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

[Canadacan]

Huh... that is cools[8D]...never seen one before. So that building has so much bottling history packed into just 32 years. I wonder if the building was brand new when Thorpe & Co. moved into it? I did not notice any other bottlers at the same address. I stumbled onto this whole address thing quite by accident and never thought to cross reference.

 

[Canadacan]

Here is a Nice treat!...I wondered about that Delaware Punch in Vancouver but this photo ties it all in now as the crates on the back of the truck advertise Delicious Delaware Punch. Thorpe's was also distributing Cal Ade !.....Wow mind blowing to see this photo![8D] Photo from City of Vancouver undated but circa late 1920's -early 30's. [attachment=Thorpe's truck del...est 4th Avenue.jpg]

 

[CanadianBottles]

Hey, that's a great find! Never heard of Cal-Ade before, I wonder what those bottles looked like. I guess now the only question is who distributed it in Victoria, since I'm pretty sure Thorpe's didn't operate on the Island.

 

[Canadacan]

I know hey!.....oh..no you missed it![] answer right in front of you!..lol , Remember that Delaware marked Victoria BC?....Well Thorpe's was there large as life!...just a # out of the hat, they were located at 629 David st. in 1918.

 

[Canadacan]

Here is another amazing photo from City of Vancouver! they dated it 1933...but that is wrong because 7 up was not till 1936! It's a fleet of Thorpe's and they have the crates with Delicious Delaware Punch. Notice the Country Club Ginger Ale on the side of the flatbed?....and check the 7 up add on the far left truck...has to be about 1937-38. [attachment=Thorpe's-Country Club trucks 1933.jpg]

 

[CanadianBottles]

Oh, oops, I thought Thorpe's left Victoria before then. I tend to get Thorpe's and Cross's confused though.What makes you think those are Thorpe's trucks? There wasn't a Country Club-Thorpe's connection, was there? Also, they can't be 1938 with a dark-on-light license plate colour scheme, but 1937 is more possible. It's funny though, looking at that license plate, it looks a lot like a pre-1936 plate in terms of how much space there is for the date: http://www.bcpl8s.ca/Passenger-1931-1951.html

 

[Canadacan]

Ahh sorry I meant to say Country Club fleet!... which was probably Thorpe's old fleet. Thorpe's would have disappeared at the same time Country Club took over in the early 30's. Remember Country Club took over Thorpe's location at 1460 Burrard st., I mentioned that in an earlier post.The archive listed the photo as 1933?....it looks like it could be 33 on the plate but maybe not..maybe it's a 7?How can it be 33 if the Howdy corp. did not introduce 7up till 1936? Ok I just looked as some US adds and it shows a 7 up logo with wings from 1929.... Howdy Company's name was changed to 7Up in 1936 but they advertised and had registered the name before the change.And now looking at the plates 33 makes sense, I think I was mistaken. Also as I noted and forgot already that Country Club came in around 1931.Here is the Winged 7up. [attachment=7upwinged_1.gif]

 

[CanadianBottles]

Oh yeah, I forgot about that. Keeping track of how all the companies were related gets confusing, ha ha! Ah, okay, I was thinking something didn't seem right there. I wonder what sort of bottles they were using in 1933. Chances are they were plain with no embossing I guess.

 

[Canadacan]

It is hard to keep track of for me too![] I re checked those plates for the 3rd or 4th time now..lol, by zooming in on the pic on my computer...yea I'd say 33.It's amazing because the photographic record doesn't really lie hey...as we wondered just how early 7up was in Vancouver , this proves just that. I really like seeing the Thorpe crates on the back of those trucks as well as it makes my earlier claims completely valid, sometimes a fellow questions himself and says ..hmm do I have this right?Yes I would assume the bottles at that time period would have been plain paper label. Say when we were talking about the 1940's 7oz ACL bottles you mentioned the 8 bubble version bottle right?....was that the bubbles above the girl? or on the main red field around the 7up? Ivan

 

[CanadianBottles]

The 8 bubble was the main red field around the 7Up logo, so it was definitely an old one. Unless they continued using 8-bubble bottles in Canada later than they did in the States. Kinda wish I'd bought it now, although it was way overpriced.