New ACL's for me from Napier's Country Antiques..Choice of the Canadian Pickers!

[CanadianBottles]

Yeah I can't think of any 8oz bottles at all, that's a weird size. Though I never paid that much attention to the amounts of some of the bottles that only come in one size, so I'm not sure. I think Felix Distributors and Felix bottling are the same company, though I could be wrong. That paper label is a good one, although they're one of Canada's most common paper label sodas they're also crazy expensive with the cartoon aspect. Mint condition examples go for hundreds. My example is missing most of the label, but there's enough to tell what it is. Got it in an antique store for a couple bucks last year. Probably never going to get a better example than that unless I get super lucky. Also unlikely to get any more BC stoneware unless I move back West and get digging. Stoneware out here seems a lot more plentiful though. I haven't found any intact but I've found some tantalizing shards of one of one of Canada's most prized ginger beers and a couple of less prized ginger beer shards. Yeah that Nanaimo Bottling cap graphic is up there on the list as well! The last of the cool graphics ACLs that I weirdly enough don't have (since it's not rare at all) is the Hub City bottle with all the highways on it. I just never came across one and didn't feel like spending on getting one shipped. As for my favourite Canadian ACL, well that's nearly impossible, so I'll stick to ones I own for this one as well. I think I'm going to have to go with my Canora Beverages bottle from Canora, SK, which is a tiny town in the middle of nowhere that has a beautiful ACL bottle with a woman on snowshoes drinking soda. Unfortunately I don't have a picture and will be out of town for a long time, so I can't show what it looks like, but it's a great one.Here's another question, an unrelated one, but do you have any idea what the bottle on the far right is? It's supposed to be from BC but I don't recognize it. I'm thinking maybe Gassoza from Trail? I know they had an orange or red ACL that didn't look anything like this, but I think it was a similar bottle design. Also it's interesting that nostalgicportal is selling the lot as BC bottles with that Orange Crush in there. Ever heard of an Orange Crush with a local bottler's name on it?

 

[CanadianBottles]

Oh, just noticed you said a 6oz Felix, yeah I'd go get that one, I've never heard of one of those, only the larger size ACL.

 

[Canadacan]

Yea I'll do that..fingers crossed it's still there!..I got my Felix way back in the early 90's paid 5 bucks for it and had no clue what it was. It has the dot punched date code of 9 . 1. 36 Sept. 1 , 1936 The bottle itself only has the diamond and D embossed on the underside and has the Owens suction scar.And my Canadian favorite! Solo!.....and look at the city on the Back...Home town of ours back in the 70's and home of my Favorite NHL team .... another Dominion glass bottle that we don't know the date , has a 7 to the upper right of the diamond, which could be 1937?....Dominion had their ACL equipment at that time. But we know it's mid to late 30's.Did you know they went out of business in the late 40's I think...and this will blow you mind...They still exist!!! ...The bottles are tough to get for a reason...you'll love this story man> http://www.uncommoncaribbean.com/2012/06/18/taste-of-the-caribbean-solo-soda-the-even-better-red-for-roti/ [attachment=Solo & Felix.jpg] [attachment=Solo & Felix 1.jpg] I do not know what bottle that is that he was selling. And Never heard of a bottler with their name on an Orange Crush....maybe on a very early slug plate (USA) that used a paper label as well...I think there is a picture of one in the OC bottle guide.I pictured a or the bottle your talking about from Canora...that is a wonderful bottle!..that is the one?[attachment=Freds west TS - Copy.jpg]Note these are not my bottles.

 

[Canadacan]

Oh here is that picture... the editor was being a real snot!!!...the above bottles are mine!..lol [attachment=Freds west TS - Copy.jpg]

 

[CanadianBottles]

Wow, five bucks for a Felix bottle is amazing! Apart from not having the neck label it looks almost mint condition. And it's possible that some didn't have the neck label anyway. Mine's missing everything from about the I in Ginger to the E in Ale. When I saw the neck sticking up out of a box of discount bottles in an antique store I almost had a heart attack, haha! And that Solo story is great! If I ever end up in Trinidad I'll have to try some! I've wondered how often bottles were reused by other companies that sold off their used stock for cheap. Like how several Goderich Bottling Works bottles have shown up on Vancouver Island (I dug a broken one myself), which doesn't seem like a coincidence. And that's not my bottle, but it's pretty close! Mine says "Drink Canora, The Drinks That Please" and doesn't have the ribs at the top, but the graphic is the same. Unless Lee's is somehow related to Canora, that means that there were actually generic ACL graphics as well!And I never knew about that Dawson Creek Beverages bottle, that's another one to look out for. I have the Tall bottle from them with the black ACL, but never heard of Zero.

 

[Canadacan]

True it is possible at the time (1936) they did not have neck labels for Felix... or they ran out? Well at least you have an example, when ever they show up the price seems to be at around $400+ with a neck label but a tattered face label.Same here never seen that Dawson Creek Beverages bottle, there are also so many small town prarie Bottling companys that were around in the 50's -60's that we still have never heard of. I also got a St. Paul Beverages from Alberta in that group, 10oz genric bottle...just basic white script with stars on the neck, the price was right so I threw into my box that day.

 

[Canadacan]

Today was 'NAPIER'S TAKE 2!'...I got got some pretty easy labels and few tougher ones as well, some good embossed ones too. I had planed on checking out the Wonder Beverages but it was gone!...now it's left me wondering if it was a Canadian marked bottle?...geesh why did I let that happen! The old 7oz ACL Felix was there, but again I left it behind after my second inspection...it's too far gone [attachment=Napier's Take 2-10.jpg] [attachment=Napier's Take 2-1.jpg][attachment=Napier's Take 2-21.jpg]

 

[Canadacan]

Here are some close ups of the Cross & co's, King Edward, and the Capital Bev. The Cross & Co. from Vancouver BC has a cool Pat. Priof top. The Capital seems a little plain when compared to it's ACL brother...which I do not have. This bottle is from Edmonton Alberta...dated 1956 and is an odd 11oz size?...Wishing Well has that same odd size.[attachment=Cross&co-Capital Bev..jpg]
I have This Cross & Co bottle in an BIM example with lots of air bubbles! nice to have a newer variation, I think its about circa 1920-1925? The King Edward Soda Water Company Yorkton, Sask. I'm gona say 1905 ish? Strange mold to me it seems as though there is a horizontal mold line?...a converted 3 piece mold?...used on ABM, I really don't know but it's got my attention as I'm just noticing this as I type....an input from someone on that?[attachment=King Edward - Cross&Co..jpg] [attachment=Silver King.jpg]

 

[Canadacan]

This is the 28oz Silver King Beverages from Nelson BC. Bottle dated 1960. I would like to find other flavors and sizes if they exsist.......Love love love the graphics![attachment=Silver King.jpg]

 

[bottlingco]

There are some nice Canadian ACL's pictured on this post. I mainly collect picture ACL's from the U.S., but Canada has some really outstanding picture labels. I have acquired and kept several from Canada because it is hard to resist a beautiful label. I like all picture labels but really like those of Indians. I have the 'From the Hat' with the white background but would like one with the red background. Thanks for sharing the great pictures. ~bottlingco