celerycola
Well-Known Member
I made two bottle shows in 48 hours over the weekend - Richmond VA and St. Clairsville OH - and managed to visit Coke Guru Bill Porter in Maryland in between. I still made it home to New York Sunday afternoon in time for a dinner date with my favorite blond after 1400 miles on the road.
Turnout at Richmond was good and sales were steady. I sold well enough to pickup a number of bottles for sale or trade.
Painted Labels -
nice Barq's deco and acl. Barq's embossed on reverse.
1933 Jumbo Cola
Pop Kola 12 Ounces for 5c
ROOT 1929 Chero-Cola Big Bottle Dendron VA
Norfolk VA deco
Kli-Cola Coke Imitator Norfolk
Queen-Cola Petersburg VA
Bludwine No City
Lemons for Morb -
Charlottesville VA
Petersburg VA
Newport News VA
No City
Limes -
Lime Cola Norfolk VA resembling a 1915 Coke
Lima Cola Richmond VA with embossed limes
Linko Phoebus VA
Taka-Kolas -
No Trademark dated 1923 when Pepsi took over the plant
Richmond VA
Norfolk VA
Washington DC
St. Clairsville OH was a small show in the back of a flea market. It took only a half hour to see every bottle twice. This Keck's Big Stick shaped like a baseball bat was my favorite.
The famous Bill Porter contemplating his Hobbleskirt Cokes
I've know Bill for over thirty years but it's the first time I visited his home. I saw a lot of bottles that were new to me including this Soda Water with script Coca-Cola trademark.
I did talk Bill out of one bottle from his collection. This Lime-Cola was bottled by the TriPure Water Company. TriPure was made from Diva Brown's Original Coca-Cola Formula and was first marketed in Tennessee as Murphy's Coca-Cola then Fletcher's Coca-Cola.
Turnout at Richmond was good and sales were steady. I sold well enough to pickup a number of bottles for sale or trade.
Painted Labels -
nice Barq's deco and acl. Barq's embossed on reverse.
1933 Jumbo Cola
Pop Kola 12 Ounces for 5c
ROOT 1929 Chero-Cola Big Bottle Dendron VA
Norfolk VA deco
Kli-Cola Coke Imitator Norfolk
Queen-Cola Petersburg VA
Bludwine No City
Lemons for Morb -
Charlottesville VA
Petersburg VA
Newport News VA
No City
Limes -
Lime Cola Norfolk VA resembling a 1915 Coke
Lima Cola Richmond VA with embossed limes
Linko Phoebus VA
Taka-Kolas -
No Trademark dated 1923 when Pepsi took over the plant
Richmond VA
Norfolk VA
Washington DC
St. Clairsville OH was a small show in the back of a flea market. It took only a half hour to see every bottle twice. This Keck's Big Stick shaped like a baseball bat was my favorite.
The famous Bill Porter contemplating his Hobbleskirt Cokes
I've know Bill for over thirty years but it's the first time I visited his home. I saw a lot of bottles that were new to me including this Soda Water with script Coca-Cola trademark.
I did talk Bill out of one bottle from his collection. This Lime-Cola was bottled by the TriPure Water Company. TriPure was made from Diva Brown's Original Coca-Cola Formula and was first marketed in Tennessee as Murphy's Coca-Cola then Fletcher's Coca-Cola.
