Well, we had a busy weekend, hitting a few antique stores and finding a few items, and making it out to the World of Coca-Cola on Sunday. A new exhibit opened in December, the vault, where the secret formula is now kept. It was an interesting exhibit, seeing some of the early copy cat brands, etc. on display. To see more on that check out this link: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2011/12/coca-cola-moves-secret-formula/
Missed it by this much, we went on Sunday and on Monday they rewarded the 5 millionth visitor to the World of Coca-Cola, so we were close to being the one. Here is a link for that story: http://www.ajc.com/business/duluth-girl-is-world-1304678.html
Also, we were able to see the 125th Coca-Cola Anniversary painting done by Steve Pendley on display in the Pop Culture Room of the World of Coca-Cola. Well worth going downtown to see.
And, sometime over the weekend I hit the 41,000 visitor mark. I wonder if I will ever hit the 5 millionth visitor?
Thanks everybody for making my blog so popular!
January 19, 2012 at 8:42 am |
great blog! can you direct me to any information on th history of bottle cap collection in the us?
Ron
January 19, 2012 at 8:48 am |
Ron,
Check out this club: Crowncap Collectors Society International
The website has some great info too: http://www.bottlecapclub.org/
That should help you with bottle caps!
THanks for stopping by the blog!
Doug
February 2, 2012 at 4:31 pm |
I wanted to to ask about some bottles i recently found. Not sure were to post this. I live in scottsville ky and have been finding clear glass 10 oz, 64 oz and 2 liter bottles in an old dump. most say 76 on bottom. would that be the date? they have no deposit no refill on neck. cant find to much about them. would this have been used in kentucky, tennesse mostly?? Thanks for any info
February 2, 2012 at 5:00 pm |
Steve,
Yes, the 76 would be the year for the bottles you have found. A big year for no deposit bottles, they were ‘new’ and many bottlers chose to go with the no deposit package. THe bottlers were trying to get away from returnables. Bottles were not coming back to the bottler, etc. and was causing more expense for the bottler. It is hard to say what areas it was mostly used in. Just depended on the local bottlers and what they wanted to use.
The bottles aren’t worth a great deal if anything if the label is damaged, missing, dirty, etc.
Keep digging! I am sure there is more great stuff to pull out of that dump!
Doug