This just came in from Calgary! some tough paper and a couple of tough ACL's?

[mctaggart67]

Few people here in Calgary collect Polar Aerated Water Works stuff, with the exception of the stone ginger beers. I'm glad you appreciate them and how all the variants tell parts of a bigger story. Keep going!

 

[Canadacan]

Congrats. I like the Sicks 6. I know some Washington state & Seattle collectors would probably like that one too. LEON.

Thanks Leon...yes I bet some Sick's 6 collectors would take anything with the name on it hey!

 

[Canadacan]

Few people here in Calgary collect Polar Aerated Water Works stuff, with the exception of the stone ginger beers. I'm glad you appreciate them and how all the variants tell parts of a bigger story. Keep going!

Huh so your in Calgary?..cool...I used to live there in the early 70's. Have lot's of family there.I wonder why people there don't collect that brand so much?..Are they more so after the Calgary Brewing & Malting bottles? Truth is I've never had any Polar stuff, but I like it and if I can add to it Icertainly will []

 

[Canadacan]

The detail on the Jamaica label is amazing.....just for fun I pictured my 1980 Jamaica ACL[]I just noticed under the palm tree on the paper label... S.B. CO. LTD. anyone know what company that is?...obviously the parent, another note ...they allowed bottlers to have their company names present through all the years. [attachment=Jamaica Dry3.jpg] [attachment=Jamaca Dry1.jpg][attachment=Jamaica Dry2.jpg]

 

[Robby Raccoon]

Awesome pieces.

 

[mctaggart67]

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Huh so your in Calgary?..cool...I used to live there in the early 70's. Have lot's of family there.I wonder why people there don't collect that brand so much?..Are they more so after the Calgary Brewing & Malting bottles? Truth is I've never had any Polar stuff, but I like it and if I can add to it Icertainly will []
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There is not a strong purely bottle collecting world for pops in Calgary. Calgary Brewing & Malting bottles have their draw based upon appeal to collectors of Calgary breweriana (fair number), antique bottles (a small handful), and Western/Cowboy collectors who like the buffalo head theme (fair number). After the 2013 flood here I checked out the banks of the Bow River south of Glenmore where I know of a dump or two and found hundreds of broken deep aqua Calgary Brewing and Malting bottles. The force of the flooded river currents wrenched them out of a dump site, possibly even the brewery's dump, and tumbled them along, shattering them, and then depositing the shards.

 

[Canadacan]

Do you think it's the shift in the ethnics over the last 25 years?....soda bottles seemed to be doing pretty good in the 80's and 90's. But I suppose sometimes it's the subject matter on a bottle that draws a person to collect it.Oh man heart breaking about the Calgary bottles[]. I would love to add a Buffalo brand soda to my line up. Here is the 12 oz Calgary GA paper label from the group with it's new family members [] along along with a 6.5 oz embossed. [attachment=Calgary ga.jpg]