CROWN SELTZER BOTTLE INDIANA PA HOME TO JIMMY STEWART

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We live in a disposable world. Virtually the same moment a new device is introduced to the marketplace, manufacturers promote a new and better version coming out in the near future. Built in obsolescence has become the norm – but it wasn't always this way.
Back in depression era America, most people were happy to have almost any creature comfort available, and they used and reused most everything, and valued what they had. That was true of everything from diapers to soda pop. During that time period, and before, right up to the post-WWII era boom that ushered in a new and burgeoning more fickle middle class looking for new and better things, most were relatively content to own functional items that were meant to endure.
Before the advent of disposable plastic bottles and disposable aluminum cans, that clutter the landfill in the interest of convenience, decades ago, soda and seltzer bottles were made of thick glass that were meant to be used and reused to satisfy the needs of consumers, not just for the moment, but for generations to follow.
They were created in the time when people had to return thick and heavy glass bottles of soda to the stores. For convenience, since about 1860, in America, there were men and occasionally women who dispensed seltzer and soda from either places of business, sometimes known as package stores, or delivered to homes and businesses is these very heavy, but enjoyable products.
In the larger metropolitan areas seltzer bottles were generally delivered in cases of 10, in a wooden box which weighed on average 70 pounds filled. Up until the 1950s , a few diehard older seltzer man still use horses and wagons, but generally deliveryman employed special trucks set up to contain 72 cases in the bay on the bottom, and 60 cases in returnable soda on top. Major soda companies like Coke, Pepsi, 7-Up, Dr Pepper, etc., all use heavy returnable glass delivered in a wooden box. And these major soda companies ,on rare occasion , used seltzer bottles as a vessel to contain their proprietary ingredients. Seltzer bottles were used in every state in the union, and remarkable examples still survive – a testament to their enduring nature. Most seltzer bottles were the more common round ones, but fancy and more ornate examples survive. They were larger in size and more heavy, and were generally sold in wooden sixpacks.
IT IS THE LAST DAY OF HANUKKAH AND CHRISTMAS IS A WEEK AWAY. IT SNOWED 10 INCHES OF SNOW IN NYC TODAY, AND IT IS THE DARKEST AND BRIGHTEST OF DAYS IN THE WORLD.
WITH THE COUNTRY IN THE MIDST OF THE WORST PLAGUE OF OUR LIFETIMES, A FEW MILES AWAY FROM MY HOUSE AT THE LONG ISLAND JEWISH HOSPITAL, A NURSE USED TO SAVING LIVES, WAS THE FIRST IN THIS NATION TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE,AND WAS GIVEN THE FIRST OF WHAT WILL BE MILLIONS OF VACCINATIONS THAT WILL LEAD  TO A BRIGHTER DAY FOR US ALL.
IN TRIBUTE TO THIS INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENT I WOULD LIKE TO PAY HOMAGE TO MY FAVORITE MOVIE, "IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE",THAT STARRED AMONG MANY BRILLANT ACTORS, ONE OF MY FAVORITE, JIMMY STEWART. THIS EXTREMELY OLD SELTZER BOTTLE FROM CROWN OF INDIANA PA,IS FROM THE HOMETOWN  OF JIMMY STEWART, AND IS SO OLD MAY HAVE BEEN USED BUY HIM WHEN HE WAS A CHILD.
PICTURE TWO IS FROM A SCENE FROM "IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE" IN WHICH JIMMY STEWART AND CLARENCE THE ANGEL  ARE AT BAR WHERE SHELDON LEONARD IS THE BARKEEP.CLARENCE GETS SHELDON LEONARD MAD WHEN HE ASKS FOR A CENTURIES OLD ELIXIR. AND WHEN MR. GOWER WHO HAS BECOME A FORMERLY INCARCINATED ALCOHLIC, BECAUSE GEORGE BAILEYNEVER LIVED AND HE INADVERTENTLY KILLED A CHILD WHEN HE WAS OVERCOME WITH THE NEWS OF HIS SON'S DEATH, AND SENT POISON OVER INSTEAD OF MEDICINE ENTERS THE BAR AND IS ACKNOWLEGED BY GEORGE SHELDON LEONARD SQUIRTS MR. GOWER WITH A SELTZER BOTTLE. IN CASE YOU ARE GUESSING, THAT BOTTLE WASN'T ONE OF MINE.. THOUGH I HAVE SUPPLIED SELTZER BOTTLES FOR  VARIOUS MOVIES AND TV SHOWS, I WASN'T ALIVE IN 1946,AND HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH LA PRODUCTIONS..
PICTURE THREE IS KATHRYN GRIMES WHO PLAYED JU JU IN THE MOVIE. I HAVE A NORTH POLE SELTZER BOTTLE SIGNED BY HER IN MY COLLECTION. I ALSO HAVE A NORTH POLE SELTZER BOTTLE FOR SALE IN ONE OF MY AUCTIONS AT THE MOMENT.
KATHRYN SAID JIMMY STEWART AND OF COURSE DONNA REED WERE REALLY NICE, AND I BELIEVE HER.
I HAVE JUST ADDED A PICTURE OF MY NORTH POLE BOTTLE AUTOGRAPHED BY KATHRN GRIMES. THIS ONE IS NOT FOR SALE BUT THERE'S ANOTHER NORTH POLE BOTTLE IN BETTER CONDITION THAT IS.
OUR BOTTLES ARE MEANT FOR DISPLAY,
ALL AUCTIONS BELONG TO MY WIFE SELTZERLADY.
I STILL DELIVER THE SELTZER AND WILL NEVER SELL ANY OF MY BOTTLES IF YOU SEE ME AROUND, BUT WILL TALK TO ALMOST ANYONE ABOUT THEM.
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THESE ARE IN FABULOUS CONDITION CONSIDERING THEIR AGE AND THAT THEY'VE BEEN USED FOR GENERATIONS. WHEN YOU DELIVER THESE BOTTLES IN WOODEN CASES OF TEN WEIGHING 70 POUNDS THEY DO GET HANDLED ROUGHLY.
AND THEY DO SHOW THEIR SIGNS OF AGE BUT THAT ONLY ADDS TO THEIR AUTHENTICITY AND DESIRABILITY..
THESE BOTTLES HAVE BEEN CLEANED THOUGHLY BY MY WIFE AND THESE ARE HER AUCTIONS.
THEY ARE MEANT FOR DISPLAY AND DECORATION..
THESE ARE VINTAGE COLLECTIBLES AND WERE IN USE TILL RECENTLY..THEY ALL HAVE A LONG AND MAGNIFIENT HISTORY OF PLEASING MANY FOR GENERATIONS. THEY ARE TIME-WORN WHICH ONLY ADDS TO THEIR AUTHENTICITY AND SENSE OF CONTINUITY WITH THE PAST FOR THOSE WHO LOOK FOR THINGS THAT ARE MEANT TO BE USED FOR A MOMENT THEN DISPOSED OF JUST AS QUICKLY.
THANK YOU.
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