Monroe La. Straight side coke !

[goodman1966]

Just picked this up Friday. Root glass co. 1913. Heel embossed Property of Ouachita Coca Cola on one side. Bottling Co. Monroe,La_ Yes a dash. Never seen that before.

 

[goodman1966]

Heel

 

[sandchip]

Very nice!

 

[bottlerocket]

Very nice. Is this a from a dig?

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

goodman1966 Here's a newspaper advertisement to go-with your bottle. From ... The Monroe News-Star ~ Monroe, Louisiana ~ April 12, 1913 (Apparently this was during the years when Coca Cola was attempting to protect it's name)

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

goodman1966

Here's an article I think you will find interesting. It mentions that Joseph Biedenharn was the president of the Ouachita Coca Cola Bottling Company. According to Wikipedia, Biedenharn moved to Monroe in 1913.

Wikipedia link and quote ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_A._Biedenharn

The move to Monroe
"In 1913, Joseph Biedenharn moved to Monroe in Ouachita Parish in northeastern Louisiana, where he purchased a small bottling plant to produce Coca-Cola."

Article from ...

The Monroe News-Star ~ Louisiana ~ December 7, 1921

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

P.S. If Wikipedia and other accounts are accurate about Biedenharn moving to Monroe in 1913, that could mean that your bottle was possibly a first issue by him, which I'd say makes it even more special.

 

[goodman1966]

Thanks for the great info Bob ! bottlerocket, This bottle cost me 15 bucks at an antique dealer. It will be a gift to BassAssassin if and when he comes to Shreveport to help me probe an old house place on an original 1839 street here in Shreveport. "Think that will get his attention" ? lol

 

[Bass Assassin]

Yes, yes, and yes. You got my attention Mitch! Nice bottle! Yes, this is a 1913 bottle, yes it was the first bottle he used when he moved to Monroe and and purchased Ouachita Valley Bottling Works. See the bottle to the right in my attached photo. I'll call you tomorrow Mitch. I'm laying a ceramic tile floor at the moment.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

As most of us know, the Coca Cola contour/hobbleskirt bottle was patented on November 16, 1915 but not actually distributed for the first time until the spring of 1917. I was curious when Monoroe might have first used it and the earliest ad I can find is from 1919, but it's highly possible it was used earlier than that. Bill Porter's book list the 1915 Monore hobbleskirt as rare. Anyway, when I found this ad I noticed something odd with the image of the bottle. Notice that instead of 1915 the illustration shows 1916 for the patent year. This is an obvious error done by someone, but I'm not sure if the newspapers did their own artwork or if they relied on the bottler via the parent company for it. Whatever the explanation might be, I thought it was interesting. 1. Ad ~ The Monroe News-Star ~ Louisiana ~ July 25, 19192. Original patent showing the correct November 16, 1915 date3. Close up of bottle illustration showing the incorrect November 16, 1916 date Side Note: This identical ad was published in the Monroe News-Star at least ten times during 1919. You'd think somewhere along the line that someone would have caught the wrong date, and maybe they did but just didn't think it important enough to correct. I intend to look into this and see if later ads from Monroe (1920 through 1923) show the same illustration or a different, corrected one.