Road Trip to Atlanta, GA

[wonkapete]

I drove up to Atlanta last week for the Springtime Coca-Cola convention. Picked up a few things.

I was excited to pick up these test market glass, paper labeled screwtop bottles:

Also picked up these test market 3 1 liter Family Share Packs:

All bottled by Coca-Cola.

La Doux's - Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Spirit Lake, Iowa
Milde's Big Bottle - Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Flat River, MO
Goody Root Beer - Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Beatrice, Nebraska
Nebraska City Beverages - Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Nebraska City, Nebraska
Southway - Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Sanford, N.C.
Southway Beverages - Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Opelika, ALA
Klein Beverages - Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Chillicothe, MO
Big Soda - Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
Richardson's Beverages - Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Lead, South Dakota

A few misc bottles..

HTF:

the backs... offer expired Dec. 31, 1973

Notice the far right bottle - has a Christmas theme neck label - hard to find one:

Glass bottles

A mis-struck Canada Dry.. paper label Pepsi from Huntsville.. one of the first shrink wrapped bottles from Japan (1991)

First two bottles are from Atlanta... the other three are Christmas bottles from Belgium

Picked up a case of these 1970s classics..

All different Kist bottles..

1970s1980s NDNR bottles..

more..

some old shipping boxes..

a 'few' 64 oz bottles..

 

[wonkapete]

The file server I was using was freaking out so I changed servers and it's working now!

 

[capsoda]

Neat finds Jerry.

You forgot to check the "Embed picture in post" box.

 

[idigjars]

Hi Jerry, great looking collection. Is this a yearly convention you went to? Congrats on your new bottles. Paul

 

[acls]

Wow!

 

[morbious_fod]

Test market 12oz glass cokes? Cool. Great bunch of bottles you got there.

 

[madman]

im gonna agree with acl wow! very cool! mike

 

[OsiaBoyce]

I see why you drive a dump truck when ya go get bottles.

 

[glass man]

I enjoyed all the pictures!

 

[bamascavenger]

Hey Jerry, Nice bottles. Is the Pepsi from Huntsville, Alabama? If it is are you willing to part with it? If so Pm me or email me with price. Thanks, Terry.