-ALA-Coca-cola-Bottle-Straight-Emerald-Vintage-Art-Deco-/171239236567?&_trksid=p2056016.m2516.l5255 I would personally avoid that "questionable" bottle.. I believe its the same seller that also had the name bamabottles on ebay.. Most of his bottles are all improperly tumbled and essentially destroyed.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

U_J Thanks for the information.
I finally found some 7 1/2 ounce Coca Cola Bottling Company paper labels that I believe are from the 1930s. The brand is Ladroc Beverages from Grays Lake, Illinois. The most common of these labels appears to be the Lemon flavor but I have found other flavors as well, including ...

Lime
Cherry
Orange
Root Beer

I am not 100% certain if the green, shoulder embossed Coca Cola bottles were used by Ladroc but intend to do more research and try and determine that. So far I have been unable to find very much information about Ladroc, but I did find some scant references dating the brand anywhere between about 1910 and 1940.

I can't imagine them putting Cherry, Orange and Root Beer in a green bottle, but the Lemon and the Lime flavors could have been.

If anyone has detailed information and/or any pictures related to Ladroc Carbonated Beverages, please share it with us. By the way, the Ladroc Root Beer label is from Chicago, Illinois and not Grays Lake.

I'm not certain what type of bottles the Ladroc labels and caps went on, but they definitely went on "something."

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

And here's the Ladroc Root Beer label from Chicago ...

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Correction ... I posted the wrong Ladroc Lemon label. I posted the 1 Pint 7 1/2 Ounce label instead and will have to go back and find the 7 1/2 Ounce label I found earlier but that I did not save a picture of because it was of poor quality.

 

[epackage]

I can't imagine them putting Cherry, Orange and Root Beer in a green bottle, but the Lemon and the Lime flavors could have been.

I wouldn't be surprised if they did Bob, there's a Paterson bottler from that same time period who bottled EVERYTHING, grape, cherry, lemon, celery, root beer, etc.... in green or amber bottles.

 

[lblackvelvet]

Check out this one. . . http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Frisco-City-Alabama-ALA-Coca-cola-Bottle-Straight-Emerald-Vintage-Art-Deco-/171239236567?&_trksid=p2056016.m2516.l5255 I would personally avoid that "questionable" bottle.. I believe its the same seller that also had the name bamabottles on ebay.. Most of his bottles are all improperly tumbled and essentially destroyed.

Hello Uncle_ Jarvis I am new at tumbling bottles and I would like to know your input on what is an improperly tumbled bottle so I don't make the same mistake. Thank you very much for any advise. Kevin...