Marlinton Bottling Works — Mason’s

1912—1939

Marlinton Bottling Works was around in 1914, as they were damaged by a fire in March of that year (“Much Damage”, 1914). This is corroborated by the September 1914 Dun & Bradstreet, which lists a Thomas J. Mason as a bottler, whose name is embossed on the bottom of the first bottle below (Mercantile Agency, 1914). He first appears in the September 1912 Dun & Bradstreet, however, as the only bottler, so I can only presume that Marlinton Bottling Works was indeed his business.

Marlinton Bottling Works continues to the end of the publicly-available Dun & Bradstreet catalogs, always appearing as Thomas J. Mason. The company officially organized in 1937, continuing until 1939, when it changed its name to the Marlinton Coca-Cola Bottling Company (WV Sec. State, n.d.).