TOUR the MUSEUM - Soda Displays
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1938 - Soda Pop Finds the Cone Top Can with
Clicquot Club The first record of canned soda pop was in 1938 by the Clicquot Club Company of Millis, Massachusetts. Approximately 100,000 cases of ginger ale in a "low profile" wax lined cone top can made by Continental Can Company were distributed. Leakage, flavor absorption problems and difficulty in stacking and handling halted active consideration of the cans as a package for soft drinks for another decade. Click here to see more Clicquot Club Soda Cone Tops. |
Soda Bottle Caps Display |
History of Bottle Caps The "Crown Cork Bottle Seal" was patented in 1892 by William Painter, a Baltimore machine shop operator. Many thousands of different brands and designs were produced over the years. The price to collectors range from $.10 to as much as $200.00 for the older rare brands. |
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These bottle caps only represent a few of the Thousands of bottle caps the Museum had on display | Advantages to Collecting Soda Bottle Caps 1. They make an eye appealing and colorful display. 2. They take up a small amount of space to display. 3. They are relatively easy to find and inexpensive. |
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Stuffed Animals |  |
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| Political Soda Collectibles |  |
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1964 Presidential Election Display Johnson vs. Goldwater Goldwater fired the first volley in the "Cola War" when he produced a soft drink called "'GOLDWATER", distributed by the Gold-Water Distributing Company out of Granite City, Illinois. Not to be outdone, Johnson countered with "JOHNSON JUICE", distributed by the Ladybird Distributing Company, also located in Granite City, Illinois. It is evident from the outcome of the elections that the soda drinking public preferred JOHNSON JUICE, "a drink for health care" to the GOLDWATER. "the right drink for the conservative taste" by a large vote getting margin, as Lyndon Johnson easily won the election. Both of these cans are considered prize additions to anyone's collection. |
| Ronald Regan "Pitches" RC Cola |  |
Can and Bottle Openers |  |
Playing Cards |  |
| Early Flat Soda Signs |  |
Lighted Soda Signs |  |
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Match Covers |  |
| Seltzer Bottles |  |
Soda Bottle Caps |  |
| Cone Top Soda
Cans Click Here to see more Soda Cones |
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Soda Tap Knobs |  |
| Topical Collecting Display |  |
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| Soda Syrup Containers |  |
Soda Section Aisle |  |
| Painted Label
Soda Bottle Aisle Click here to see more bottles |
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Soda Cans Aisle |  |
| Miniature Soda Bottles |  |
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| Miniature NSDA Bottles | 
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| Root Beer Extracts |  |
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| Miniature Soda Cans |  |
| Early Soda Bottles |  |
Embossed Soda Bottles |  |
| Painted Label
Soda Bottles Click here to see more bottles |
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Do You Remember? |  |
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Soft Drink Association (NSDA) Bottles Click here to see more NSDA & ABCB bottles |
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| Seltzer Bottle Display |  |
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Dating Seltzer Bottles is very difficult since most were used for many years. Seltzer bottles with script logos as opposed to block type letters are more valuable. |
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| 1983 Auburn Tigers | Alabama Crimson Tide | 1985 Tennessee Vol's | 1984 Florida Gators |
| Commemorative Soda Bottles | Sports Coca-Cola Bottles Display |
| College Sports Teams Commemorative Cans |  |
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 Click here to see Coca-Cola Cone Top Cans |
Coca-Cola & Commemorative Cans Aisle |  |
The Infamous Coca-Cola Bear... Just Rockin' along |
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| Early Generation Coca-Cola Cans |  |
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| Coca-Cola Commemorative Cans |  |
Coca-Cola "War Barrel"... Used to Ship Syrup in WW2 |  |
| Coca-Cola Match Covers |  |
Coca-Cola Playing Cards |  |
Coca-Cola Patches |  |
| Coca-Cola Early Hobbleskirt Bottles |  |
Dr Pepper Display |  |
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| One of Dr Pepper's early bottling labels | An old Embossed Dr Pepper Bottle | Following excerpts are taken from this "All About Dr Pepper" card. |
| AMERICA'S MOST DISTINCTIVE SOFT DRINK When you try your first bottle of Dr Pepper you will be letting yourself in on a wonderful taste treat. Serve it frosty cold. You'll notice the delicious flavor...unlike the flavor of any other soft drink you've ever tasted. It's an indescribable taste but one that has a certain zesty tang you'll like instantly. Then you'll notice how its sparkling, tingling goodness peps you up, renews your energy. We call Dr Pepper "The Friendly 'Pepper Upper' That Never Lets you down." You'll find Dr Pepper to be just that...a friendly, lively soft drink. Let us tell you something else about Dr Pepper.... |
