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The Bottles of Barq's Bottling Co.
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| Barq's Flavors
Probably the earliest Barq's bottle filled in El Paso was a colorless machine-made container with an embossed diamond pattern on the shoulder and neck. The body front was embossed, DRINK/Barq's (script). Bottles of this type were in use by 1938 and continued to be circulated until the late 1940s or early 1950s (Bates et al 1996a:157, B-1).
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| B 01
Method of Manufacture: Machine Color: Colorless Size (in cm.): 24.0 (h); 6.4 (d) [21.2 (h); 6.2 (d)] Primary Labeling Style: White and Blue ACL Finish: Crown Capacity: 12 oz. [8 oz.] Overall Bottle Design: Cylindrical with swelled neck (similar to beer bottles, supposedly to allow for foam expansion); body and neck embossed with orange peel design Front Description Neck: Bare (nationally some bottles had an upwardly-slanted, Barq's, in white ACL but none seem to have been used in El Paso) Shoulder: Embossed with offset checkerboard design extending into body [variation 3 - embossed in bottom section of checkerboard - DESIGN PAT. D-98026] [variation 4 - embossed in bottom section of checkerboard - CONT. 12 FL. OZS.] Body: A white border with blue backgrounds at top and bottom. Within the blue background was the word, DRINK, followed by Barq's (upwardly slanted script in the colorless background)/TRADE MARK REG. (upwardly slanted in the colorless background) and, IT'S GOOD in the lower blue section. Back Description Neck: Same as front Shoulder: Same as front but no embossed letters [variation 4 - embossed at bottom of checkerboard pattern - DESIGN PAT. D-98026] Body: White ACL - EVERY BOTTLE STERILIZED/BARQ'S BOTTLING CO./EL PASO, TEXAS/CONTENTS 12 FLU. OZS. [In place of EVERY BOTTLE STERILIZED, variation 2 (12 oz.) was labeled, Return Bottle For Deposit] [variation 3 - 8 oz. & 12 oz. - embossed with Barq's (script)/REG.][variation 4 - embossed Barq's (script)/REG. - white ACL - CONTENTS 12 FL. OZS./PROPERTY OF/BARQ'S BOTTLING CO./EL PASO, TEXAS] Heel: Bare [variation 3 - 8 oz. - embossed - CONT. 8 FL. OZ.; 12 oz. - CONT. 12 FL. OZS.] Base: Embossed - DESIGN PAT. D-98026 around circumference. Vertical lines in the base center were embossed 159-1/12 FL. OZ./L-G 60. [Variation 2 (12 oz.) DESIGN PAT./1292/12 FL. OZ./C-in-a-circle/D-98026] [8 oz. - T-in-a-keystone] [variation 3 - 94/3 B-in-a-Circle 54/4] [variation 4 - 15 I-in-an-oval-superimposed-on-a-diamond 48/4/G-1214/Duraglass (script) with W-2 on the left edge] Manufacturer: Liberty Glass Company (1946-1954) [Chattanooga Glass Company (1925- present)] [8 oz. - unknown] [Brockway Glass Company [1925-now] [Owens Illinois Glass Company (1929-1954)] Dating: [ca. 1940-late 1970s] The Design Patent Number D-98026 was issued in 1935 (Giarde 1980:159) and may reflect the earliest ACL bottle or may indicate the patent on an early embossed bottle. Patents are often basic and tent to be carried on into several later designs. Variations of white on blue ACL bottles were probably in use from at least the mid-1940s (possibly as early as the late 1930s) in eight- and twelve-ounce sizes. The eight-ounce bottle may have been discontinued in the early to mid-1950s, but the twelve-ounce configuration continued in use until at least the late 1970s. Ten-ounce bottles were in use nationally by 1962, followed by sixteen-ounce bottles by at least 1968. Both sizes continued until at least the last 1970s. Variations 3 and 4 may have been the earliest of the three variations due to their similarities to the previous bottle with an entirely embossed label. Collection(s): Bill Ethridge collection; Viola Salas Collection, Alamogordo; Lawrence Angus collection; author's collection.
