ZOOLAX keeps ya going..

[Dumpdiver]

I've got a couple of round bottom crowns and had the understanding it was to keep the cork moist in the cap because you had to lay them down. The crown is an inch across so I think it was capped. Thanks Again... Don

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

cows: You're probably right because it refers to the name being on the cap, which likely means the metal part. However, I'm still a little confused because the bottles I have found pictures of appear to be soda bottles, and yet most of the references give the impression the brand was only available in drug stores. It just strikes me odd they would put a medicinal product in a soda-type bottle. Even this circa 1900 pocket mirror has the Rx symbol on it ...

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

P.S. I came across a reference to an amber variation of the bottle but have not found a picture of one, yet.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Patent ~ Used since December 21, 1898 http://books.google.com/books?id=9-98AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA383&lpg=PA383&dq=zoolak+1899&source=bl&ots=iEatt2maU1&sig=g_1tpurUW7QEIujblt1XtjiV7a0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=i6rUUtL-G4apyAHGn4GoCQ&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=zoolak%201899&f=false

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Long story short / The point of my query ... If the Crown closure bottle was Zoolak's only bottle, and used since 1898, that would make some of them extremely early Crown's. The earliest Crown bottle I am aware of is a 1894. Hires Root Beer first started using Crowns in 1897.

 

[Dumpdiver]

Hey Bob, Thanks.. Thats some amazing reseach you've done. I thought it was some weird soda when I found it. Good stuff, Thanks... Don

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Dd: That's what I thought at first, too. But it's stuff like the following that makes me think otherwise ... 1900 ~ "Used in Hospitals" http://books.google.com/books?id=cqo6AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA174&dq=zoolak+copyright&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sLHUUpbvIOLbyQHH3IHoCA&ved=0CE8Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=zoolak%20copyright&f=false

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

I had a thread here years ago with a bunch of stuff, I cant find it now. I do still have this image but the size limit won't show much. I'll email you a copy if you want it. I started to transcribe it to text but didn't get far.

cows: I believe this is the thread you were referring to ... 2006https://www.antique-bottles.net/forum/zoolak-m64378.aspx

 

[cowseatmaize]

Thanks, that's the one. Wow, almost 8 years ago. Time sure does go by.

 

[cowseatmaize]

I always loved that word predigested, like the beef juice. Was that previously eaten and, well, you know? [][][]