Bottle, Soda

Object Name:

Bottle, Soda

Object ID:

1996.036.092

Creator:

Owens-Illinois Glass Company

Place of Origin:

Huntington, WV

Date:

1942

Description:

Bottle, soda, Dr. Swett's Root Beer, bottled by Green Mountain Ginger Ale Co., Manchester, NH. Cylindrical, clear glass, machine made, crown cap finish, applied color labeling. Surfaces without labeling are dimpled. Rings around neck, shoulder and base. Three circles with "S" in center around shoulder. Side seams extend over lip. Seam around bottom edge. Partial Owens suction scar on bottom. Circular depression on bottom. White lettering on front of neck: "DR. SWETT'S / ROOT BEER / WITH DEXTROSE". Red and white label on front: "S" in oval, lettering: "DR. SWETT'S / EARLY AMERICAN / ROOT BEER / ENRICHED WITH / DEXTROSE". White lettering on back: "DR. SWETT'S / THIS FINE ROOT BEER / IS MADE FROM AN OLD / NEW ENGLAND RECIPE OF / DR. GEORGE WASHINGTON SWETT / IT IS A PURE, REFRESHING / BEVERAGE ENRICHED / WITH DEXTROSE / BOTTLED BY / GREEN MOUNTAIN GINGER ALE CO. / MANCHESTER, N.H." Embossed on bottom: "3 I (within an oval and diamond) 2. / 2. / 8 815"

Material:

Glass

Dimensions:

H-9.625 Dia-2.5 inches

Provenance:

Collection of bottles that the donor obtained by digging or purchasing either "outright" or at auction.

Credit Line:

Gift of Robert C. Morey

Subjects:

Bottles