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1951-1971
GUSN-10002
Clear glass round bottle with slightly ribbed and pinched body; tapering neck with transfer-printed red and white cow logo and white type front and back; embossed numbers on bottom; silver metal cap with white stripes printed with red; impressed circle on side near base of bottle.
soda bottles
embossing
glass (material)
metal
molding (forming)
transfer printing
Vessel
Bottle
Molded
Embossed
Glass
Unidentified Metal
Transfer Printed
Bottle
Printed on 1) neck 2) side near bottom 3) cap 1) Hood [logo]/ Cola/ 12 fl. oz./ Please return empty to your Hood salesman [twice] 2) Distributed by/ H.P. Hood & Sons, General offices Boston, Mass., 02129 3) Hood/ Cola/ Caramel colored [top]/ H.P. Hood Inc. General offices, Boston, Mass. 02129 - Conn. Lic. No. 282/ wHs [?] Embossed on bottom: 5-A-77 [and] 12 8[lower down] 72
Unknown
6.75 (H), 2.25 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Elizabeth McAfoose and Emily C. Hood
1995.191.3
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