morbious_fod
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In the story of Mountain Dew there is a no show bottle that we know went into production, but no intact versions have so far surfaced. The problem is that they were paper label bottles which were early versions of the ND/NR bottles. Apparently Tri-City Beverage was one of the early subscribers to the ND/NR scene, and in 1955 were known to be bottling Mountain Dew in an 8 3/4" bottle with By Charlie, Jim, and Bill under the brand name, and had a modified version of the same label, names and all for their 28oz (in reality the bottle is embossed 1 pint 12oz on the bottom) throwaway bottle. I have been looking for this bottle intact or at least the bottle itself sans label, knowing that they had to be out there somewhere, but until yesterday I was having no luck finding one.
The date on the bottle is 1955, it was made by Owens Illinois in their Huntington, WV plant just like all the other O-I bottles that Tri-City ordered, and it looks exactly like the bottle pictured in known 1955 pictures showing the bottles as part of the local hunting show that was promoting the brand.
The date on the bottle is 1955, it was made by Owens Illinois in their Huntington, WV plant just like all the other O-I bottles that Tri-City ordered, and it looks exactly like the bottle pictured in known 1955 pictures showing the bottles as part of the local hunting show that was promoting the brand.