unclemac
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- Oct 12, 2011
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I almost didn’t pick up this 7-up bottle. One thing about going to the same beach over and over is that you start to recognize the stuff that you didn’t pick up and constantly pass over. My basin is COVERED with bits of encrusted metal, square spikes, old log boom cables, rifle shells, etc. I tend to pick up the more interesting stuff like copper ships nails, coins, knives, flat irons, interesting bullets, brass stuff or anything fishing related, but tend to leave the old car parts etc. right where they lay.
There are some bottles I pass over too. I don’t know how many times I walked by this little one over the years. But I always noticed it and never gave it no mind. I mean to say, how many of these have I tossed away over the years anyway? These were exactly the kind of bottles we used to shoot or toss rocks at too. There is more “green” glass on the beach than any other color.
But one day I realized that, ya know, that bottle is kinda odd. So I picked it up and gave it a look see. Seven ounces huh? And that was a popular size too back in the day. Can you imagine a seven ounce soda being the size of choice today? (How large is a “big gulp” anyway?) The coloring looked odd too, all white on green glass, no red/orange. For a long time I just figured that was beach wear and fading but one day I stumbled on this site….
http://www.angelfire.com/zine2/thesodafizz/SevenUp_BLockhart.pdf
It turns out that this specific bottle can be accurately dated to between 1942 and 1945 and that white on green, no orange….was a result of war time conservation of the color for war time use.
There are some bottles I pass over too. I don’t know how many times I walked by this little one over the years. But I always noticed it and never gave it no mind. I mean to say, how many of these have I tossed away over the years anyway? These were exactly the kind of bottles we used to shoot or toss rocks at too. There is more “green” glass on the beach than any other color.
But one day I realized that, ya know, that bottle is kinda odd. So I picked it up and gave it a look see. Seven ounces huh? And that was a popular size too back in the day. Can you imagine a seven ounce soda being the size of choice today? (How large is a “big gulp” anyway?) The coloring looked odd too, all white on green glass, no red/orange. For a long time I just figured that was beach wear and fading but one day I stumbled on this site….
http://www.angelfire.com/zine2/thesodafizz/SevenUp_BLockhart.pdf
It turns out that this specific bottle can be accurately dated to between 1942 and 1945 and that white on green, no orange….was a result of war time conservation of the color for war time use.
