RC Cola!

[SODAPOPBOB]

I forgot to mention the 1937 bottle is an ACL and has the RC/Triangle/Pyramid (But I do not know if it is debossed or embossed)

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Side-by-side comparison ... 1. 1936 Paper Label 2. 1937 ACL

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

And for those who might have forgotten, this is dbv1919/Brad's bottle from the original thread. Notice ... 1. It's an ACL 2. It has the debossed RC Triangle/Pyramid 3. It's marked on the base with LGW 5 (If you weren't confused before this oughta do it!)

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Questions of the day ... 1. Did the non-acl 1 through 6 LGW bottles, which were designed for paper labels, get recycled and have painted labels applied to them? 2. How do we explain Brad's LGW 5 acl?

 

[dbv1919]

Hey Sodapopbob it is kind of hard to tell but it is in fact a six not five. That is why on the original thread I thought it was a 1936. Good luck hope you find out more than I ever did. I have yet to see a 1936 Owens Illinois bottle. LGW numbers 1-6 you got me.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Brad Sorry bout that / typo / easy fix / I meant ... Brad's LGW 6 I'll be back with more shortly!

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

I'll do a follow up on this later. In the meantime I invite everyone to ponder the questions ... 1. Why is it that every 1936 newspaper ad shows images of paper label bottles? 2. Why is it that every 1937 newspaper ad shows images of painted label bottles? [ Attachments ] 1. 19362. 1937

 

[iggyworf]

From what I have read the ACL process seems very involved and probably more expensive than paper labels. So that might not be a reason. Maybe ACL's took better pictures?

 

[iggyworf]

1. Did the non-acl 1 through 6 LGW bottles, which were designed for paper labels, get recycled and have painted labels applied to them?(quote from SodaPopBob) That sounds like it could have been a possibility. And could Brad's bottle be one of them?

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

iggy Based on your chart, which I agree with and found the same results, we see that about half of the LGW 1-6 bottles are non-acls and about half of them are acls. Bottles 3 and 4 have question marks and it is currently unknown whether they are acls or non-acls. For simplicity sake let's assume for the moment that bottle number 3 is a non acl and bottle number 4 is an acl, with the main point of emphasis being that the lower numbers are obviously non-acls and the higher numbers are acls. When I combine this information with everything I have been able to glean from all three threads, which I have compiled notes on, I have reason to believe ... 1. The LGW 1-3 non-acl bottles were produced in 19362. The LGW 4-6 acl bottles were produced in 19373. The LGW 1-3 non-acl bottles were not recycled4. The first Royal Crown Cola ACL was produced in 1937