mountain dew

[whiskeyman]

MEECH...one of those Party Jugs walked into our Show a couple years ago...I don't know if it sold or not. Owner was looking for it's "value"...at that time, none of us actually knew...LOL.

 

[Flaschenjager]

Hey Whiskey -
Did you at least know it was big bucks for one of these at the time?

If I ever located one, I guess I'd have to incase and light it from all directions and park my deaf but vicious watchdog at it's base for added protection.[]

I guess finding one with screwcap and contents would fetch a bit more.[]

The hillbilly dew calendar is pretty cool too!

 

[whiskeyman]

Rare as teeth on a chikken's beak..

 

[whiskeyman]

thats' the 22 or 26 ouncer...I can never remember which...[8|]

Here's the backside...

 

[whiskeyman]

Here's a group shot ta drool over...

 

[whiskeyman]

MEECH...we all knew it was a "toughie" and would bring big bucks...just had no idea of what to tell the guy in $$$$'s....


A couple years ago a Mountain Dew exhibit was on display in the Carroll Reece Museum in Johnson City TN....It was later moved and set-up in Knoxville for a while.


I have about 20+ pics from that exhibit ,(the above are 3 of them).

Youns want to see ???

If so, I'll start another thread with just pics....may not get around to it tonight though, as I noticed the pics are kinda big when I posted the 1st one above...I had to reduce it and repost...

 

[kastoo]

Gulp! 1802!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[madman]

yo whiskeyman!! yea im drooling that large dew bottle...... all i can say is whoa i love the bottle design, how rare is that baby!!and how old?? when was moutain dew first produced in bottles?? mike

 

[whiskeyman]

MIKE...early 1950's...Tri City Beverage Co. also had their logo on a clear bottle like that one. The Dew is pretty rare....Last one I heard about sold for $1000+ about 3-4 years ago...and they ain't gone down.

Have a funny story about an old lady and Tri City Bev Co.
Roger Garland , the former Manager told me this one...

Seems this older lady up in Butler Tenn. called the Bev Co Office one day, (justa few years ago). She asked Roger if they still took back "returns?"
Roger asked her what do you mean?
She says, I have some bottles and cases from your bottling company and I wanna know if you still give back deposits on them.

Roger told me he about cracked up...

Anyway,he asks how did she come by these bottles and cases.
She tells him her husband used to operate a grocery store in the area many years ago,and she had all these bottles and cases stored in the garage and wanted him to get out there and get them out of her way...and give her the deposit back...
He said he'd send someone out to look into it ...right away he sends one of the truck drivers up to her house.

Driver returns with 3 of the large Mountain Dew bottles pictured above , assorted smaller ones and a couple dozen Dr Enuf bottles and cases.

Roger did tell me he had instructed the driver to give her more than just her deposit back on the bottles...

 

[whiskeyman]

I ain't seen thisun afore...