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Bottle, Soda

Object number2008.37.1

Manufacturer Glenshaw Glass Company (1895 - 2004)

Manufacturer Wilmerding Bottling Works

Datec. 1959

OriginGlenshaw, PA

OriginWilmerding, PA

MediumGlass; Paint

Credit LineGift of Gerald Price

DescriptionGreen glass soda pop bottle. Painted label on neck and body has product and maker infomation.Dimensions8 x 2.125 x 2.125 in. (20.3 x 5.4 x 5.4 cm)
InscriptionsPainted label on front, red and white: at lower neck, "MISSION" ; on body, "7 FL OZS. / MISSION / OF CALIFORNIA / RETURN FOR REFUND".

Screen printed on back, white: at lower neck, "MISSION"; on body, "RETURN FOR REFUND / Naturally Good / IN ALL FLAVORS / CONTENTS 7 FL. OZS. / BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF / MISSION OF CALIFORNIA / LOS ANGELES, CALIF. U.S.A. / WILMERDING BOTTLING WORKS / WILMERDING, PA."
MarksEmbossed on base of bottle: "G [inside square] 70 / 59".
Historical NotesGlass soda pop bottle manufactured by Glenshaw Glass company. The soda pop was bottled in Wilmerding, Pennsylfania, most notably known as the home of the Westinghouse Air Brake Company. Part of a collection of items related to donor Gerald Price's Italian-American family, one of the earliest to settle in Wilmerding, Pennsylvania. Glenshaw Glass Company produced glass in Glenshaw, Pennsylvania. since 1895, closing its doors in 2004. The next year, it reopened; by 2008, the name was changed to Kelman Bottles LLC.

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