Ward's Orange Crush by Alco Bottling?

[SODAPOPBOB]

I still haven't found a smoking gun, but I did come across a 1925 Anaconda newspaper that showed a Nevin-Frank bowling team and a Coca Cola bowling team listed separately on the same page, which suggest to me there was no connection between the two companies in 1925, otherwise I would think there would have been only one team called "The Nevin-Frank Coca Cola" bowling team.(Sometimes big clues come in small packages).

 

[Canadacan]

Yes that pretty much tells the story, I don't think they ever were an authorized bottler of Coca Cola period.

 

[Canadacan]

It seems impossible to locate a national advertisement for Coca-Cola with a local bottlers name attached to it that we seek. I can find dozens from the 1915 era but no bottler is mentioned.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Talk about a smoking gun ... This 1925 article is about the Nevin-Frank fire and is the only picture of the company buildings I have seen. I tried my best to enhance the images of the signs, but I cannot make out exactly what the lower sign says - but it appears there "might" be a couple of capital C's on it. But let's not jump to any conclusions until the sign is fully analyzed. From ... The Anaconda Standard ~ November 16, 1925

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

P.S. The portion I posted is Page 2 of a two page article. There is nothing on either page that mentions Coca Cola or any other specific brand names that were manufactured by Nevin-Frank. The article says there was another building (warehouse) across the street, but that it was undamaged by the fire.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Yeah, I see it, too. The lower sign sure looks like it has Coca Cola on it. But let's be sure before we start celebrating []

 

[Canadacan]

Yea I downloaded that ad last week but never posted it because it never revealed anything that I could see, it's the only photo showing the plant I could ever find.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

After careful examination, I'm seeing ... Top Sign = Nevin Frank Co. Bottom Sign = Nevin Frank Bottling Company The first page of the article mentions ... "tons of candy, countless smaller articles, notions, novelties and other merchandise." Which would have been products of the Nevin-Frank Company, with the Bottling Company being a separate entity within the same company. So no smoking gun and no Coca Cola.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Yes that pretty much tells the story, I don't think they ever were an authorized bottler of Coca Cola period.

Ditto - I concur No evidence to prove otherwise.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Just fooling around / Correction ... Based on the size of the letters on the top sign, the lower sign probably contains no more than 15 letters, which would be too many for NEVIN FRANK BOTTLING CO. (So it probably says something else).