| WHAT'S IN A DR PEPPER? Well, that's a closely guarded secret and has been for over 75 years. But you should know that, although the colors are similar, Dr Pepper is not a cola-flavored drink, nor is it a root beer or a black cherry, nor any other single-flavored drink you can name. Its unique flavor results from the blending of pure fruit flavors (gathered from throughout the world) with mystic spices from far-off Madagascar and clean clear distilled sparkling water. Dr Pepper refines every ingredient from their natural state at modern syrup plants in Dallas, Texas, and Birmingham, Alabama. |
| Click here to see Dr Pepper Cone Top Soda Cans. |
Hillbilly Display... "The Mountain Dew Mystery" |
| "Big Jim-Little Jim", "Jake and Daisy
Dew", "Maw & Paw"...who were these names from the past, and just how
did they find their place in history by appearing on the labels of Mountain Dew soda
bottles? "One that's Able, Says Mable" certainly makes you wonder who Mable was and what she was able to do! Such is the nature of the mysteries surrounding the Mountain Dew bottles that were filled in the 1960's. Most of the bottles reported, where location markings are available on the bottle, came from Iowa and North Carolina. A few have surfaced from Georgia, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. A few rare varieties have been cataloged from Canada to give the mystery a little international flavor. The most common bottle size is 10 ounces. A few 12 and 16 ounce bottles have been reported, along with the very rare 7, 8 and 9 ounce varieties. One might speculate that the names represent employees of the bottling companies or their kin. Prefixes such as "Bottled By," "Filled By", "Capped By", and "Judged By" support this theory. Many unanswered questions remain...How were the names chosen? How many bottling companies participated? And most intriguing...How many different names are just lying around waiting to be collected? |
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Pictures and recipes are taken out of the Hillbilly Party Book from Mountain Dew |
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Snallygaster Drink Mountain Dew 'n Vanilly Ice Cream. |
Blue Rock Creeper Drink Ice-cold Mountain Dew 'n grape juice. |
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Fellers kin look lahk Grandpappy with a beard made out o' cotton, 'n red patches on overalls. Gals 'll want a new flour-sack party frock, mebbe a sunbonnet, 'n lots o' freckles. (Make 'em with an eyebrow pencil.) If'n yew ain't got no missin' front teeth, use black wax. |
| Pepsi Display |  |
Pepsi Commemorative Cans |  |
| Pepsi Cone-Top Cans... the Rarest of the Rare |  |
Here is an early Pepsi Cone top soda can from 1950. It's value is about $700.00. |
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Another early Pepsi Cone top can from 1949. |
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| Pepsi Commemorates the Space Program |  |
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A Pepsi can celebrating the Young Astronaut Program for
the United States of America. Label states "Pepsi-Cola Celebrates our First
Flight in Space" July 1985 One Giant Sip for Mankind. Reads |
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A flat top Pepsi can from 1960. | Pepsi Syrup Barrels |
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A sparkling Pepsi-Cola bottle from 1950. | Pepsi "Shaq" Commemorative Bottles |  |
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| Pepsi World War II Match Cover Set |
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| Royal Crown Cola Display |  |
RC Sport Cans Display |
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1977 Football Series | Terry Bradshaw |
Pittsburgh Steelers Quarterback Height 6-3 Weight 200 Years Pro 8 College -Louisiana Tech |
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Basketball 1978 Series | Julius Erving | 6'7" 220 F 2-22-50 Massachusetts Fabled "Dr. J" was in top ten in seven categories in '76-'77, led in scoring. MVP. Superb slam dunk. One of most gifted men ever to play the game. 23 of 35 |
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1978 Baseball Series | Pete Rose | Established a record for most hits, 230, switch hitter
in a search on 1973. He was also the MVP that year. He was rookie of the year
in 1963. In his 15 seasons, he has missed batting .300 only 3 times. No. 3 of 100 |
| 7 Up Display |  |
7 Up Patches |  |
| 7 Up Commemorative Cans |  |
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One of the Rare Brown 7Up Bottles "A Fresh Up Drink" |
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An infamous green 7Up Bottle |  |
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Remember these cans from the 60's? |
Early 7 Up Coolers |
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"Fresh Up" with 7Up Bottle Topper You like it...it likes you! |
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Top O' the Mornin' 7Up Bottle Topper |
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Squirt Chalk Statue |  |
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