IN SEARCH OF ~ FIRST SODA BOTTLE COLLECTING BOOK

[j.dinets]

The oldest soda book I own, is :SOFT DRINK BOTTLING / A HISTORY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ILLINOIS. The authors were John R. Paul - Paul W. Parmalee, published in 1973 through the Illinois State Museum Society. It may not be the type of book you were referring to, but it does have a very good history of soda manufacturing from the early 1800's to about the mid 30's, includes a lot of patent info up through the proprietory crowns, including the priof closure. Patents and general info are national, but the bottle pictures are mostly Illinois.

 

[llafoe]

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