QUICK "POPEYE SODA" QUESTION

[SODAPOPBOB]

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P.S. I forgot to include a 1910 listing for the older brother Louis/Lewis Cohen that shows his occupation at the time as a ... "Peddler - Barber Supplies" But I'm not sure if "Peddler" means he owned a company or sold door-to-door. Harry either worked with or for Louis in 1917-18 and possibly even as late as 1923 when Harry was listed as a soft drink manufacturer.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

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Surely this is just a coincidence - or is it? Remember the illustration I posted of Popeye's schooner from Thimble Theater? Well, here it is again. But this time notice where it refers the land of "NEUTOPIA" And if we eliminate the "NE" we have "UTOPIA" which, as we know, was the name of the ship that Harry Cohen came to America on in 1903. The land of Neutopia is referred to numerous times in the Popeye comic strips and comic books. I wonder if Harry was a Popeye fan and read his comics? If so, he surely would have recognized the similarity between the words Neutopia and Utopia. So many question and so few answers! [Attachments] 1. The Gaffney Ledger ~ Gaffney, South Carolina ~ January 27, 19402. The Evening News ~ Harrisburg, Pennsylvania ~ September 18, 1939 [attachment=Popeye Neutopia Ga...940 (1200x633).jpg] [attachment=Popeye Neutopia Ev...939 (1200x308).jpg]

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

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Surely this is just a coincidence - or is it? This bottle is currently on eBay and I seriously considered buying it but decided not to. However, I did contact the seller and asked if there were any numbers, letters or symbols embossed on the base. I will let you know what he has to say just as soon as I hear from him. The bottle style appears to be from the 1920s-30s-40s, but because I am not familiar with soda bottles from Puerto Rico, I can't say for certain. Hopefully the seller will shed some light on this aspect. Who knows, maybe one of the Cohen brothers traveled to Puerto Rico at some point, drank one of these sodas, and thought "Hmmm, this gives me an idea." Even though the chances are slim to none of there being a connection between this bottle and Popeye / Porto Rico Pale Dry Company, ya can't deny the bottle is embossed with ... [font="comic sans ms,sans-serif"] Tropical[/font][font="comic sans ms,sans-serif"] Beverages[/font] http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-EMBOSSED-SODA-BOTTLE-TROPICAL-BEVERAGES-PUERTO-RICO-/321742397356 [attachment=Puerto Rico Tropic...ttle eBay 2015.jpg] [attachment=Popeye Soda Bottle Paper Label.jpg]

 

[acls]

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I think you should call the person my lead gave you who owned a Popeye bottle.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

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I think you should call the person my lead gave you who owned a Popeye bottle.

acls / Matt Please refresh my memory. I don't recall the "lead" you are referring to. Thanks Bob

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

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I can use some help on this one. Its from a 1910 Census for Harry Cohen but I cannot decipher what type of factory "maker" he was. It appears to start with a P and ends with a k

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

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Could it be ...

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

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Speaking of the 1910 Census ... 1. Entire Document2. Portion showing older brother Lewis; Lewis' wife and children; Mother Blima; Brothers Harry and Morris The address is listed as 920 Pennsylvania Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Which is in north Philadelphia where they apparently all lived together in one house. [attachment=Cohen 1910 Census (2) (1024x641).jpg] [attachment=Cohen 1910 Census (1024x102).jpg]

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

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This is Morris' 1911 application for citizenship and shows ... 1. 920 Pennsylvania Avenue 2. Suspender Maker (The birthdate Feb 10, 1891 is incorrect - Morris was born on December 25, 1892) Note: The most difficult and time consuming aspect of searching ancestry documents is connecting the birthdates. Early documents are notorious for showing conflicting birthdates, which requires various other means of confirmation such as cross-checking addresses, etc; etc.

 

[acls]

There was a guy out of Nebraska who wrote the Soda Net about 20 years ago. He had been to a Popeye's restaurant and saw a Popeye Pop soda bottle on display as a decoration. He wrote to the magazine saying he had seen a Popeye Pop bottle and was wondering how common or rare they might be. I IMed you his phone number. You called him and he was able to provide you with the owner of the Popeye bottle's name. You said you weren’t going to try to track him down because you didn’t consider it to be a promising lead. After two years of research at that point I never understood why you wouldn’t track down a guy who owns a Popeye bottle. I know cold calling strangers isn't fun, but after all the hours of time you have spent on this I was surprised that you did not. All of this started on the 4th post of this thread of the thread and picks back up on page 12.