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| A polychrome twelve-ounce bottle was similar to the bichrome one in most respects. |
| B 02
Method of Manufacture: Machine Color: Colorless Size (in cm.): 24.0 (h); 6.5 (d) Primary Labeling Style: White, Blue, and Orange ACL Finish: Crown Capacity: 12 oz. Overall Bottle Design: Cylindrical with swelled neck (similar to beer bottles, supposedly to allow for foam expansion); body and neck embossed with orange peel design Front Description Shoulder: Embossed with offset checkerboard design Body: Embossed: CONT. 12 FL. OZS. A white border enclosed an orange background with a diagonal blue band across the center. The word, DRINK (blue), appears in the upper left corner, followed by Barq's (white script)/TRADE MARK REG. in the blue band and, IT'S GOOD (blue) in the lower orange section. Back Description Shoulder: Same as front Body: Embossed: DESIGN PAT. D-98026. White ACL - EVERY BOTTLE STERILIZED/Barq's Bottling Co. (script)/PHOENIX, ARIZONA/CONTENTS 12 FLU. OZS. Base: Embossed - I-in-an-oval & Duraglass (script) Manufacturer: Owens Illinois Glass Company (1954-present); Duraglass (after 1940) Dating: [1956-1958] Tri-color ACL bottles in ten-and twelve-ounce configurations were apparently only used for a short period of time between 1956 and 1958. It is unknown whether tri-color bottles were actually bought by the El Paso franchise, but such bottles from outside the area almost certainly found their way to the city and were refilled by the El Paso company. Collection(s): Richard Chaves collection.
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| Orange Crush
Orange Crush was first introduced as a franchised drink in 1916, but it was not until 1945 that John Yowell obtained the franchise for El Paso. Although the original Orange Crush bottle was colorless (see sections on Tri-State and Empire Bottles), the amber bottles were in use by the time Barq's Bottling Company became the distributor. Orange Crush was made with a lot of pulp still in the mixture and shipped in wooden kegs. Amber Bottles were used to hide the pulp from the public. The amber bottle retained the same basic configuration as the previously-used 1920 colorless container (Yowell interview). Dating guide for Orange Crush bottles in El Paso. |
| B 03
Method of Manufacture: Machine Color: Amber Size (in cm.): 20.1 (h); 5.8 (d) Primary Labeling Style: Embossed Finish: Crown Capacity: 7 oz. Overall Bottle Design: Cylindrical with embossed horizontal ribs broken by four vertical ribs to form a basket-weave design, and a short neck Front Description Body: An embossed diamond formed a labeling area with ORANGE/CRUSH/T. M. REG. U. S. PAT. OFF./COMPANY/BOTTLE in embossed letters Back Description Body: An embossed diamond formed a labeling area with THIS/SPECIAL/BOTTLE PROTECTS/THE DELICATE/FRUIT FLAVOR/AND FRESH/TASTE in embossed letters Base: Embossed - CONTENTS 7 FL OZ/I-in-an-oval-superimposed-on-a-diamond [a second example includes, Duraglass (script) Manufacturer: Owens Illinois Glass Company (1929-1954) Dating: [ca. 1930-ca. 1940s] The manufacturer's date suggests that these bottles replaced the colorless containers possibly about 1930. A second sample bottle has the Duraglass mark used by the same company after 1940, suggesting that the all-embossed amber bottle lasted until at least 1941. Collection(s): San Elizario UTEP Field School collection; Viola Salas Collection, Alamogordo, N. M.
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| The bottle was replaced by another amber container with ACL labeling. |
| B 04
Method of Manufacture: Machine Color: Amber Size (in cm.): 19.6 (h); 5.8 (d) Primary Labeling Style: Orange and White ACL Finish: Crown Capacity: 7 oz. Overall Bottle Design: Cylindrical with a short neck and embossed horizontal ribs broken by four vertical ribs to form a basket-weave design Front Description Body: An embossed diamond contained an orange ACL background with white letters: [Orange Crush logo]/Orange-/Crush T.M.REG.U.S.PAT.OFF./Soda/CARBONATED WATER, SUGAR,/FLAVORING, CITRIC ACID,/0.1% BENZOATE SODA/7 FL. OZS. Back Description Body: An embossed diamond contained a white-outlined diamond enameled, THIS/SPECIAL/BOTTLE PROTECTS/THE DELICATE/FRUIT FLAVOR/AND FRESH TASTE. The words, EL PASO, TEXAS appeared on the outside edges of the lower half of the diamond Base: Embossed - 9 I-in-an-oval-superimposed-on-a-diamond 5./1/Duraglass (script)/G1168 [some examples exclude Duraglass] Manufacturer: Owens Illinois Glass Company (1929-1954) Dating: [mid-1940s-mid-1950s] The manufacturer's mark restricts the time of use for this bottle to a period between 1940 and 1954. Bottles of this type were used from 1941 to the mid-1950s when they were replaced with colorless containers enameled with white and green labels on the upper body front. The colorless bottles were used from the mid- to late 1950s until the late 1960s. Post-1969 bottles were colorless and similar in style to their predecessors but without the word "Orange" on the label (Bates et al 1996a:C-32). Collection(s): Mike Morrison Collection, Las Cruces; Viola Salas Collection; author's collection.
