Unusual Mil Kay Bottle

[digger mcdirt]

[attachment=M1.jpg] Sorry I haven't posted much lately but have been really busy. I do wish all a Merry Christmas ! I have bought a lot of bottles lately and will post some as soon as I can. Today I bought some out of a old store mainly commoners but one jumped out at me. It is a 8 3/4 oz Mil Kay Orange Cola. I was taken back by it and it's closeness to a Sun Drop . I did a little research and did find a little info on Tazewell Orange site (great site) and saw one (two I think really) pictured but they were totally different from this one. Has anyone seen this one before ? Code dated 1955 on bottom . May not be that rare but in my 35 years of collecting for some reason I have never seen it. Bottle is mint sorry for the quality of my pics.

 

[digger mcdirt]

Here's the back .

 

[M.C.Glass]

Does that say St. Louis, MO on the back? Expecting Knoxville,

 

[digger mcdirt]

Yes St Louis

 

[ncbred]

I have one from Atlanta, same style.

 

[surfaceone]

Good to see you posting, McDirt! Happy Christmas to you, sir.

 

[morbious_fod]

[attachment=7ozmilkay55.jpg]The two on my site are a 7oz version and a 10oz version. I still don't have the 8 3/4" listed; however, that is the one that is pictured on the advertising for the new "Orange Cola" Mil-Kay. The design is similar to the Sun Drop.

 

[morbious_fod]

[attachment=10ozmil-kay.jpg]The 10oz version. There is a Mil-Kay Orange Cola with a red and white acl from Atlanta, GA which resembles these as well.

 

[morbious_fod]

Charles Lazier milked that insert flavor here cola several times. Of course Sun Drop was the "Golden Cola", Mil-Kay became the "Orange Cola", the Mother Goose bottles have "Punch Cola" on them, and of course Mi Cherie was the "Cherry Cola" even though none of them actually contained caramel coloring as one would think helps denote a "cola". Charlie was cola crazy.