Listerine

[LC]

Warren, wasn't there some kind of a contest some years back where the Listerene Company was offering somthing like a thousand dollars for the oldest Listerene bottle that could be found? I never did hear if there was an outcome on that deal or not.

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[capsoda]

Yep there was Louis. The bottle had to have its origanal lable and cap or stopper. A older lady in Tenn had one with label, cork (still sealed), contents and box. They took her pic with some muckity mucks from the company and she donated the bottle to them. I am not shure where it is on display though.

 

[bottlenutboy]

Those are from the 60's maybe 70's. Ever see bakelite after it's been in the ground 60 years? Put 'em back in the ground.

i disagree i dig those ALL the time dating from around the 40s or 50s with their bakelite lids that still look new after all those years they all look just like that so i would put them in that era and if i liked them then i wouldnt put them back the 60s and 70s listerine bottles say listerine on BOTH sides of the bottle and not just the front

 

[madman]

hey spencer, i agree with you those date to the mid to late 30s, ive dug a ton of those era bottles with the bakalite cap intact just like new, hey aric since youve got those three sizes with the cap id keep em mike

 

[madman]

http://www.o-i.com/uploadedfiles/O-I/Global/topnav/about%20o-i/Timelines.pdf ok it states here that owens ill produced the plastic cap in 1932 and his bottle read duraglas witch began in the early thrities also, im familiar with the bakelite cap his bottles have the trade mark embossed on the bakelite cap .......mike

 

[bottlenutboy]

way to go mike! thatll teach em'![]

 

[bottlenutboy]

better get your books out an brush up a bit if your going to teach me Spence.

i wasnt going to teach ya mike was![]

 

[bottlenutboy]

yeah i gotcha i like to use the emoticons so that everyone knows im just kidding
BTW those are definately bakelite because they have a "dull" patina and they look like really hard plastic plus the first one is split a little (really hard to see because its small)

 

[LC]

Thanks Warren, well, at least I know know it did come to a final comclusion. Can't figure out though why I never heard anything about it. I thought for a long time that it was possibly a hoax.

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[LC]

Now Fellows, let's be civil with one another !! Referring to the bakelite caps, I have dug them out of the ground and have seen them come out like sparkling new. And other times I have dug them out of the ground, and they look all mildewed and crappy looking. Guess it depends on the type of mineral and so on in the soil where one is dug.



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