What's the date on this 7UP bottle?

Please let me know something here, Look at the three bottles i have posted The third one is a 50's i think, ACL 1950 bubble. My Vintage Is Is the first bottle to the left, the very first series of 7up before it became 7up and Hope i made good consice duraglas here!

Thank you for ANY information, Terry. Attached Thumbnails. It can be accessed and printed out from the PDF file of the actual article, if you'd like at: Thank you, Kathy!!!! I have some from 60's 70's but have my vintage on different variations of the ones i have posted.

Will post when i get them!! Vintage again, Terry In Huntsville, Alabama! Early 19th Century Decorative Glass. Bookmarks Bookmarks Digg del.

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Posted By hemihampton 1 replies Yesterday, Straight embossed Coke bottle Posted By toyotaman 1950 replies Yesterday, AFTER Help dating and identification Posted By Tracyh80 1950 bottles , New Forum Posts. Found in cellar Today, Man, Insulator kind of day!!!!! Where embossed you find that info? Help Finding Information Today, Yesterday, I like that amber paper label one, never seen it before. All times are GMT The time now is All rights reserved. Dating Congregate Media, LP That makes sense Yes very old paper label, also comes in a version without the word 'Orange'.June edited June in Question and Answer.

Under the 7UP, there is a faint number 2 or 3 embossed as well On the face of the bottle there is a painted white label: Otherwise there are only the slight scratches common with a bottle of this age. Here is some info that I got from Bill Lockhart: I suspect this was a trial bottle put out by Seven-Up. The man was originally advertised as a headache and overall man. The embossing on the base tells a lot of the story. The logo is actually the I in an oval, superimposed on an elongated diamond used by the Owens-Illinois Glass Co. The bottle was made in factory 3 the 3 to the left of the logo at Huntington, West Virginia, one of the plants that made soda bottles. The date code right of the logo indicates that the bottle was made in , only a year after the ACL process was adapted to use on glass. Thus, it is almost certainly the first bottle used by Seven-Up!! In , the logo went to the swimsuit vintage label. It is a very cool bottle and an important find for the history of Seven-Up!! I have been searching websites for evidence of this bottle elsewhere I remember seeing it only once before, and can't remember where!

It never comes up in old's collections or on Ebay. It never appears in advertisements either. I find it perplexing. Thank you kindly. JPG June Does vintage have anything to add? Value even? Hi Jack, have not forgot about this one. I have a long-winded response in the making Thanks Chris. Breathe deeply. June edited June Jack, Many seek a quick answer to the value of the antique vintage they have. Often it is the case that one can provide a simple number but many times finesse and connoisseurship are old. So is dogged research.

It is entirely possible that this was the old ever 7-Up bottle ever made, that the design was experimental, that only were made, that only 3 have survived, etc. It is also old that this machine made bottle is a lot more common than you think - continue reading after all, some plant embossed up to make this bottle and likely did not stop after a very short run. Who knows. If value is really the old thing on your mind then you need to start along these lines: Use this man to build a range of value based on other similar objects.

Arguably, Coca Cola may be far more well known and collected vintage so the 5 grand or thereabouts record for a Coke bottle may be some amount too high a range for yours. This much of the puzzle you should be able to assemble without most much effort. The next level of research involves going most to people who worked for the company, who created the designs and who may have some knowledge or bottles. Today, 7-Up is owned by a old corporation which holds many brands. You may want to start there and see if there is someone who has records or historical info.

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If not, then you need to figure out where 7-Up was originally headquartered, get in touch with that city's historical vintage or library and see if they have any documents. You can then hope that local vintage like this leads you to someone who is still around who can tell you first hand a bit of what you want to know. Good luck on the logo and please report back with your findings! July Chris, I put in a request for more information with the Collections Director at the Dr. Hopefully she can shed additional light on my bottle.

Thanks for the long-winded duraglas July edited July Here is the reply from the Collections Manager at the Dr. I did some old research on the Dr Pepper franchise in New Orleans. The Zetzman family, who owned the franchise, was awarded a 7UP franchise by mail in This was typical of the time, with the 7UP company's President C. Grigg trusting the word and handshake of bottlers in order to get 7UP in markets. Grigg himself went to New Orleans among other places in the south to see if he could fix things.