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SBA- Soda Bottle

 The next bottle in the crate was a skinny bundle of paper.  Again I’m struck with just how heavy the bundle is.  Especially to unwrap it and find the bottle is only about 7.5 inches tall.  Modern glass is so light in comparison.

Above the label, on both sides of the bottle it says SBA.  And this is further clarified by what is around the base of the bottle; “Seattle Bottlers Association Registered.”  The bottle was machine made judging by pontil marks.  It also still has a bit of rust on the rim from the cap.  That is what I know, next up is what I can surmise.

There is not much information on SBA specifically that I could dredge up in a short internet search.  It does seem like these bottles are not exactly rare, since 2 sold for auction in 2013.  From what I read in a document on the old Seattle Coca~Cola bottle plant, there were at least 8 carbonated bottling plants in the Seattle area in the 1930s.  I don’t know what was in the bottle,  but it doesn’t seem to be very old.  It’s fun to imagine my uncle might have drunk this soda himself!

The Seattle connection is also very interesting to me, since I live in Washington.  I found a bottle collecting group that meets down in Kent that is having a bottle show next month.  Maybe I will go and find out more about the SBA from the locals.

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  1. AnonymousJune 13, 2023 at 4:41 PM

    This treasure was most likely purchased as a souvenir on Nick’s visit to the Northwest un 1969, probably at one of the shops at the Pier in downtown Seattle.

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