Title

Oversized Rock Spring White Soda Bottle, Shakopee, 1950

Creation Date

1950 – 1970

Description

Oversized bottle of Rock Spring White Soda. The bottle is full and sealed. It is clear glass with a gold aluminum screw on/off lid. Printed in red on the lid are instructions for opening the bottle along with the text "Rock Spring". Adhered to the neck of the piece is an arc-shaped paper label in red, white and blue. Text on the label reads "No Deposit, No Return/One Quart". Embossed around the bottle in large letters is the text "No Deposit No Return". Below the text is a larger, square-shaped paper label in white, green, red, blue and black. It reads "Happy Sparkle/Rock Spring White Soda/Contains Carbonated Water, Sugar, Citric Acid, Flavor from Lemon and Lime Oils/Contents One Quart (32 Fl. Oz.)/Jacob Ries Bottling Works, Inc., Shakopee, Minn., U.S.A." A series of numbers and concentric circles are embossed on the underside of the bottle.

Geographic Notes

Shakopee/Scott County/Minnesota