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| NuGrape
After its discontinuance by Empire, Nu-Grape soda was revived by Barq's about 1942 (see Empire Bottling Works section for the earlier embossed bottle). |
| B 05
Method of Manufacture: Machine Color: Colorless [CommonGreen] Size (in cm.): 20.2 (h); 5.7 (d) Primary Labeling Style: Yellow ACL [Yellow and Red ACL] [Yellow and Black ACL] Finish: Crown Capacity: 6 oz. Overall Bottle Design: Cylindrical with three embossed rings above shoulder and a single embossed ring constricting the waste; sharply indented at heel. Body surface and neck was covered with light stippling Front Description Body: A yellow ACL rectangular area surrounded an inverted five-point star superimposed by NuGrape (underlined script)/REG. US. PAT. OFF./Soda (script)/IMITATION GRAPE FLAVOR with small stars in the upper left and lower right corners. [same but red lettering on a rectangular yellow background] [Common Green - same but black lettering on a yellow background] Heel: Embossed: DESIGN PAT'D D-130075 [183-7 L-G] [Common Green - DESIGN PAT'D D-130075] Back Description Body: Yellow ACL - MIN. CONTENTS 6 FL. OZS./NuGrape Soda (underlined script)/IMITATION GRAPE FLAVOR/BARQ'S BOTTLING CO./EL PASO, TEXAS [Red and Yellow label - same except last line - EL PASO AND ALBUQUERQUE] [Common Green - EL PASO, TEXAS but no company designation] Heel: Embossed - 138-6 L-G [DESIGN PAT'D D-130075] [Common Green - bare] Base: Embossed - 44 [42] [9 I-in-an-oval-superimposed-on-a-diamond 6/G 10085/1.] Manufacturer: Liberty Glass Company (1946-1954) Dating: [ca. 1942-1947] These were the earliest NuGrape bottles used by Barq's. [Note that the 1942 and 1944 dates support Giarde's (1980:65-67) date range of 1934-1954 and Peterson's (1968:49) starting date for the L-G design of 1936, rather than the Toulouse's (1971:321-323) date of 1946-1954.] The common green bottle's date of 6 to the right of the logo indicates 1936 which means that this bottle may have been offered by Empire Products Corp. as Barq's was not in business in El Paso until 1939. Collection(s): Author's collection.
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| A second style may have followed, although I have seen no examples labeled with an El Paso designation. |
| B 06
Method of Manufacture: Machine Color: Colorless Size (in cm.): 23.3 (h); 5.8 (d) Primary Labeling Style: Dark Yellow ACL Finish: Crown Capacity: 10 oz. [8 oz.] Overall Bottle Design: Cylindrical with three embossed rings above shoulder and a single embossed ring constricting the waste; sharply indented at heel. Body surface was covered with light stippling Front Description Neck: Yellow ACL - NuGrape (underlined in script)/Soda (script) [NUGRAPE changed to block capital letters] Body: Solid yellow horizontal oval outlined with a yellow oval ring; stenciled with NuGrape (script/)®/Soda (script) with two stars flanking the word, Soda. In the margin between the ring and yellow background appears the words, IMITATION GRAPE FLAVOR [background changed to rounded-cornered rectangle; no stars; NUGRAPE changed to block capital letters] Back Description Neck: Same as front Body: Yellow ACL: NuGrape Soda (script)/IMITATION GRAPE FLAVOR/BOTTLED BY AUTHORITY/NATIONAL NUGRAPE CO./ATLANTA, GA. The base is embossed MIN. CONTENTS/L-G/8 FL. OZS. Base: Embossed - MIN. CONTENTS/L-G/8 FL. OZS. [LG with no other markings] Manufacturer: Liberty Glass Company (1946-1954) [same (1954-present)] Dating: [1947-early 1960s] These bottles and other variation were probably used concurrently with bottles described above from 1947 to the early 1960s. Collection(s): Mike Morrison Collection; author's collection.
