Bottles, General

1820-1925: Tooled finish (Jones and Sullivan 1985: 165).

1877 - 1920: Vent marks (Jones and Sullivan 1985: 165).

1886: The first machine to make narrow-mouthed bottles was developed. This was a semi-automatic Ashley machine. It involved the hand-gathering of glass (Douglas and Frank 1972: 178).

1889-present: Machine-made bottles (Jones and Sullivan 1985: 165).

Post 1892: Crown finish. Originally made with a finishing tool (Jones and Sullivan 1985).

1905-1982: "Owen’s" mark on bottle base (Miller and McNichol 2002).

1905-1920: 6 oz, 7 oz, and quart soda pop bottles standardized (Kaplan 1982).

1905: Owen's mark first appearts on beer, porter, ale, soda water, wine, brandy, milk and patent medicine bottles (Miller and McNichol 2002: 3).

1906: Owen's mark first appears on catsup bottles (Miller and McNichol 2002: 3).

1908: Owen's mark first appears on vinegar, grape juice, narrow mouth food bottles and European bottles (Miller and McNichol 2002: 3).

1910: Owen's mark first appears on fruit jars, packers ware, prescription ware, ammonia bottles, and Heinz bottles (Miller and McNichol 2002: 3).

1911: Owen's mark first appears on whiskeys, gallon packers, and small bottles from one-half to six ounce capacity (Miller and McNichol 2002: 3).

1912: Owen's mark first appears on carboys (Miller and McNichol 2002: 3).

1914: Blue glass, primarilly Bromo-Seltzer bottles, first produced by Owens machine (Miller and McNichol 2002: 8).

1917: Half of all bottles produced in the United States are made on Owens machines (Miller and McNichol 2002: 3).

1920-1930: 8 oz. bottles standardized (Kaplan 1982).

1924: 9 oz, 10 oz bottles standardized (Kaplan 1982).

Pre-1925: Hand-blown bottles (Jones and Sullivan 1985: 165).

1929-1931: Pepsi introduces the 12 oz. bottle (Kaplan 1982).

1934: Square paper milk container introduced (Busch 1987: 76).

1935: Non-returnable beer bottles introduced (Busch 1987: 77).

1935: "FEDERAL LAW FORBIDS SALE OR RE-USE OF THIS BOTTLE" mandated for all liquor bottles (Busch 1987: 75).

1948: Non-returnable soda bottles introduced (Busch 1987: 77).

1955: Coca-Cola introduces the 26 oz. bottle (Kaplan 1982).

1955-1960: 16 oz. bottle introduced (Kaplan 1982).

1958: Introduction of plastic 6-pack carriers (Kaplan 1982: 127).

1965: Non-returnable bottles or One Way bottles introduced (Kaplan 1982:106).

1970: Plastic soft drink bottles introduced (Kaplan 1982: 106).

1971: Plasti-shield bottles introduced by Owens-Illinois (Kaplan 1982:106).

1977: Introduction of PET bottle (polyethylene terathalate) (Kaplan 1982: 113).

1978: Wide-spread adoption of plastic pop bottles (Kaplan 1982: 109)

1978: 62% of soft drink bottles, 89% of beer bottles and 98% of milk containers were non-returnable (Busch 1987: 77).

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