Pepsi Glass Bottle History

Pepsi was first introduced as brad s drink in new bern north carolina united states in 1893 by caleb bradham who made it at his drugstore where the drink was sold.

Pepsi glass bottle history.

It was renamed pepsi cola in 1898 pepsi because it was advertised to relieve dyspepsia today more commonly known as indigestion or an upset stomach and cola referring to the cola flavor. Pepsi s true name was pepsi cola in 1903 and antique bottles will still bear the pepsi cola name up until 1953. Early soda bottles were often embossed with the product s name and logo but in 1932 silk screening replaced embossing as the industry standard for label design. By 2009 it has sold around 108 billion dollars worldwide.

Estimating the age of a bottle often depends on how the bottle is marked. In 1934 pepsi began to offer 12 ounce bottles for five cents and they were typically decorated with paper labels. Pepsi started in new bern nc in 1898 as brad s drink but changed its name to pepsi cola in 1903. The ones that are worth more are any diet drinks off brands something other than pepsi or coke fanta sprite mr pibb mello yello etc.

In 1940 the pepsi company introduced their first standardized bottle which had pepsi cola blown into the neck with a paper label on the neck and body. Sep 5 2019 explore country collectables s board antique pepsi bottle on pinterest. The earliest pepsi bottles were brown but the company switched to clear glass in 1907. Check out the label.

The ndnr bottles have gone up in value the pepsi you have is probably worth around 5 or so. The company began by offering the drink in glass bottles manufactured by local glass makers and it was only in 1940 that the first standardized pepsi cola bottle entered the market. Since soda bottles aren t made of glass anymore these old pepsi bottles are valuable as a collector s item. Pepsi cola bottles although the drink was invented in the 1890s and named pepsi cola in 1898 the brand was slow to catch on outside the south.

Today pepsi is one of the world s most widely recognized and widely celebrated brands. A few early pepsi bottles before 1907 were made of amber glass but be careful of the 75th anniversary reproduction bottle from new bern nc which here s a photo of this repro. Despite the localized influence a pepsi franchise opened in safford arizona in 1910 and one appeared in socorro new mexico in 1925. The 66 is the year 1966.

The history of pepsi bottles first introduced as brad s drink in 1893 by caleb bradham later named it as pepsi cola due to its two key elements pepsin and kola nuts.