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| Dad's Root Beer
For the smaller "Junior" size Dad's bottles, see the section on Empire. |
| B 07
Method of Manufacture: Machine Color: Colorless Size (in cm.): 28.2 (h); 6.2 (d) Primary Labeling Style: Gold and Red ACL Finish: Crown Capacity: 16 oz. Overall Bottle Design: Cylindrical with stippling at the heel, shoulder, and upper neck but smooth at the labeling areas Front Description Neck: Yellow ACL, upwardly-slanted, jagged-edged, rectangle outlined in red with the word, DAD'S, stenciled in the center and "BIG DADDY" in yellow below the rectangle Shoulder: Embossed with DAD'S four times around shoulder Body: Same slanted rectangular logo as on neck with ONE PINT above and . . . tastes like ROOT BEER should, in yellow ACL Back Description Neck: Same as front Shoulder: See front shoulder Body: Yellow ACL - In yellow oval (all words slanted), DAD'S Family (script)/½ GAL. "PAPA" SIZE/ONE QT. "MAMA" SIZE/"BIG DADDY"/12 OUNCE "JUNIOR"/"BIG JUNIOR." Below in horizontal form: BOTTLED UNDER LICENSE OF/DAD'S ROOT BEER CO./CHICAGO, U. S. A./CONTENTS 1 FLUID PINT/BOTTLED BY DAD'S ROOT BEER CO. Base: Embossed - LG 911-2/67 Manufacturer: Liberty Glass Company (1954-present) Dating: Bottles of this type were likely used from the early 1960s until about 1970. Collection(s): Willie F. Terrazas collection.
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| Dr. Wells
Dr. Wells was an imitation of Dr. Pepper that was reintroduced in El Paso by Barq's--possibly as early as 1940 (previously sold by Woodlawn Bottling Co. for a very short period--1934-1936). At least two types of bottles are known, but it is not certain whether they were used concurrently or serially (or if the second variety were ever used in El Paso). Herberta documents three label designs and claims that the distinctions varied geographically (Herverta 1982:22). Two varieties are found in El Paso collections, but only one is labeled as being from Barq's Bottling Co. Because the second variety, when introduced into the area, would have been filled by the company and continued in use here, both examples are included. |
| B 08
Method of Manufacture: Machine Color: Colorless Size (in cm.): 24.3 (h); 6.5 (d) [10-oz. 24.1 (h) 6.2 (d)] [7-oz. 20.3 (h) 6.0-6.1 (d)] Primary Labeling Style: White and Red ACL Finish: Crown Capacity: 12 oz. [10 oz.] [7 oz.] Overall Bottle Design: Cylindrical [10- & 7-oz. - embossed stippling from base to finish] Front Description Neck/Shoulder: White ACL - an upwardly-slanted Dr. Wells (script) with a tail extending backwards from the "s" to underline the name [a small outlined oval was centered below the underline] Body: A larger, similar Dr. Wells (in white script) with A DELICIOUS CARBONATED BEVERAGE stenciled into the underlining tail. Above the Dr. Wells logo was a red, three-quarter disk surrounded by radiating white lines to create a sunburst effect. White letters proclaimed, ALWAYS/DRINK across the face of the disk. Below the logo was a red horizontal bar that boasted, MAKES A NICKEL THIRSTY. [underline solid with R. M. REG. U. S. PAT. OFF. below in white ACL. Red bar states IT'S DIFFERENT - IT'S DELICIOUS] Heel: Bare [Embossed - 12 FL. OZ.] [Embossed - 7 FL. OZ.] Back Description Neck/Shoulder: Same as front Body: A/DELICIOUS/REFRESHING/BEVERAGE/MIN. CONTENTS 12 FL. OZS./TRADE MARK REG./BARQ'S BOTTLING CO./EL PASO, TEXAS [12 oz. variation - (after REG.) U.S. PAT. OFF./BARQ'S BOTTLING CO./EL PASO AND ALBUQUERQUE] [10 oz. - upwardly-slanted, A/REFRESHING/CARBONATED/ BEVERAGE surrounded by a white sunburst. Below was, PROPERTY OF/DR. WELLS BOTTLING CO.] [7 - oz. - A DELICIOUS/REFRESHING/BEVERAGE/MIN. CONTENTS 7 FL. OZS./BARQ'S BOTTLING CO./EL PASO, TEXAS/TRADE MARK REG./U. S. PAT. OFF.] Heel: Embossed - 12 FL. OZ. 810 LG [510 L-G 3] [bare] [L-G 1 524] Base: Embossed - 40 [42] [54-B-10/T in a keystone/CONTENTS 10 OZS.] [7 OZ. - 41] Manufacturer: Liberty Glass Company (1954-present) [Liberty Glass Company (1946-1954)] [Unknown] Dating: [1940?-1957] Bottles of this type may have been used from about 1940 until Barq's acquired Dr Pepper in 1957. Bottles marked El Paso and Albuquerque cannot predate the opening of the Albuquerque plant in 1941. Note that the 10-oz. bottles may not have been used in El Paso. Collection(s): Tom Leachman collection; Willie F. Terrazas collection; author's collection.
