Some new 'art deco' style soda bottles

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Here are 3 'art deco' syle bottles I recently got. All from my home state of Michigan. I think from the 20's. The nehi has design pat'd date of march 3 1925 on the bottom. It's from Battle Creek Mi. The Faygo is from Detroit. The other is Highland Park Ginger Ale Co.

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great group of michigan bottles that faygo is sweet!
 

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Well I hope not, but I just don't for the life of me see anything about these bottles to meet the criteria for it belonging to that genre [art deco].

For some reason...............I can't figure out why, decorated/deco bottles have now morphed into 'art deco' bottles.


Decorated yes, art deco.................no.

Then again I hear Thoreau's drummer.
 

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ART DECCO!...........................YES.

Having postive things to say goes alot farther.

Deco Soda Bottles - A Guide to Collecting Those Fancy Embossed Soda Bottles of the 1920's and 30's by Brian Wade. Published in 2003, this 103 page book provides an alphabetical listing with descriptions of over 400 of the best and most frequently found deco-era specialty soda bottles, with over 250 bottles photographed. Includes price estimates, a brief history of the evolution of these soda bottles and a bibliography. This is the only volume devoted solely to these fascinating soda bottles.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=art+deco+soda+bottles There seems to be alot of these "art decco" bottles on ebay. Call them what you want.
 

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Positive things to say........................like what?

I can't help but be true to myself and my opinion.

As far as the book goes, I'm quite familiar w/ it. Hell, I've even read it and know what Mr. Wades take on what he considers a deco bottle on page -2-..............................which just happens to be a 'decorated' bottle. However he does mention the fact that they were popular in the 'art deco' peroid. I myself have seen them used up until the 1960s. Far past the 'art deco' peroid.

As far as the ebay listings go, just because maybe 147 people hav it wrong, that does not make it right.

I know I've beat thing to death over the years but according to one deffinition, art deco represents " luxury, glamor and exurberance". Something that is lacking in so many of the bottles that are called 'art deco'.

Even the font is as far removed from art deco font is as possible.

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww the hell wid it, they're art geko or anything you want to call them.

Oh yea, it's only one 'c' in deco.

But for curiosity's sake, what attributes do these bottles possess to warrent the title 'art deco'?

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