Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

OKLA APPLO

Date Range From

1920

Date Range To

1930

Materials

GLASS, METAL.

No. Pieces

2

Height

19.6

Diameter

5.8

Description

LONG NECK CLEAR BLUE TINTED BOTTLE, EMBOSSED LETTERING: "PROPERTY OF LETHBRIDGE BREWERIES LTD. LETHBRIDGE CANADA ALBERTA'S PRIDE OKLA-APPLO PERFECT BREWS" 2 BOTTLES 1 C/W CAP, CORRODED & 1/2 FILLED. CAP READS: "DRY GINGER ALE". EMBOSSED ON BOTTOM OF BOTH IS A STYLIZED "L".

Subjects

FOOD SERVICE T&E

MERCHANDISING T&E

Historical Association

INDUSTRY

History

TAPED TO 1 BOTTLE NEWSPAPER CLIPPING FROM LETHBRIDGE HERALD DATED 1920 & READS: "SOMETHING NEW IN THE LINE OF SOFT BEVERAGES HAS MADE ITS APPEARANCEIN LETHBRIDGE, IT IS CALLED OKLA-APPLO AND IS A PURE APPLE CIDER CONFECTION PUT OUT BY THE LETHBRIDGE BREWING COMPANY." IT IS UNKNOWN HOW LONG THIS DRINK WAS MADE. 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". SEE P19900020001-GA FOR LETHBRIDGE BREWERY HISTORY.

Catalogue Number

P19900020015

Acquisition Date

1990-05

Collection

Museum

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