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| B 9
Method of Manufacture: Machine Color: Colorless Size (in cm.): 24.5 (h); 6.1 (d) Primary Labeling Style: White and Red ACL Finish: Crown Capacity: 10 oz. Overall Bottle Design: Cylindrical Front Description Neck/Shoulder: White ACL trapezoid marked by large and small red diagonal stripes with Dr. Wells in red script with a tail from the "s" sweeping back to underline the words. The ® symbol nestled under the line below the "s." Body: Repeated the shoulder logo in white minus the Trapezoid. Below the logo, also in white, was enameled 10 FL. OZS. Back Description Neck/Shoulder: Same as front Body: Same logo as front above with, LICENSED BY/DR. WELLS, INC./CAMDEN ARK. Base: Embossed - I-in-an-oval Manufacturer: Owens Illinois Glass Company (1954-present) Dating: [1940?-1957?] May have been used since 1940 or may post date the above style Collection(s): Willie F. Terrazas collection.
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| Bubble Up
Although the exact time-frame is uncertain, Barq's bottled Bubble Up prior to 1956. The product was initially developed in 1917 and is currently distributed by the Monarch Company of Atlanta, Georgia. |
| B 10
Method of Manufacture: Machine Color: Forest Green Size (in cm.): 24.4 (h); 6.2 (d) Primary Labeling Style: White and Red ACL Finish: Crown Capacity: 10 oz. Overall Bottle Design: Cylindrical Front Description Neck: Four interconnected white bubbles enclosing the name Bubble/Up Body: A larger version of the neck logo accompanied by the ® symbol in red with the words (in red), CONTENTS 10 FLUID OUNCES below. Back Description Neck: Same as front Body: BOTTLED UNDER LICENSE OF/BUBBLE UP CORPORATION/PEORIA, ILLINOIS Base: Embossed - CONTENTS 10 FL. OZ. along the curvature of the bottom, with an anchor and H and the designation, 54 Manufacturer: Anchor Hocking (1938-present) Dating: [1950?-1956?] Bottles of this type were in use by at least the early 1950s and continued to be manufactured until 1955 or 1956. Collection(s): Willie F. Terrazas collection.
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| A second style was used later. |
| B11
Method of Manufacture: Machine Color: Forest Green Size (in cm.): 24.4 (h); 6.2 (d) Primary Labeling Style: White and Red ACL Finish: Crown Capacity: 10 oz. Overall Bottle Design: Cylindrical with embossed stippling from shoulder to finish Front Description Neck: Four interconnected white bubbles enclosing the name Bubble/Up Body: A white square enclosed a larger version of the neck logo accompanied by the ® symbol in red above the words, Pure Pleasure. A small rectangle connected to the square enclosed the words, a kiss of lemon - a kiss of lime. Below the square was, REG. U. S. PAT. OFF. 1921. Back Description Neck: Same as front Body: Same as front minus patent information Base: Embossed - C in a circle and 10 FL. OZ. Manufacturer: Chattanooga Glass Company (1925-present) Dating: [late 1950s] Bottles of this type were only used during the late 1950s. Collection(s): Mike Morrison Collection, Las Cruces. By at least 1960, Bubble Up had again dropped
the rectangular outline, but the new bottle included debossed dimples under
the logo and different placement of the logo in the upper body front.
Variations continued until the mid-1960s when a pointed-bottomed, white-outlined
red bubble encircled the words, bubble up, on both shoulder and body front.
