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fyrffytr1

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I found this bottle at an automotive swap meet today and bought it just because of the logo on it. It reads: "National Dope Co./ Birmingham Ala." Across the bottom reads: "This bottle must be returned". Has anyone heard of the National Dope Co.?
I also posted this in the bottle forum here.
 

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I found this bottle at an automotive swap meet today and bought it just because of the logo on it. It reads: "National Dope Co./ Birmingham Ala." Across the bottom reads: "This bottle must be returned". Has anyone heard of the National Dope Co.?
I also posted this in the bottle forum here.
I haven,t searched it fyrffytr1,but they once called the stuff they used on old fabric covered airplanes"dope",I believe it was some kind of Nitrate,but I,m not sure. Also "pipe dope" was a common term for thread sealer plumbers used. Just a couple things popped in my head.
 

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The National Dope Company produced and bottled soft drinks in Birmingham from 1909 to 1911. “Dope” was a slang term for carbonated soft drinks with cola syrup that seems to have been used primarily in the southern U.S. into the 1950s.
 

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