Man
Logan County
Man Bottling Works
1923—1927
Man Bottling Co., Inc. first appears in the 1923 Dun & Bradstreet (Mercantile Agency, Jul. 1923). They also appear in 1923 and 1925 bottler directories with G.A. Porter as the proprietor (H.S. Rich & Co., 1923, 1925). In 1927, Man Bottling Works was evidently delinquent on their license tax (“Resident Corporations”, 1927); this likely marks the end of the company. These are the only mentions of them I can locate.
Man Bottling Works, Man soda bottle. ABM crown top, paneled, aqua green. Front.
Reverse.
Man Ice & Supply Co.
1922—1933
Man Ice & Supply Co. first appears in the 1922 Dun & Bradstreet, and the West Virginia Secretary of State office lists its organization year as the same (Mercantile Agency, Sep. 1922; WV Sec. State, n.d.). The 1930 Beverage Blue Book lists them with J.B. Markham as the manager (H.S. Rich & Co., 1930). They don’t appear in earlier editions, perhaps indicating that they only bottled soft drinks around 1930. The only mention I can find of the Man Ice & Supply Company in newspapers occurs in 1932 in a list of companies delinquent in their license tax (“Legal Notice”, 1932), though they technically dissolved the following year in 1933 (WV Sec. State, n.d.).
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Man Ice & Supply Co., Man soda bottle. ABM crown top, aqua green, paneled shoulder.
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Nu-Grape Bottling Co.
Information and example needed.
Example needed of a Man, West Virginia Nu-Grape bottle.
References
H.S. Rich & Co. (1923). The beverage blue book, 1923, the standard directory buyers' guide and reference volume for the beverage industry.
H.S. Rich & Co. (1923). The beverage blue book, 1925, the standard directory buyers' guide and reference volume for the beverage industry.
H.S. Rich & Co. (1930). The beverage blue book, 1930, the standard directory buyers' guide and reference volume for the beverage industry.
Legal notice. (1932, December 4). The Charleston Daily Mail, 26.
Resident corporations. (1927, March 1). The Charleston Daily Mail, 14.
West Virginia Secretary of State. (n.d.). Business entity details: The Man Ice and Supply Company. https://apps.wv.gov/SOS/BusinessEntitySearch/Details.aspx?Id=fe0bJ5uLQFca0kVBN0RWJA==&Search=j9HDjxuITFzrTYbQudiqSA%3d%3d&Page=0