1951-1971
GUSN-10005
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; impressed circle on side near base of bottle.
soda bottles
embossing
glass (material)
molding (forming)
Vessel
Bottle
Molded
Embossed
Glass
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
1995.191.6
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