HISTORICAL COMMENTS BY GEORGE CHEVALLIER

Want a Pop – Part 2

Last week’s Comments got misconbobbled in the listing of the Salisbury soda bottles so I am going to try again. Being a techno-dinosaur does have its limitations.
The long-forgotten names of some of the drinks are a fascinating study. Some are the names of the bottler and some are made-up names to denote the contents. All of the bottles listed here have the name of Salisbury, Md. on them so I know they were available here at one time.

So, here’s a check-list for you:

PRE-1920
1. W. T. Banks & Co. (clear glass)
2. W. T. Banks & Co. (light green glass)
3. L. E. Edgecomb & Co.
4. Salisbury Candy Co. (light green glass)
5. Peninsula Bottling Co. (script)
6. Peninsula Bottling Co. (block letters w/crown)
7. Burton-Ruark Bottling Co. (embossed name)
8. Coca-Cola (dark brown)
9. Coca-Cola (lt. grn. Glass – straight sided)

BOTTLES THAT COVER THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY
10. Burton-Ruark Bottling Co. (printed label)
11. Coca-Cola (many hobble skirt shaped)
12. C. C. Cola (Coca-Cola)
13. Pepsi-Cola (red, white & blue label)
14. Pepsi-Cola (red & white label)
15. Pepsi-Cola (R/W/B paper label – WWII)
16. Johnson Beverages (lattice sides)
17. Johnson Beverage Co.
18. S. Q, Johnson & Co.
19. A. M. Johnson
20. Johnson & Fields
21. Julip Bottling Co. (owned by Johnson)
22. Julip Bottling Co. (owned by Johnson-“julip” in lg. ltrs.
23. Whistle Bottling Co. (dark brown glass)
24. Whistle Bottling Co.
25. Whistle Co. of Salisbury, Md.
26. New Moon (Whistle Bottling Co.)
27. NuGrape (Whistle Co. of Salisbury, Md.)
28. Nu Icy
29. Ver-Vac (Whistle Bottling Co.)
30. Ver-Vac 9-14-20 (Whistle Bottling Co.)
31. Vess Dry (green glass-one year only-1929)

BOTTLES FROM THE 1930’S – 1950’S
32. Dr. Pepper – 6 ½ oz., clear glass
33. Raff Beverage Co.
34. Raff’s Root Beer
35. Red Rose Beverages
36. Spur Bottling Co. (Canada Dry)
37. Grapette (Spur Bottling Co.)
38. Grapette (Grapette Beverage Co. - 6 oz.)
39. Lemonette (Grapette Bottling Co .- 6 oz.)
40. Grapette (the Grapette Co. - 10 oz.)
41. Grapette –“King Size” ( 8 oz. )
42. Nehi (Nehi Bottling Co. - red/white label)
43. Nehi (Nehi Bottling Co. - red/yellow label)
44. Royal Crown Cola (Nehi Bottling Co.)
45. Upper 10 (Nehi Bottling Co.- green glass)
46. Chuk-ker Beverage Co. (clear glass – 1942)
47. Chuk-ker Beverage Co. (green glass – 1946)
48. Big Boy Soda
49. Botl-O (Grapette Bottling Co.)
50. Cloverdale Bottling Co.
51. Cloverdale-Frosty Btlg. Co. (Frosty Root Beer)
52. Zion Road Bottling Works
53. Pal Bottling Co.
54. Mountain Dew (green glass)