These were used until the mid-1970s on both ten- and sixteen-ounce containers
(Bates et al 1996a:B-24-25).
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| B 12
Method of Manufacture: Machine Color: Forest Green Size (in cm.): 22.0 (h); 5.7 (d) Primary Labeling Style: White and Red ACL Finish: Crown Capacity: 8 oz. Overall Bottle Design: Cylindrical with debossed dimples of varying sizes Front Description Neck/Shoulder: A pointed-bottomed, white-outlined red bubble surrounded the words, bubble/up/® in white ACL lettering. The designation, 8 FL. OZ., appeared to the lower left of the bubble with KISS OF LEMON KISS OF LIME below the bubble, all in white ACL. Body: Debossed dimples Back Description Neck/Shoulder: Same as front Body: Debossed dimples Base: Embossed - 23 [B-in-a-circle] 67/18923-6 Manufacturer: Brockway Glass Company (1925-present) Dating: [early 1960s-1970s or later] These bottles were probably used from the early 1960s until the 1970s or later. Collection(s): Willie F. Terrazas collection.
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| Nesbitt's
Woodlawn Bottling Company was the first in El Paso to distribute Nesbitt's flavors, and the early Nesbitt's bottles appear in that section. Barq's began bottling Nesbitt's about 1956, although it is unknown when the company discontinued bottling of the product. A major change in ACL color occurred in 1952 when Nesbitt's discontinued the use of black-labeled bottles and switched to an all-white medium. |
| B 13
Method of Manufacture: Machine Color: Colorless Size (in cm.): 23.7 (h); 6.1 (d) Primary Labeling Style: White ACL Finish: Crown Capacity: 10 oz. Overall Bottle Design: Cylindrical with six embossed rings extending from shoulder to neck. The two uppermost rings are connected by embossed vertical "posts" or ribs. [posts or ribs between third and fourth rings as well as first and second] Front Description Neck: White ACL - Nesbitt's (script) between the second and third rings from the top Shoulder: Embossed rings Body: A white rectangular area with chamfered corners, outlined with a thin white line, contained the stenciled word, Nesbitt's, in upwardly slanted script with the ® symbol below the "s" followed by OF/CALIFORNIA. Heel: Bare [Embossed - NET CONTENTS 10 FL. OZS.] [complex embossed ring] Back Description Neck: Same as front Shoulder: Same as front Body: White ACL with Nesbitt's (script) name on a Soft drink/is like/STERLING stamped on Silver/NET CONTENTS 10 FL. OZS./BOTTLED UNDER LICENSE OF/NESBITT FRUIT PRODUCTS INC/LOS ANGELES, CALIF./BY/NESBITT LICENSEE/AT LOCATION/SHOWN ON CAP Heel: Bare [complex embossed ring] Base: Embossed - 1233/C-in-a-circle/DES.PAT./D-172,010 [DES. PAT. 114,026/G- 2814/Duraglass (script)/15 I-in-an-oval 58/1] Manufacturer: Chattanooga Glass Company (1925-present) [Owens Illinois Glass Company (1954-present] Dating: [1952-1959] Bottles of this type were used from 1952 to at least 1959 (probably the early 1960s). Collection(s): Author's collection.
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| B 14
Method of Manufacture: Machine Color: Colorless Size (in cm.): 23.6 (h); 6.1 (d) [16 oz. - 28.3 (h); 6.4 (d)] Primary Labeling Style: White ACL Finish: Crown Capacity: 10 oz. [16 oz.] Overall Bottle Design: Cylindrical with embossed basketweave on shoulder [no embossing on 16 oz. size] Front Description Neck: The word, Nesbitt's in White ACL script surrounded by an oval outline with pointed projections on both ends. The left point swept upward while the right one pointed downward. [only the word, Nesbitt's®, in white ACL script in 16 oz. & 10 oz. variation] Shoulder: Embossed with a series of four rows of horizontal squares, each enclosing four horizontal lines to form a basket-weave effect [no embossing on 16 oz. size] Body: Same shape as neck logo but a solid white background with the word, Nesbitt's stenciled into it in script with the ® symbol below the "s." The initials, TM, were nestled in the curve created by the right downward point. [10 oz. variation - only the word, Nesbitt's®, in white ACL script above 10 FL. OZ.] [16 oz. - movement of the ® symbol to a position following the "s;" no TM; 16 FL. OZ. (1 PT) below logo] Back Description Neck: Same as front Shoulder: Same as front Body: White ACL with Nesbitt's (script) name on a Soft drink/is like/STERLING stamped on Silver/NET CONTENTS 10 FL. OZS./BOTTLED UNDER LICENSE OF/NESBITT FRUIT PRODUCTS INC/LOS ANGELES, CALIF./BY/NESBITT LICENSEE/AT LOCATION/SHOWN ON CAP [same but without contents information on 10 oz. variation and change to NESBITT FOOD PRODUCTS] [change of size to NET CONTENTS 1 PINT] Base: Embossed - C-in-a-circle/1 64/DES. PAT. 114026/1458 [LG 66/DES.PAT.114026] [LG 68/448 31] Manufacturer: Chattanooga Glass Company (1925-present) [Liberty Glass Company (1954- present] Dating: [early 1960s-ca. 1975] Bottles of this type were probably used from the early 1960s until at least 1975. Collection(s): Mike Morrison collection; author's collection.
