HELP---CLIMAX Ginger Ale??

[ww2collector]

Hey Guys,
I frequently walk my dog deep in the woods and find bottles and bring em home. Today I found a Green One Quart size CLIMAX Pale Dry Ginger Ale bottle and reads "family size". It has a date of 1948. It says Climax beverage Co, Richmond VA on the bottom. It looks like a bowling pin. It looks like the label is painted on it. I will take some pics, but just wondering if this is something worth keeping or if it is desirable. Thanks for ANY info on this guys.
-Bill

p.s. also found a "Esso" motor oil can???? Looks old but havent a clue on this one either

 

[ww2collector]

pics as promised.

 

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[ww2collector]

I have this one too if anyone knows anything about it. It has a wire still intact wrapped on it. thanks in advance for any info or help

 

[ww2collector]

reverse side. Let me know if better pics are needed. thanks

 

[JayBeck]

Hey Bill,

I found some info on the Climax Ginger Ale on gono.com. It is a great site for finding info on ACL soda bottles. Click the link and scroll about halfway down the page and you will see 6 listings for Climax. Unfortunately, with the label is such poor condition there is not much value but still a nice find.

http://www.gono.com/museum2003/paintedlbottles/paintedc3.htm

 

[ww2collector]

Hey thanks alot Jay. I appreciate the time. To be honest with you, that site was pretty much the only thing I could find online before I posted here. Unfortunately I do not know what the charts and numbers/letters mean.....so Im slightly lost. haha. But it was still fun and has peaked an interest in me to know there are others who collect neat bottles they find outdoors. Its too bad it was facing "label down" 3/4 under dirt and ruined the colors in the label and everything tho. I found it in an old US National Gaurd training site deep in the woods thats been shut down for a looooong time. I will keep looking out there.

the PINCH bottle I found in the attic, and I havent researched it yet.....but it seems a little more modern to me.

 

[Buffalo Hunter]

I'm almost sure this label was distributed by Clicquot Club Company in Richmond. I do know empties used to be worth 5¢ when all other returnables were only 2¢ when returned for deposit. The Richmond Coca-Cola bottling plant was also producing various flavored soda waters under the Crass label (again guessing but it seems to me a James E. Crass owned the operations). They had a ginger ale that would burn your nostrils when you popped the top and took a long sniff. Northern Neck also produced a serious ginger ale that was strong, Climax while good and a little sweeter didn't have the snap of the other two (both 12oz). I'm guessing Climax disappeared from the area in the mid to early 60's. Richmond has a bottle club that can tell you a lot more, Southeast Bottle Club (?) there's a web foot print out there you should be able to find.