I found this Dr. Pepper bottle today. 8 inches tall, 2 inch diameter base. Heavy green glass. Front says "Dr. Pepper" with the numbers 10, 2, 4. At the bottom front it says "5L G W6" Back says "Dr. Pepper" " Min.Cont.6FL.OZS." Bottom says "Raleigh NC"
Nice bottle. It's clear and crisp without the usual "caseware" you normally see on such heavily embossed bottles.
The L G W stands for "Laurens Glass Works," Laurens, S.C., in operation since 1913. Typically, the LGW dating formula is as follows ...
3 LGW 9 = 1939
5 LGW 6 = 1956
And so on ...
As for value, here in Southern California they are generally available for around $15.00, but can bring more depending on rarity of bottler, etc. As a comparative, the ones to watch for are those that are similar in shape to yours, but instead of the 10-2-4 clock, they only have "Dr. Pepper" in a script signature.
I thought you might be interested in the two magazine ads below. It shows they were still using the embossed version like yours in 1954, (1st image), and then switched over to the ACL, (Painted label - 2nd image), around 1957. Thus, making your 1956 bottle one of, if not the very last embossed style made.
I hope I'm not getting carried away here, but not much else going on today. My bottle hunting season ended on Easter Sunday, as the rattlesnakes are out now, and for some unknown reason we are having an over abundence of them turning up this year.
Anyway, I wanted to add one more photo, and to remind everyone if they ever find one of these Dr. Pepper bottles with the "Crown Cap" image on it, not to toss it away. As far as I know they were only made for a limited time in 1955, afterwhich the company switched to the more common painted label like the 1957 one shown above. These "Cap" examples are fairly rare, and in excellent condition usually net good money. I've seen tem sell for over $100.00 on e-Bay.
Good luck. I hope everybody finds at least one of them!
Here's a little bit about the "Script Only" version of the Dr. Pepper bottle I spoke about. Although not the greatest photos, they depict two variations of the bottle, along with an image of the "signature" in question. This particular embossed label was used on bottles from the early 1900s? through about 1914?. The 10-2-4 clock embossed label was introduced sometime in the late teens thru about 1956.
SPB ... a.k.a., Former host of the old TV program, "You Asked For It!" Lol
P.S. And if ya just gotta have more, here's the link to the Dr. Pepper museum/history.
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