Done Like Dinner (We'll See)

[bottlebugs]

I was putting away the laundry and "found" three Harley bandanas
that I had completely forgotten about. I guess bottles were next.

Picked up my final two bottles today. I had been admiring my NOS
labels left over from the purge. What to do with two full sets of WW2
Pepsi labels; one from the west and one from the east? Both sets
were scrutinized carefully as per the fake labels post I recently read.

All good. What a shame to let them sit in Fibber McGee's drawer.

All my Canadian labels in the past were affixed to green period
bottles, and included in my grand sell off three years ago. The 1941
bottles were always overpriced so I hesitated to purchase them. Back
in the 1980s they wanted $20 bucks a piece. Outrageous. I used
American ones for the RWB style labels but there was always
something wrong with the look. US bottles are taller than Canadian
1941 bottles. Out the door they went.

Two pristine Canadian 1941 Pepsis came my way this morning. The
price was fair, and even with crazy FeeBay shipping, they were far
less than the $20 price tag. Reverse inflation?

Looking forward to displaying them, with my mylar sleeves to save
the bottles and the labels for "investment" purposes. Yikes they are
getting expensive!

In total, I will have met my maximum of 12 bottles. All done. (sort of)
I suppose I'll have to get the period correct Canadian caps to go with
them.

1) Nehi Cola Bottle w. cap
2) Chero Cola bottle w. cap and label
3) KIK ACL w. cap
4) Clear KIK "Life" bottle w. cap and label
5) Green "Quality" KIK bottle w. cap and labels
6) America Dry of Canada bottle w. cap
7) 1926 Pepsi bottle w. green cap
8) 1936 Pepsi clear script bottle w. yellow cap and labels
9) 1943 RWB Pepsi Pat. bottle w. RWB cap and RWB labels
10) 1954 RWB single dot Pepsi w. cap and labels
11) 1941 Canadian bottle w. labels (1st RWB) Western
12) 1941 Canadian bottle w. labels (2nd RWB) Eastern

That makes 6 USA bottles and 6 Canadian bottles...

 

[bottlebugs]

I enjoyed the article about fake Pepsi labels...here's
a set that I was given "free" with the bottle. The bottle
turned out to be fake too... it was a badly faded ACL
that was overlain with paper labels to hide the crime.

good riddance for sure!

 

[Step Back In Time]

The bottle was fake too?

 

[bottlebugs]

yup it was one of those experimental 41s where they botched the ACL and then
scraped it off...the bottle was scratched to hell under the label..absolutely
worthless...you could see on the back where the ACL was just a ghost..

 

[bottlebugs]

I tried to find a good one from that batch...few survived and no pics
on web right now...it was where they tried to reuse the 1941 when
ACL was introduced...it was 12 oz and out of Outremont, not Montreal..

 

[bottlebugs]

wow that was some digging' found it..bottle
to the right is a reused 1941 as described.
Most were botched and thrown away as
ACL was new technology.

I think these were from Tim Maitland's collection but were
on Worthpoint. Noticed that both bottles were stained so
paper labels were NOS.

 

[bottlebugs]

Here's something interesting...when I set up my Pepsi RWB labels with 1941
bottles from Canada, do I ...

a) Use the neck label in English from Valleyfield as shown with French
body label?

or;

b) Use the neck label in English from Valleyfield as shown with English
body label?

I have both English and French body labels NOS. Valleyfield was once an
English and French community inside Quebec.

 

[Step Back In Time]

Wow, interesting stuff!

 

[bottlebugs]

I was putting away the laundry and "found" three Harley bandanas
that I had completely forgotten about. I guess bottles were next.

Picked up my final two bottles today. I had been admiring my NOS
labels left over from the purge. What to do with two full sets of WW2
Pepsi labels; one from the west and one from the east? Both sets
were scrutinized carefully as per the fake labels post I recently read.

All good. What a shame to let them sit in Fibber McGee's drawer.

All my Canadian labels in the past were affixed to green period
bottles, and included in my grand sell off three years ago. The 1941
bottles were always overpriced so I hesitated to purchase them. Back
in the 1980s they wanted $20 bucks a piece. Outrageous. I used
American ones for the RWB style labels but there was always
something wrong with the look. US bottles are taller than Canadian
1941 bottles. Out the door they went.

Two pristine Canadian 1941 Pepsis came my way this morning. The
price was fair, and even with crazy FeeBay shipping, they were far
less than the $20 price tag. Reverse inflation?

Looking forward to displaying them, with my mylar sleeves to save
the bottles and the labels for "investment" purposes. Yikes they are
getting expensive!

In total, I will have met my maximum of 12 bottles. All done. (sort of)
I suppose I'll have to get the period correct Canadian caps to go with
them.

1) Nehi Cola Bottle w. cap
2) Chero Cola bottle w. cap and label
3) KIK ACL w. cap
4) Clear KIK "Life" bottle w. cap and label
5) Green "Quality" KIK bottle w. cap and labels
6) America Dry of Canada bottle w. cap
7) 1926 Pepsi bottle w. green cap
8) 1936 Pepsi clear script bottle w. yellow cap and labels
9) 1943 RWB Pepsi Pat. bottle w. RWB cap and RWB labels
10) 1954 RWB single dot Pepsi w. cap and labels
11) 1941 Canadian bottle w. labels (1st RWB) Western
12) 1941 Canadian bottle w. labels (2nd RWB) Eastern

That makes 6 USA bottles and 6 Canadian bottles...

was rooting through Fibber McGee's drawer this morning for
newer (post 1951) Pepsi caps to tide me over...found 3 1940s
WW2 Pepsi caps instead! OK now I'm done...