Running Collection of Mountain Dew History

[madman]

now weve heard all about marion va. and johnson city, now its time for the real story! i will contact the surviving hartmans and the rest my friends will be history!

 

[morbious_fod]

ORIGINAL: SODAPOPBOB

Hey Morb ~

Speaking of fact vs myth ... what say you in regards to what I have read numerous times about the original bottle label being drawn on a napkin by a high school art student (I can't recall his name) who supposedly had dinner with the Hartman's at a club somewhere back in the 1940s, and then presented the drawing to them for consideration?

Thanks,

SPBOB

The guy was indeed a professional artist Madman, I have seen other art work that he had done, it is possible that maybe he was a student at the time that he designed the original paper label, and then it was modified by another artist.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Question number two ... w/three parts. Re: Bottle label.

1. Is the guy running for the outhouse a neighboring hillbilly, and are they having a feud?

2. Or is he a federal revenuer running for cover?

3. That same guy (hillbilly? / revenuer?) is carring a rifle in one hand, but what is he carring in the other hand? Jug? Briefcase? ???

I'm not sure these questions have ever been fully resolved. Surely it's one way or another. But does anybody have a "for sure" answer?

Thanks,

SODA "PUZZLED" BOB

{Knoxville, Tennessee ad - 1928} {This is from another thread - not sure who posted it}

 

[Anthonicia]

That's a good question SodaBob! I always assumed it was a revenuer, but he is outfitted like a moonshiner himself. It sure won't ol' Big Six Henderson, that's fo' sure. I think it is a jug in his hand. Maybe it is toilet paper and he is just running to the outhouse and his hillbilly brother/cousin/friend/paw/or, and any combination of those is playin' a game with him by shooting his feet. You know, some sort of hillbilly game?

When I was growing up with the older kids, we played BB gun tag. It sure hurt like H-E-double hockey sticks. Anyways, I like the way this thread is going. Madman, please do that! Everybody wants to know the history! Well, we do at least!

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Here's a closeup of the ??? running for the outhouse. I'm not sure if it's a hillbilly or a revenuer, but if that ain't a jug he's holding, then I don't know what it is. His hat looks hillbilly-style too, and not that of a city slicker.

SPBOB

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Here's one I bet not many of you have ever heard before. I can't even remember where I first read about it myself. But someone claims there is a hidden name concealed in the bush above the pig. I see a few things that look like letters, but other than that I cannot make out a for sure name. What say y'all?

SPBOB

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

I realize this is most likely a wild goose chase, but here is a list of related Mountain Dew names just in case someone chooses to chase that goose. If in fact it is a name concealed in the bush, then I would say the last letter on the bottom is an "S" Other than that ... the only other thing that looks like a letter is the one at the end on top that appears to be an "R"

LIST:

Jim Archer
John Brichetto
Bill Bridgforth
Charlie Gordon
Barney and Alley Hartman
Wythe Hull
Bill Jones
Bill Kibler
Dean Minges
Herman Minges
Hoyt Minges
R. B. Minges

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

I'm changing my name from ... SODAPOPBOB ... to ... CRAZYBOB []

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

As they say ... "Just shoot me!" [sm=rolleyes.gif]

 

[celerycola]

The "Secret Message" looks like "Bob" to me!