looking for weeks, have found nothing on "glass plate slides with bottlecap logo/artwork at least 50

[seeker201]

im going nuts trying to ID these. found an entire wooden box full of them, about two feet by three feet. maybe a little smaller. glass photo transfer plates used to put the logo on the bottlecaps.

my questions- what exactly is the proper term for what i have on my hands here?
has anyone ever seen these things before?
how old are they?
where can i search them out? google, ask.com, all search engines point me NOWHERE!!!
why can i find no information at all on anything other than the Clicquot Club ginger ale slides?
anyone heard of Jet Cola or Chief Bott Ltd Strawberry soda? they are included in the slides.
should i sell them separately, or as a collection?

and

VALUE?

and

INTERESTED?

 

[seeker201]

here is the other sample pic i have. there are at least three or four, probably more varieties and brands.

my grandfather may have picked this up in the caribbean while he was stationed there in the 40s...Clicquot Club brand ginger ale had some bottling plants in the bahamas, and cuba.


this is basically all ive been able to piece together, from digging and common sense.


PLEASE HELP ME

 

[seeker201]

from wikipedia-

The Clicquot Club Company, also known as Clicquot Club Beverages, pronounced "Klee-Ko" and sometimes spelled "Cliquot", was a national beverage company that sold several varieties of soda. After 80 years of operation, the company was bought and shut down by Canada Dry in 1965.
[edit]History

Founded in 1881 in Millis, Massachusetts, the beverage company was built by Henry Millis from money he had received from his father Lansing Millis. The company produced mainly sparkling cider for the first few years but later on Millis would experiment in other flavors as well. The sparkling cider was soon dropped and the company began focusing mainly on ginger ale. In 1885 the town of Millis, MA was founded in his family name. During this time the soda company hired a significant amount of the town's residents and would continue to do so for years to come. Millis continued to improve upon his beverages through his philosophy of making the drinks as though he were making them for his own friends. He imported high-quality exotic ingredients including Jamaican ginger, and Cuban pure refined sugar. These two were the key ingredients to his ginger ale making the company stand out in this field.

Even though word of his soda spread over southeastern New England in the next few years the cost of such fine ingredients eventually forced Henry Millis to sell his company in 1901. The new proprietors took advantage of every form of advertising, including a musical variety radio program, The Clicquot Club Eskimos. Such clever marketing expanded the company until the factory in Millis became 1/3 of a mile long, even with its own private train station. The section around this massive factory became known as "Millis-Clicquot, Massachusetts." Even with this huge building the company still staggered to meet its demand. In 1938 the company became the first to sell its beverages in a can, at this time known as a "cone-top" can, making it easier to manufacture. With the establishment of a new network of Clicquot Club Bottling Plants in 1938 the company soon had dozens of factories across the country. This number grew rapidly until in 1952 the company had plants in over 100 cities all across the United States, from Maine to California. In the 1950s the company began distributing internationally, in places like Nassau, Jamaica, the Bahamas, virtually all of South America, and the Philippines. The company began to decline in sales worldwide thanks to other soft drinks and was purchased in 1960 by the Cott Beverage Corporation of Connecticut. By 1965 the Cott Corporation was acquired by Canada Dry who sold off all product surplus before shutting down Clicquot. Today the original plant in Millis remains mostly abandoned, although 1/3 of it is currently (as of June 2006) occupied by garden and hardware stores. Although there has been contemplation of starting the company back up again in recent years no attempts have ever gotten further than the drawing board.

 

[Buffalo Hunter]

Wish I could help but I haven't encountered anything like them. I did want to say I enjoyed the history lesson, I poped a few of those tops back in the day. I used to be a ginger ale fan.

 

[cowseatmaize]

Is it me or deja vu. I swear I've seen this.

 

[cowseatmaize]

For research try a photography buff. Like I said before, I don't recall how it worked. Maybe a newspaper person. I only remember what I remember from 40 years ago and I was a kid. Even then they used plastic sheets but they were meant for 1 day, not a yearly output. As for value, you may have to contact an auction house.
I'd guess, if I had to, these are 40-50's. Did your grandfather get them out just before the Bay Of Pigs and the embargo. I saw you said 30-40 but sometimes family history can get mottled. Provenance could add value to whatever they are.
Wonkapete posted already that "Yea, those are the printing plates for caps. I have several of those for Coke, RC, Canada Dry, etc. They usually go for $20-$50, depending on the brand"
Good luck, Eric