King Cola

[morbious_fod]

ORIGINAL: sketch

Joseph,

Thank you for all the information and photos.
I've had that label for a while now and was curious about its history and if it was linked to Walter Mack/Pepsi Cola.

What year does that bottle date to (the one matching my label) . . . and do you know what would the bottle go for?
You wouldn't happen to have a extra?

Please let me know if you ever do that article I would like to read it.

Tony

Unfortunately the bottle has no date on it. But I am sure it has to be around 1916. I think I gave twenty for it a couple of years ago at a bottle show. I haven't ran into another one since finding that one, but I'll keep an eye open.

 

[morbious_fod]

Walter Mack/Pepsi Cola.

The Walter Mack King Cola is the resurgence I mentioned above. There is not connection that I can find between the two, esspecially with the fifty year gap between the two brands. I wonder if maybe he took the name for the failed drink for his creation, Lemon Cola has shown up after the original brand's run as well.

 

[madman]

killer stuff here guys!

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Morb ~

Great reply(s) ... now that's what I call knowing your stuff! Thus you get the gold star below for the best reply of the week. Good job! []

SPB

 

[celerycola]

I believe they started in Salem and moved to Roanoke. Here's the Roanoke label. They became the Dixie Flyp Company and put out a nice ceramic dispenser.

Here's the Roanoke label used as evidence in the suit with Coca-Cola.

 

[celerycola]

Here's another King Kola (with a K) circa 1918 from Cincinnati OH.

 

[morbious_fod]

Interesting I knew they were in Roanoke at the time of the Coca-Cola suit, but wasn't aware that they originated in Salem. Dixie Flyp? That's a new one on me.

A King Kola from Cinnci. I wonder if this is the cap for that brand?

 

[celerycola]

I believe that is the cap for the Ohio King Kola. I have seen on ebay colorful signs for King Kola with keystone cop characters like those later used for Pepsi.

I'm on vacation and can't check my notes on Dixie Flyp. I'll post on that next week.

Morb, I was in your neighborhood passing thru Abingdon VA Wednesday and a nice lady at an antique shop GAVE me a bag of English soda bottles because she "doesn't do bottles."

Anyone going to the Birmingham Bottle Show on Saturday?

 

[morbious_fod]

I did say it was the Cinci brand. Cincinnati Ohio.

Hmmm, there are several antique shops in Abingdon, ok there's three. LOL! I hope you checked out Zephyr Antiques. It used to be a theater.

 

[celerycola]

I helped the guy at Zephyr with his computer.