Posted 12 years ago
charity-joy
(3 items)
My daughter collects soda pop bottles and wanted me to share these. The 7up bottle is very heavy glass, I was surprised at the weight of it. The Pepsi-Cola bottle looks to be an original, although I'm not sure how to be sure. Dr. Pepper is good! That's all I know about these. Does anyone have more info about these?
Nice, three of the major brands covered. The Pepsi is probably from the late 40's to early 50's.
Thank you, I'll pass that on to my girl.
The Pepsi dates from 1948-57, and the 7-Up dated from 1953-68.
Two tips.... Prior to 1951, Pepsi bottles had the "double dash" you see on yours -- the funky colon in the middle of the logo (I'm guessing the designer was drunk). So yours is pre-1951. If there's a chick in a bathing suit to the left of the main 7 Up logo, it's pre-1952. No bathing beauty, then it's post-1952, which appears the case for yours. For fun you might visit VintageAdBrowser.com and Google Images with your daughter and see if you can pinpoint some date ranges using the numerous ads' images, an interesting internet research/learning project for her.