New to Collection--He just wouldn't take No.

[cowseatmaize]

I have a lime on the counter 'cause it ain't quite ripe. Is that still lime green? [][] Damn the tomatoes, full speed ahead! []

 

[Robby Raccoon]

Nope! Lime neon pink! *Puts this boat on Full*

 

[TJSJHART]

OFF SUBJECT HERE...THE MAPLE WOOD IS GOOD FOR USING IN A SMOKER. JUST ANOTHER SORT OF THING I LOVE TO DO. THE BOTTLE IS ALSO A GREAT ADDITION.

 

[Robby Raccoon]

He forced upon me about three year's worth of firewood too. Heh heh.

 

[antlerman23]

I have one of these, picked it up a couple years ago for like $3! its actually in pretty nice shape. its the clear version

 

[antlerman23]

here are a couple pics of mine

 

[Robby Raccoon]

AntlerMan23, yours is the later style. 1940s - 1950s. Root made theirs without all that information inbetween the two upper rings (albeit 'Registered' and 'Paul G. Miller' were up in the '30s version,) untill their demise. Also, "Property of Coca-Cola Bottling Co." is not included anywhere on the bottle in the line's early years. Nonetheless, it's a heavily embossed, strong bottle that catches the eye whenever one gazes upon it. Yours is in great condition, looking super. It's a reason why these two Paul's Drinks bottles are among my favorites. Yours has the Owens bottle marks I'm guessing on the base near the big C for Coca-Cola? Or did they take that one off too (the C?) I'm thinking on starting a collection of all the variations of the Drink Paul's Drinks bottles. My question is, do you know what flavor it was? I saw a full one claiming "Sunrise Strawberry" but the bottle says "Drinks" plural, not singular. I assume they had other types, and other bottles like possibly this one I have found two pieces of. I am about to post a new thread elsewhere on it, hoping to figure out what it is. It says Paul's and is Muskegon, but I don't think it's the same company--I could be wrong, though. Not likely. As you can see, I'm missing the most important part (or second most, at least.) By the way, these sell in clear for ten dollars here. I'm not sure about there, but you see them one day in the antique store, come back next month and it's gone.

 

[antlerman23]

that is very cool! I have never known any history on these bottles until now.

 

[Robby Raccoon]

Well, Paul G. Miller created a better bottle washing machine that was a huge hit and was a part of the Coca-Cola bottling company in Michigan. Apparently, he marketed a line of sodas beginning in 1917 in the great city of Muskegon, Michigan--at that time, Muskegon was a major tourist destination to 'escape big city life' but we were not a 'dumping ground for visitors' and were not a 'wilderness' either (It's how they marketed one of our resorts here down at Lake Harbor.) The line of drinks I'm fairly sure ended in the mid 1950s (little information have I to go on as my research just takes me no where far.)

 

[Duwammer]

Spirit Bear, I also have one of the clear versions of "Paul's Drinks". In my younger days I worked at The Coca Cola bottling plant here in Muskegon,Mi. Dora E. Peterson owned the Coca Cola Bottling Co. of Muskegon when I was their. She was married to a man named who's first name was Gerald I believe, but every one called him "Pete". At the time he ran a vending business called coca cola vending out of the same plant as the Coke Building on Keating St. Pete died of a heart attack and after that they got out of the vending business. Dora's son Don Miller basically ran the place. Coke Muskegon and Coke Mount Pleasant were the only 2 bottling company's left in Michigan that were still independently owned when I was their. Shortly after I left 1984 Coca Cola USA finally wrote enough zeros on the check for them to sell. In the past year I ran in to Don and his wife while out eating dinner. I recognized both him and his wife, but only she recognized me. They still live in Muskegon. The funny thing is I was just at my parents house today going thru some stuff and found a couple of old coke route jackets. My neighbor was a route driver back in the day. I would help out on snow days and work for him during my summers off. When when out of school I got a job inside the plant. Finally moving on to other opportunities. If only I had known I would have save more stuff. I've also got 3 of the Fanta steel cans empty still sealed (never had pop in them). I've got a aluminum coke can sealed but had a small hole near the bottom. (until now I had always thought it never had pop inside of it.) I've also got 2 clear coke bottles, one with Tab inside of it with the Tab cap on it. The other has Fanta cream soda inside with the Fanta cap on it. Now I'm gonna have to look and see what else I can find.