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Updated Library and Links Section
Updated Library and Links Section

Happy 2024 to everyone and hope all is well. Finally was able to make some updates to both the Library and Links section of my site. Check them out for some great ACL knowledge!

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Tulsa 2023!
Tulsa 2023!

2 Strikes, also know as a "Double". Strike, AA Sparkling Beverage Co. 12 Oak Hill Av. Endicott, NY. Founded by Mr. and Mrs Alex Apalovich Sr. first as Apalovich Bottling Works in 1924 and change in 1941 to AA Sparkling Beverage Co.

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Strike!!
Strike!!

2 Strikes, also know as a "Double". Strike, AA Sparkling Beverage Co. 12 Oak Hill Av. Endicott, NY. Founded by Mr. and Mrs Alex Apalovich Sr. first as Apalovich Bottling Works in 1924 and change in 1941 to AA Sparkling Beverage Co.

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Package of Long Tom's
Package of Long Tom's

GLASS FROM THE PAST

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"Adam Eats the 80s" Visits Vintage Soda Collector
"Adam Eats the 80s" Visits Vintage Soda Collector

GLASS FROM THE PAST

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"GLASS FROM THE PAST"
"GLASS FROM THE PAST"

GLASS FROM THE PAST

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Happy New Year 2022!! from VSC
Happy New Year 2022!! from VSC

Happy New Year 2022

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Release of the PSBCA Club and Website Seminar
Release of the PSBCA Club and Website Seminar

Painted Soda Bottle Collectors Association

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2021 South Carolina Bottle Show
2021 South Carolina Bottle Show

2021 48th annual South Carolina Bottle Show

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Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween Colors

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Great African-American Moguls of the Soda Industry
Great African-American Moguls of the Soda Industry

Born on July 4, 1892, in Demopolis, Alabama, A. G. Gaston became one of the most successful African American business owners in Alabama. Gaston overcame humble beginnings and racial discrimination to build a $40 million business empire and most notably a soft-drink company.

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"Keck's" It's what put Kecksburg on the map! or was it?
"Keck's" It's what put Kecksburg on the map! or was it?

There is a small rural town in the Mount Pleasant County Township of Pennsylvania called Kecksburg which became very famous in December 1965. Before we explain that defining event, let’s first talk about the originating history and how this town was formed by the soda industry way before that event

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Collecting 2020
Collecting 2020

Greetings and hope this message finds you well and safe. It has been a year that nobody will ever forget as we continue to pursue through this global epidemic and head into the second half of 2020. I’m writing to you today to show and express some of the ways that I have seen the bottle collecting community come together and even get stronger during these times

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Always Looking!
Always Looking!

Always looking in case you have one of these for sale or trade. Give me a ping. Thanks, Tom

https://www.vintagesodacollector.com/always-looking

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VSC on Display at the Safety Harbor Museum and Cultural Center
VSC on Display at the Safety Harbor Museum and Cultural Center

It is with great honor with setting up a display of my collection in a second museum this year. Thanks to the folks at the Safety Harbor Museum and Cultural Center for this great opportunity! This great little museum is in Safety Harbor, Florida which is located at the top of Tampa Bay in the city in which I have resided in for the past 20 years.

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M&S -The Soda Pop of Vehicle City
M&S -The Soda Pop of Vehicle City

Before Detroit was “Motor City”, Flint, MI was known as “Vehicle City”. And this had nothing to do with cars, but it was booming with the horse carriage industry and earned this nickname. Another small time soda brand called M&S took hold and became a staple in this bustling town.

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Proto-Type Pepsi Can
Proto-Type Pepsi Can

Interesting 1940's Prototype Pepsi Cola Can up for auction. It is shaped like a dumbbell. It was never brought to production. It is 12 oz. and says "No deposit - No return". It also says Genuine and 2 Full Glasses. We have never seen another one like this. 4 3/8 inches tall and 2 7/8 inches in diameter.

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Augusta Afterthoughts
Augusta Afterthoughts

  It’s been a few days now, the crates have been unpacked, the bottles are back in their homes and the dust has settled, so thought it was a good time to give my afterthoughts of the FOHBC 50th Convention that was hosted in Augusta, Ga this past week

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Here’s Why Soda Tastes So Much Better in Glass Bottles
Here’s Why Soda Tastes So Much Better in Glass Bottles

While the folks at Coca-Cola claim that their drink tastes the same whether it’s served in a can or a two-liter plastic bottle, most people swear it just tastes better when it comes in an icy cold glass bottle

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Sunny-Side Up!
Sunny-Side Up!

Thru the years of collecting soda, I have come to realize the many brands of soda that contain the term “sun” in their name. Hope you enjoy the “Sunny Side Up”

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VSC on Display at Dunedin History Museum
VSC on Display at Dunedin History Museum

    It is with great honor to have been given the opportunity to display a portion of my collection in the Dunedin History Museum. This great little museum is in Dunedin, Florida and housed in which was the original train depot in the center of the town.

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McGirr Beverages
McGirr Beverages

Herbert McGirr was president/manager of Hamilton Beverages Hamilton, Hires Bottling Co. Niagara Falls and Irish Dry Beverages Niagara Falls & St.Catharines at different times between 1955-1965.

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Rarest Coke Bottle?
Rarest Coke Bottle?

This is the only known bottle of its type that has surfaced completely intact. Advanced bottle collectors we have consulted consider it to be extremely rare and important.

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Skipper Beverages "Its Soda-Licious"
Skipper Beverages "Its Soda-Licious"

The beverages of the Roma Bottling Co., including its premium Skipper Beverages, were at one time distributed throughout Western Pennsylvania.

Ugo Sodini was one of the men at the helm of Roma, which once stood on Vine Street in the Hill District. His father, Jacob Sodini, an Italian immigrant from the province of Tuscany, founded the company in 1908. Sodini was a known craftsman in the soda industry and mixed to the proper specifications. He also was one of the pioneers to first add vanilla to his creme soda formula.

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Here comes 2019!
Here comes 2019!

Well, we made it thru Christmas and it’s about that time for 2018 to come to a end. I would like to first wish both you and your family a Happy and Prosperous 2019. If you have not notice, there seems to have been a great increase of popularity in vintage soda collecting and it has been great to both share and learn with my fellow collectors out there. As its has been a good year for Vintage Soda Collector, I thought I would take some time to reflect on some of the highlights of this past year and set some goals for 2019.

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