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| Tom Collins Jr.
Although it is not currently known when Barq's began carrying Tom Collins Jr., the bottles were used in both the El Paso and Albuquerque plants. |
| B15
Method of Manufacture: Machine Color: Colorless Size (in cm.): 20.3 (h); 5.8 (d) Primary Labeling Style: White and Red ACL Finish: Crown Capacity: 7 oz. Overall Bottle Design: Cylindrical Front Description Neck/Shoulder: A white ACL band, open on one side, encircled the neck/shoulder Body: ACL - a red-outlined white trapezoid is flanked by two red-outlined triangles on each side. Within the tapezoid, Tom/Collins/jr. is stenciled into the white background (slightly, upwardly slanted script) so that the green color of the glass shows the lettering. To the right of "Tom" is TRADE MARK/REG. U. S. PAT. OFF. To the left of "jr." is A DELIGHTFUL/BEVERAGE" (note that the quotation mark is only at the close of the slogan). Below is BOTTLED UNDER LICENSE OF/TOM COLLINS JR. CO./CINCINNATI, OHIO/CONT. 7 FL. OZ. Heel: Bare Back Description Neck/Shoulder: See front Body: White ACL - Tom/Collins/jr.(slightly, upwardly slanted script)/LIFE OF THE PARTY/_____._____/A REFRESHING BEVERAGE/_____._____/BARQ'S BOTTLING CO./EL PASO AND ALBUQUERQUE Heel: Embossed - 6 g94 Base: Embossed - 3 3. (contains Owens ring) Manufacturer: Unknown Dating: [late 1940s-mid-1950s] Bates (1996:T-7) shows this style bottle dated 1947 and a larger (10-ounce) size dated 1952. A stylistic change had occurred by 1956. It is currently unknown whether the El Paso/Albuquerque plants offered the 10-ounce size. Collection(s): Author's collection.
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| Hava Swig
This brand does not seem to be well known. It may only have been marketed by Barq’s for only one or two years. It is also possible that the brand was mainly tried in the Albuquerque plant. |
| B 16
Method of Manufacture: Machine Color: Colorless Size (in cm.): ? (h); ? (d) Primary Labeling Style: White and Red ACL Finish: Crown Capacity: ca. 12 oz. (est.) Overall Bottle Design: Cylindrical with stippling from heel to finish Front Description Body: A white ACL oval background has horizontal white lines extending from the lower half of both sides. Red letters in the oval proclaim HAVA (downward arch)/Swig (stylized - horizontal)/T. M./PERFECT (white letters in red bar extending outside oval into lines at left) COLA (red) DRINK (white letters in red bar extending outside oval into lines at right)/OR/BEVERAGES Heel: Embossed - L-G Back Description Body: White ACL - Bottled by (script)/BARQ’S BOTTLING CO./EL PASO, TEXAS/&/ALBUQUERQUE, N. M./(star) Heel: Bare Base: Embossed - 42 Manufacturer: Liberty Glass Co. (1946-1954) Dating: [ca. 1942] Once again, this questions the dates for Liberty Glass Co. as presented in Toulouse (1971). The 42 is almost certainly a date mark, but Toulouse has Liberty as only using the mark from 1946. This brand may have only been used by Barq’s for a very short time. Collection(s): Tim Miller
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Chapter 11e - The Bottles of Trone, Double Cola and Dr Pepper Updates |
