Some new 'art deco' style soda bottles

[Eric]

Where is all this going? Does it matter? Is there a right or wrong answer? I bet different locations/regions have
total different answers...
Its like do you call it soda, soda pop, pop, coke, etc.
I guess it's neat your looking for answers if you have time for this... but do you... you have time to “research†what
people call soda bottles from the 40s-70s? Come on... Give yourself a rest... Don't chase this rabbit...

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

ORIGINAL: iggyworf

Thanx sodapopbob for that "postive" info about the term "art Deco". I am sorry it offended some people. I do agree with some other members on how this forum should "work." Fun, enjoyable, informative and helpful. I am still a newbie and love all the good help I can get.

If its okay with everyone, I'm just trying to help out a newbie. All iggyworf/Rich intended was to share some cool bottles and the next thing you know he is being scrutinized for using a term [ deco soda bottle ] that is an accepted term these days and one that most collectors can relate to and will undoubtedly be the norm from now on. I just thought it would be interesting to research and discuss where and when the term originated - better that than to pick on a newbie and scare him off simply for wanting to share and be a member of the forum.

Bob

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

How'z about I just cut to the chase before the wolves come out and turn this into another "bully the new kid" thread. There's already enough of that going on and hopefully the administration won't allow another one.

Bob

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Don't blame it on me, I didn't create the term Deco Soda Bottle. Brian Wade did! (Thanks Brian, I plan to purchase your book soon).

Bob

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Read all about it ...

http://www.angelfire.com/zine2/thesodafizz/DecoSoda_BookReview.pdf

 

[diggerdirect]

ORIGINAL: SODAPOPBOB

In case anyone is wondering when bottle collecting clubs became a popular, nationally organized hobby ...

http://www.ricksbottleroom.com/bottleclubs.htm

San Diego Antique Bottle And Collectibles Club, San Diego, Started in 1965 at Julian California, the San Diego Antique Bottle & Collectibles Club is the oldest continuously meeting bottle & collectibles club in the world.

( I live in the San Diego area and the wife (widow) of San Diego's first bottle club president is a neighbor of mine )

Bob

To be continued ...

Hi Bob, not to hi-jack thread just curious.[8|]
I've got a shoulder patch from our bottle club handed down to me by my uncle dated 1965 (I didn't join until 1971) Empire State Bottle Collectors Association (ESBCA) Syracuse, NY. Must have been the year collectors began organizing clubs coast to coast?

Al

 

[andy volkerts]

Stockton Historical bottle Society started in either 65 or 66, good years in Cali for digging bottles, the freeways were going thru all sorts of old downtowns in Cali cities, bottles being dug everywhere including Deco Sodas (Geometrics)

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

For digger ~

You didn't hijack my thread - I hijacked iggyworf's thread - so no apologies necessary towards me. []

1965 does indeed seem to be a starting date for bottle collecting clubs.

For andy ~

Based on my findings ...

"The first recognized bottle club was actually started in Sacramento, California by John Tibbitts during the mid 1960’s. It was called The Antique Bottle Collectors Association, which later became the Federation of Historic Bottle Collectors or FOHBC."

Scroll to the fourth picture / "American Bottles"

http://www.americanbottle.com/the-current-state-of-the-bottle-hobby/

( I believe the date for the Sacramento club was also 1965 but not certain )

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As for some of the earliest books specifically related to soda bottles ...

"A History of the American Soft Drink Industry: Bottled Carbonated Beverages" By: John J. Riley ~ 1958

... appears to be one of the best. I looked online and the least expensive copy I could find was for $214.00. Riley published another soft drink book in 1946.

Scroll to Riley, John J.

http://www.sha.org/bottle/references.htm

 

[iggyworf]

Thanx again Sodapopbob. I actually like reading about all the info you research on bottles or any other given subject. No apologies needed for 'hijacking' this thread. If you got the time and enjoy digging deep for answers about things pertaining to bottles and helping out, then do it. Alot of the other people give out good info as well. I'm sure all of the people on here like it too. Thanx to you too Eric for your input.

'Art Deco' 'Art Moderne' 'Fancy Embossed' we all know what kind of bottles they are. Call them which ever one you wish.

I just might have to get that book also!

Well then, Here is another 'fancy embossed deco morderne' bottle a coworker got me 2wks ago . Nu Icy from Pittsburgh Kansas. Odd looking crack on it.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Rich ~

That's another cool Deco soda bottle!

Here's the patent for it. I have often wondered if the "eyes" are actually on the bottle itself or only on the patent image?

George N. Mas
Number: 17, 803
Filed: January 22, 1929
Patented: September 16, 1930

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

I was searching through some newspaper archives and found an interesting article from 1970. The article is too large to post in its entirety and would not be readable if I did, so I cropped out a couple of paragraphs from it that I thought were of the most interest ...

From ...

The Christian Science Monitor ~ December 16, 1970 ~ By Marilyn Hoffman

Notice where the author wrote ... "Art Deco--which didn't even have a name to call its own until two years ago --"

Which is most likely referring to the popularity the term received by Bevis Hiller in his 1968 book "Art Deco of the 20s and 30s"

[ Snippet 1 of 2 ]

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

I like where the author adds ...

"She forgot to mention the numerous Egyptian and American Indian motifs."

[ Snippet 2 of 2 ]