BOTTLE

Description: GREEN GLASS POP BOTTLE HAS SLIGHTLY CONCAVE BOTTOM. BASE IS ROUND AND SMOOTH, THEN A SECTION GOES IN A BIT AND IS STRIATED VERTICALLY. AT TOP OF GROOVES BOTTLE RESUMES DIAMETER OF BASE. ON ONE SIDE IS PAINTED A CIRCLE WITH RED BORDER, WHITE MIDDLE AND "6" IN RED WITH A BANNER ACROSS WHICH READS IN RED "SICKS'". ON OPPOSITE SIDE IS WHITE PAINTED OUTLINE OF BREWERY ON THE HILL AND IS NOT PAINTED WITH THE LETTERING "FROM THE HOUSE OF LETHBRIDGE CONTENTS 10 FL. OZS.". TOP OF THIS SECTION SLOPES INWARD TO NECK WHICH IS TEXTURED. NECK HAS ROUND RING AT BOTTOM, AND THEN HAS THICKER TOP WITH LIP ON END. BASE HAS LNIES ETCHED AROUND OUTSIDE WITH "L I 8 V.1994" IN MIDDLE. GLASS HAS SOME SCRATCHES. IS DIRTY INSIDE.

History: BOTTLE DISCOVERED NEAR FARMHOUSE OUTSIDE PICTURE BUTTE. THE LETHBRIDGE BREWERY BEGAN THEIR SOFT DRINK LINE IN THE EARLY 1900S AND PRODUCED UNDER THE ORANGE CRUSH FRANCHISE AND THEIR OWN LETHBRIDGE LABEL. THE LINE HELPED SUSTAIN THE BREWERY THROUGH PERIODS OF PROHIBITION AND BANS ON ADVERTISING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. LAST SOFTDRINKS MADE IN FEB. 1966. SEE FILE P19900020001-GA FOR BREWERY HISTORY. **UPDATE: COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK INTERVIEWED OBJECT DONOR KEVIN MACLEAN ON SEPT 13, 2018 AS PART OF HER 2017-2019 RELEVANCY AUDIT ASSIGNMENT. MACLEAN MADE NEW COMMENTS ON PERSONAL DONATIONS MADE BETWEEN 1995 AND 2002, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, HIS MEMORIES OF HIS DONATED BUTTONS, LEGION SERVICE MATERIAL, AND MILLENNIUM (YEAR 2000) NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATION OBJECTS. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE ITEMS AND OTHERS, INCLUDING A FULL TRANSCRIPT OF THE INTERVIEW, SEE THIS RECORD'S PERMANENT FILE.