BOTTLE, SOFT DRINK
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- CIDER OKLA-APPLO
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1930
- Materials
- GLASS
- Catalogue Number
- P19739103000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- CIDER OKLA-APPLO
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1930
- Materials
- GLASS
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 19.7
- Diameter
- 5.4
- Description
- GREEN GLASS. EMBOSSED ON FRONT; "PROPERTY OF LETHBRIDGE BREWERIES LTD., LETHBRIDGE, CANADA ALBERTA'S PRIDE, PERFECT BREWS OKLA-APPLO". "L" EMBOSSED ON BASE. 2 MOLD MARKS, SEVERAL AIR POCKETS.
- Subjects
- FOOD SERVICE T&E
- MERCHANDISING T&E
- Historical Association
- INDUSTRY
- History
- SEE P19900020001/015-GA FOR INDUSTRY & PRODUCT HISTORY. BREWED BY LETHBRIDGE BREWERIES LIMITED, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 1920, THIS DRINK WAS INTRODUCED TO LETHBRIDGE ON A SATURDAY IN JUNE, BY DROPPING FOLDERS FROM A PLANE FLYING OVER THE CITY. ATTACHED TO CERTAIN FOLDERS WAS A CARD ENTITLING THE HOLDER TO A FREE CASE OF 24 PINT BOTTLES OF THE NEW BEVERAGE. INTRODUCED DURING THE ERA OF PROHIBITION, THE DRINK WAS A CARBONATED APPLE CIDER, AND WAS MARKETED AS "NON-ALCOHOLIC SWEET CHAMPAGNE".
- Catalogue Number
- P19739103000
- Acquisition Date
- 1973-09
- Collection
- Museum
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