Mil-Kay

[E]

Greetings ACL amigos,

I found an oddball ACL soda last week (no pics, sorry): "Invigorating Mil-Kay, A Vitamin B12 Beverage, Mil-Kay Bottling Works St. Louis, Mo." Blue & white lettering, with windmill like decoration - looks to be late 30's to late 40's vintage.

Never seen one of these in these parts - but probably common elsewhere. Cool-looking bottle, anybody got any scoop on it?

Thanx in advance, E

 

[morbious_fod]

Yeah it was a flavor line out of St. Louis Mo. They bottled it in Knoxville, TN, Johnson City, TN, and Marion, VA just off the top of my head. The best known version is the Mil-Kay Orange, although there is a Lemon as well.

The era that this brand was popular was the late 1940's and 1950's. I have never seen a bottle newer than the 50's.

 

[morbious_fod]

Mil-kays from Marion, va

The left one is the older of the two.

 

[morbious_fod]

back sides.

 

[Alek77]

Nice bottles! Is the orange just the color or is the liquid still there?

 

[digger mcdirt]

The Orange is the color of the liquid. Mil-Kays with the city are not real common or at least the West Tenn ones are not. The St Louis ones are dirt common here. I always thought the were a neat colorful bottle. BOB

 

[T D]

You see variations of the blue one all the time, rarely see the orange (black label) I picked this rough black label up at the Smyrna, Ga. show a few weeks ago...

 

[T D]

crap, forgot again...

 

[T D]

close up

 

[morbious_fod]

ORIGINAL: Alek77

Nice bottles! Is the orange just the color or is the liquid still there?

No I just used the orange soda to make the acl look better.

Those black and white ones are difficult to find; however, being a local bottler collector none of those were used in my area to the best of my knowledge.What's the date on that thing?