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Thanks for sharing your superb collection of RC bottles!
Based on everything I've read about Royal Crown Cola ...
1. It was first introduced and test marketed in 1934
2. But not available to the general public until 1935
3. The limited 1934 and 1935 bottles had paper labels
4. The first acl/painted label bottle was introduced in 1936
I did a fairly extensive search and could not find a single picture of a 1934 or 1935 bottle. The earliest picture I could find was of a 1936 bottle which had a paper label. Starting in 1937, pictures of acl bottles are relatively abundant.
As you already know, your 1936 Royal Crown Cola acl bottle is indeed a rare bird. There doesn't appear to have been a 1935 acl.
The attachments are as follows ...
1. Newspaper Ad ~ The Evening Sun ~ Hanover, Pennsylvania ~ October 8, 1936
This is the earliest advertisement I could find that included an image of a bottle which, in this case, has a paper label. Notice the neck label is placed "on top" of the neck debossment, which strikes me as odd.
2. Your 1936 acl for comparison
3. Newspaper Ad ~ Harrisburg Telegraph ~ Harrisburg, Pennsylvania ~ June 9, 1937
The acls are easily distinguishable from the paper label bottles because the acls have the boxed in frame around the main label. Heavyweight boxer Jack Dempsey is prominently mentioned in many of the 1937 ads.
Thanks for sharing your superb collection of RC bottles!
Based on everything I've read about Royal Crown Cola ...
1. It was first introduced and test marketed in 1934
2. But not available to the general public until 1935
3. The limited 1934 and 1935 bottles had paper labels
4. The first acl/painted label bottle was introduced in 1936
I did a fairly extensive search and could not find a single picture of a 1934 or 1935 bottle. The earliest picture I could find was of a 1936 bottle which had a paper label. Starting in 1937, pictures of acl bottles are relatively abundant.
As you already know, your 1936 Royal Crown Cola acl bottle is indeed a rare bird. There doesn't appear to have been a 1935 acl.
The attachments are as follows ...
1. Newspaper Ad ~ The Evening Sun ~ Hanover, Pennsylvania ~ October 8, 1936
This is the earliest advertisement I could find that included an image of a bottle which, in this case, has a paper label. Notice the neck label is placed "on top" of the neck debossment, which strikes me as odd.
2. Your 1936 acl for comparison
3. Newspaper Ad ~ Harrisburg Telegraph ~ Harrisburg, Pennsylvania ~ June 9, 1937
The acls are easily distinguishable from the paper label bottles because the acls have the boxed in frame around the main label. Heavyweight boxer Jack Dempsey is prominently mentioned in many of the 1937 ads.