Florida (Tampa)
Collectors Guide to
Tampa Embossed Soda Bottles 1880
to 1939, 2nd Edition 2025 by Ken Badgley
178 color pages
Over 500 bottle photos
Every known Tampa embossed bottle
Every known Ybor City embossed bottle
216 total bottles (so far)
58 bottling companies
48 companies with embossed bottles
47 Hutchinson bottles
8 Baltimore Loop Seal bottles
15 straight sided Coca-Cola bottles
44 hobble skirt Coca-Cola bottles
The 1909 Tampa Pepsi:Cola bottle
Florida’s first & oldest brewery located in Ybor City
The GATOR hutch
Most soda pop brands were bottled in Tampa:
Coca-Cola, Pepsi:Cola, Bludwine, Shamrock, Chero-Cola, Budwine, Orange Squeeze, Cherry Blossoms, Hi-Roller, NuGrape, NuIcy, 50-50, King-Cola, King-Kole, Cola-Nip, Honey Boy, Orange Crush, Grapico, Try-Me, Tampania, Mit-Che, NeHi, Celo, Jumbo, Dr Pepper, 7up
Plus list of all known druggist medicine bottles,
seltzer bottles, milk bottles and spring water bottles
Detailed price guide showing eBay sales for the past 20 years for all bottles
Rarity grading for all known bottle variants
Detailed spreadsheets listing details of bottle variants
Foldout bar chart showing dates of operation for 58 soda bottling companies documenting the year of Sanborn maps, city directories, gazetteers, trade magazines, local newspaper stories and advertisements
This book explains in detail the evolution of the soda water industry for a typical large growing city. In this guide you can see the progression of the industry and how these glass bottles evolved from hand blown to corporate patented Art-deco style bottles in a 50 year span.
A must have for any antique bottle collector, not just Florida collectors!
Sample pages for Florida Brewing Company
Sample pages for Towne's Bottling Works
Price: $50.00 including FREE SHIPPING to continental U.S. via USPS Ground Advantage, 12 x 10 x 1 and packaged very well.
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