bottlebugs
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I don't mean Andy Warhol here. I am talking about styles of art associated with each other to attribute them to each other.
The strange and curious case of America Dry Ginger Ale and Kik Kola leaves me wondering.
Was the image of the Statue of Liberty created by the same artist as the
football player? The similar simplistic line drawings urge me to reconsider the
origin of the KIK football player to the same time period. 1924? The player in
the drawing has always looked too old fashioned to be from the mid 1930s.
The borders are pure Art Deco. No French anywhere, except the name Delatour
on the America Dry bottle and O. Royer on the Kik label. Dealer privilege was
printed on the space allowed, including price and bottler's name.
Curious for a Canadian origin story, especially Montreal in the mid 1930s.
Even Pepsi started using bilingual and then French only labels back in 1934. But
the art work on all their signs was in English like the parent American Company.
Of course there was room for dealer privilege.
Their target consumer were the French in Quebec. Smart marketing.
I'll let you be the judge.
Registered in 1924 by America Dry Ginger Ale N.Y. in NYC
Registered in 1936 by America Dry Ginger Ale, Montreal, in NYC
The strange and curious case of America Dry Ginger Ale and Kik Kola leaves me wondering.
Was the image of the Statue of Liberty created by the same artist as the
football player? The similar simplistic line drawings urge me to reconsider the
origin of the KIK football player to the same time period. 1924? The player in
the drawing has always looked too old fashioned to be from the mid 1930s.
The borders are pure Art Deco. No French anywhere, except the name Delatour
on the America Dry bottle and O. Royer on the Kik label. Dealer privilege was
printed on the space allowed, including price and bottler's name.
Curious for a Canadian origin story, especially Montreal in the mid 1930s.
Even Pepsi started using bilingual and then French only labels back in 1934. But
the art work on all their signs was in English like the parent American Company.
Of course there was room for dealer privilege.
Their target consumer were the French in Quebec. Smart marketing.
I'll let you be the judge.
Registered in 1924 by America Dry Ginger Ale N.Y. in NYC
Registered in 1936 by America Dry Ginger Ale, Montreal, in NYC
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