Williamson
Mingo County
Chero-Cola Bottling Co.
Information needed.
A later, swirl deco-style Chero-Cola from Williamson. Front.
A later, swirl deco-style Chero-Cola from Williamson. Back.
Citizens’ Ice & Bottling Co.
1912—19??
Citizens’ Ice & Bottling Company began in 1912 with incorporators M.H. Russell, J.A. Goodman, and F.P. Jennings (“West Virginia”, 1912). In the West Virginia Bureau of Labor’s Biennial Report for 1916, Citizens’ Ice & Bottling Company appeared with four workers.
Mingo Bottling Co.
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Mingo Beverages, Williamson. Orange and black ACL painted label. Front.
Reverse.
Mingo Beverages, Williamson. White and red ACL painted label. Front.
Reverse.
MMFMM
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MMFMM, Williamson soda bottle. ABM crown top, aqua green glass. Front.
Reverse.
Nu-Grape Bottling Co.
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Nu-Grape, Williamson soda bottle. ABM crown top, aqua green glass, art deco style waisted mold. Front.
Reverse.
Sanitary Bottling Co.
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Sanitary Bottling Co., Williamson soda bottle. ABM crown top, aqua green.
Sanitary Nehi Bottling Co.
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An RC Cola from the Sanitary Nehi Bottling Company of Williamson. An earlier design. Front.
Reverse.
Seven-Up Bottling Co.
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Seven-Up Bottling Co., Williamson soda bottle. Red and white ACL painted label, emerald green glass. Front.
Reverse.
Union Carbonating Co.
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Union Carbonating Company, Williamson soda bottle. BIMAL crown top, aqua green glass.
Williamson Bottling Co.
Full article coming soon.
The Williamson Bottling Company was destroyed by a fire on September 30, 1903 (“Williamson Fire Swept”, 1903). Interestingly, in the March of 1904 Dun & Bradstreet (the first issue of the year), Williamson Bottling Company is noted to be a branch of C.W. Elliott & Company (Mercantile Agency, 1904). Perhaps C.W. Elliott & Co. saw an opportunity to purchase the bottling works after the fire.
By 1917, they are seen to be distributing “Reif’s Special” with other K.B.Co. subsidiaries, such as Bluefield Bottling Works, which implies they were later sort of “carried over” when C.W. Elliott & Co. began K.B.Co. as well (C.W. Elliott Company, 1917).
Williamson Bottling Co. hutchinson-style soda bottle w/ aqua green glass. C.W. Elliott Co. monogram (of Northfork).
A later Coca-Cola CC Soda style soda bottle from Williamson Bottling Co. This would have been under K.B.Co. ownership (of Northfork).
References
Elliott, C.W. Company (1917, May 20). Reif’s Special [advertisement]. Bluefield Daily Telegraph, 6.
West Virginia. (1912). The American Bottler, 32(2).
West Virginia Bureau of Labor. (1916). Thirteenth biennial report of the Bureau of Labor of West Virginia, 1915-1916. Tribune Printing Company. Charleston, W.Va.
Williamson fire swept. (1903, October 1). Hinton Daily News, 1.