St. Albans
All-Star Bottling Co.
1930s(?)—1965
Though I suspect this bottler has origins in the 1930s, it was at least still around in the 1950s (“Bottlers Raise”, 1950) and early 1960, though they appear on the list of companies delinquent on their taxes in 1965 (“Legal Advertisement”, 1965) which I presume marks the end of the company.
All-Star Bottling Company orange soda. Paper label. Unembossed bottle.
Liberty Bottling Works
1926
Liberty Bottling Works, according to an advertisement, consisted of the owners F.G. May, A. Showen, and Dewey Harless (Liberty Bottling Works, 1926). The company bottled cream cola at this time and were distributors of carbonic gas. The rarity of this bottle has me suspect that this company only existed for a year, as I have been told, as advertisements also only occur during 1926. I cannot say definitively that this is the case without a charter notice or evidence to its end, but it certainly is possible and perhaps even likely.
Liberty Bottling Works. ABM. Deco, paneled mold.
St. Albans Bottling Works
1912—1923
The St. Albans Bottling Works was founded in 1912 with incorporators G.D. Bryan, Catherine Bryan, W.M. Hood, G.A. Zerkle, and J.H. Sutherland (“West Virginia”, 1912). The bottling works appears for sale in 1919 by the owner, who claims he is “not a practical man” (Pearson Realty Co., 1919). In 1923, liens were claimed on the St. Albans Bottling Works (“Legal Advertisements”, 1923), which was presumably unable to pay its debt, as it disappears from Dun & Bradstreet in 1924.
St. Albans Bottling Works. Circle slug plate. BIMAL.
St. Albans Bottling Works. ABM, no slug plate indention.
St. Albans Bottling Works. Cream of Colas branded. ABM.
References
Bottlers raise wholesale cost of soft drinks. Charleston Daily Mail, 7.
Legal advertisement. (1965, May 29). Charleston Gazette, 26.
Legal advertisements. (1923, November 13). Charleston Daily Mail, 19.
Liberty Bottling Works. (1926, July 12). Manufacturers, bottlers, and wholesale dealers [advertisement]. Charleston Gazette, 10.
Pearson Realty Co. (1919, December 6). For sale by Pearson Realty Co. [advertisement]. Charleston Daily Mail, 3.
West Virginia. (1912). The American Bottler, 32(1).