Chapter 13h
The Single-Year Bottlers
Lone Star Sparkling Beverages and its  Bottles
© Bill Lockhart 2000

Lone Star Sparkling Beverages (1955)
     In 1955, Emanuel Bloch operated Lone Star Sparkling Beverages at 312 East Ninth St.   Interestingly, the short-lived business was only two doors down the street from the address of Victory Bottling Works, in business between 1923 to 1931.  Because the only known container from the company is a siphon (seltzer) bottle, Bloch may have only sold drink mixers (EPCD 1955).
 Bottles

Lone Star Sparkling Beverages
     Although no actual soda bottles have been located, a siphon bottle from Lone Star indicates that the "sparkling" in the title may have referred to seltzer bottles rather than actual soda bottles.  See Seltzer bottles from Chapter 5d.
S05
Method of Manufacture: Turn-Mold
Color: Turquoise Blue
Size (in cm.):  24.1 (h); 10.5 (d) (measured without spout)
Primary Labeling Style: ACL
Finish:  Rimmed - squirter spout was three-piece; two pieces formed a continuous thread base for the third--a squirt ejector.
Capacity:  36 oz.
Overall Bottle Design:  Cylindrical with pot metal dispenser cap.
Front Description 
Cap:  Seltzer squirter with spigot stamped LONE STAR SPARKL. BEV.
Body: ACL (indeterminate color) - Lone Star (upwardly slanted script) with underlining broad tail stenciled SPARKLING BEVERAGES/[18-point star burst]/EL PASO, TEXAS/CONT. 36 OZ. [markings worn off] REG.
Back Description 
Body:  Bare
Base:  Etched - BOTTLE (downward arch)/MADE (horizontal)/IN (horizontal)/CZECHOSLOVAKIA (upward arch)
Manufacturer:  Unknown
Dating:  [1955] Lone Star Sparkling Beverages was only listed in the El Paso city directory in 1955.  The ACL labeling was completely bleached by the sun, leaving only a "shadow" marking where the bottle must be held at an angle to read the lettering.
Collection(s): author's collection.
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