Whats the Story

[OsiaBoyce]

Anyone know anything about this co.?

 

[myersdiggers1998]

googled it but there's no real answers there.popular back in the early 1940's.

 

[TJSJHART]

they were made in TENN. , W.V. , AL. ,& N.C. IN 6, 6+, 7 & 12 OZS . and you have the two glass colors they came in light greenaqua and clear . where did ya find them?

 

[madman]

PAT, VERY NICE, I HAVENT SEEN THAT VARIANT THANKS FOR POSTING

 

[morbious_fod]

Looks like Zimba Kola originated in the state of New York and there is a patent for a bottle carrier for the brand with the name Harriett Caldwell Singer, Elmhurst, Long Island N. Y. listed on the patent. Patent application was issued on October 27, 1944.

Industrial directory of New York State 1949 lists a Zimba Kola Co. Inc. NYC.

There is no listing for the name on the trademark site, even though the bottles note that it is trademarked.

 

[acls]

Interesting info. I would have guessed Zimba was strictly a southern drink.

 

[TJSJHART]

http://gono.com/museum2003/paintedlbottles/paintedbottlehomepage.htm the info i got was from this site .....

 

[OsiaBoyce]

The reason I ask I had allways thought this brand as a Southern brand for all the bottle I had seen up till recently were from the South. These bottles Tim are from the Carolinas and Ga., but somewhere I saw an add for Zimba Kola w/ the address being Wall St. N.Y.

It must have really been short lived busniess. All the bottles I have checked, and that being not all of these date from 1947.

 

[TJSJHART]

THAT SITE I MENTION ONLY HAS ONE DATE FOR A BOTTLE and that was 1955 6+ ozs. from birmingham and it was light green color. have you gone to that site ? it helps me a lot i have no books on acl's at all .

 

[ncbred]

Here is my embossed Zimba Kola from Everettes, NC. I would have thought it would have dated back to the 30's. I'll check for a date on the bottom once I get home.