NEED HELP WITH SODA BOTTLE ID

[SODAPOPBOB]

Although I just posted this same bottle last night in the "Question(s) Of The Day" thread, I though it might get more attention by more members by creating it's own seperate thread. It belongs to an individual who is new to the hobby and needs a little help. I don't recognize it myself, and thought others might.

Notice on the bottom the peculiar looking three C's. I am thinking they stand for the "Coca Cola Co." but I'm just not sure. Either on the base or heel it is embossed "Birmingham, Alabama." If you are familiar with this bottle, please let us know, plus anything else you happen to know about it, such as possible rarity and value.

Note: I do not have the bottle itself, only the attached photo. If you need more information I can provide it upon request.

My friend thanks you and I thank you.

SPBOB

 

[wonkapete]

Being in Alabama, I have several of these bottles. They weren't Coca-Cola brand bottles. Instead just another turn of the century Coca-Cola imitator. Birmingham had plenty of these knock off brands.

 

[wonkapete]

Oh, and far as value, they usually bring about $10-$20 each, depending on condition of course.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

wonka ~

Thank you. I will relay the info or have him look here for himself. I am assuming it is from the 19teens / or early 20s. I guess C C C could have meant anything they wanted it to. But obviously intended to mis-lead people into thinking it was Coca Cola. I have often wondered what those "other" colas really taste like? Probably a lot the same. I guess we will never know for sure.

Thanks again,

SPBOB

 

[bbusha]

Wonka, thank you for identifying my bottle, thank you sodapopbob for all your help. i got a couple of strange bottles, actually i got alot but these stick out in my collection. One is a bottle from the Birmingham bottling company. it says not for sale on the bottle in thin, but tall print. i dont know what they are for but i seen a couple of them from different bottling companies. I also got a light purple Coca Cola bottle similar to the 1906 bottles, but it doesnt have any city names on it. on the bottom it says "C. Cola" and has a glass tail from where the bottle was blown.

 

[bbusha]

birmingham bottle

 

[bbusha]

light purple Coca Cola

 

[wonkapete]

Yep, Birmingham had the most soda bottlers in the state of Alabama! Just dozens and dozens. Matter of fact, you could collect nothing but Birmingham bottles and have a huge collection. Many different bottlers, styles, colors, sizes, etc. I'm always finding a different Birmingham bottle I didn't have.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

bbusha ~

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By the way ... (and I'm sure you know this) ... but what you call a "purple" bottle is also know as a "SCA" or ... Sun Colored Amethyst ... typically only occurring in bottles around 1915 or before (with the obvious exceptions here and there). Apparently caused by maganese? once used in the production of glass. (Just a tid-bit of info for inquiring minds like mine). []

SPBOB

 

[celerycola]

ORIGINAL: SODAPOPBOB

Although I just posted this same bottle last night in the "Question(s) Of The Day" thread, I though it might get more attention by more members by creating it's own seperate thread. It belongs to an individual who is new to the hobby and needs a little help. I don't recognize it myself, and thought others might.

Notice on the bottom the peculiar looking three C's. I am thinking they stand for the "Coca Cola Co." but I'm just not sure. Either on the base or heel it is embossed "Birmingham, Alabama." If you are familiar with this bottle, please let us know, plus anything else you happen to know about it, such as possible rarity and value.

Note: I do not have the bottle itself, only the attached photo. If you need more information I can provide it upon request.

My friend thanks you and I thank you.

SPBOB 

This name appears on bottles of the Crown City Bottling & Syrup Company. The firm was incorporated in 1912 with capital stock set at just $3,000. W. C. Morris was president, W. T. Williams served as vice president, and A. Tedeski (formerly with Deacon Brown) secretary and treasurer. Mrs. Eula V. Morris was listed as a stockholder. Crown City stock was increased to $50,000 as they consolidated several defunct bottling operations. In July, 1912, Crown City claimed ownership of the following embossed bottles: Deacon Brown, C. C. Co., Alpha, Ozo-Olo, Gleeola, Cola Co. The September, 1912, National Bottlers’ Gazette reported the firm would "erect $5,000 fireproof building". A year later the magazine reported plans to "erect $7,500 two story building." In 1913 Morris opened the separate Ozo-Olo Bottling & Syrup Co. incorporated at $2,100. W. C. Morris was president, C. A. Roy vice president, and Ada Z. Neill secretary and treasurer. Crown City introduced a soft drink called Zim in 1916 and became the Zim Manufacturing Company.