Pepsi


Company Names, addresses, dates1:
  Pepsi Cola Bottling Co of Arlington VA
  Old Dominion Pepsi Cola Bottling Co of Arlington VA (c.1948-??)

Notes:
A Washington Post article from Sept 21, 1955 said that Russell M. Arundel owned the Old Dominion Pepsi bottling company in Arlington. He established a Long Island NY Pepsi bottling company in 1944. He sold the Virginia firm to the parent Pepsi company in 1948 to concentrate on the Long Island NY plant1.

A Washington Post article from June 15, 1947 described construction of the Old Dominion Bottling Co in Arlington VA at Four Mile Run and Oakmont Street. I think this may have been a misprint, and they meant "Oakland" Street, since "Oakland" Street is a cross street for Four Mile Run, and "Oakmont" Street is in Alexandria. Note that there was indeed a Pepsi bottling plant on Oakmont Street, but that is in Alexandria, not Alrington. The article said the plant was expected to be ready in 19482.

Based on the two articles described above, I really don't know what years Pepsi was being bottled in Arlington. My guess is that the Arlington plant was completed in 1948, and made bottles for the Arundel's Long Island company for a while (one of the bottles below says "LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y. BOTTLED BY OLD DOMINION PEPSI-COLA BOTTLING CO"), and then Arundel sold the company, which probably continued to bottle Pepsi for a while, but I don't know how long. There does not seem to be a Pepsi plant at Four Mile Run & Oakland Street today.

Pepsi Bottles:

pepsi_19 book # 518
This is a 9.6" clear crown top (front & rear views shown) with "PEPSI COLA" embossed 6 times on the shoulder, and red, white and blue Applied Color Label (ACL):
front shoulder: PEPSI:COLA
back shoulder: PEPSI / ARLINGTON VA.
front: SPARKLING / PEPSI:COLA / 12 FL. OZ.
back: PEPSI-COLA COMPANY / LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y. / BOTTLED BY / OLD DOMINION /PEPSI-COLA BOTTLING CO. / ARLINGTON, VA.
pepsi_17 book # 524
This is an 8.7" clear crown top (front & rear views shown) with "PEPSI COLA" embossed 6 times on the shoulder, and red and white Applied Color Label (ACL):
front shoulder: PEPSI:COLA
back shoulder: PEPSI
front: SPARKLING / PEPSI-COLA / 8 FL. OZ. / FRANCHISEE: PEPSI-COLA BOTTLING CO. ARLINGTON VA
pepsi_14 book # 525
This is a 9.6" clear crown top (front & rear views shown) with "PEPSI COLA" embossed 6 times on the shoulder, and red, white and blue Applied Color Label (ACL):
front shoulder: PEPSI:COLA
back shoulder: PEPSI / ARLINGTON, VA.
front: SPARKLING / PEPSI:COLA / 12 FL. OZ.
back: FRANCHISED BOTTLER / OLD DOMINION / PEPSI-COLA BOTTLING CO / : ARLINGTON VA




1 Washington Post article, Sept 21, 1955
2 Washington Post article, June 15, 1947




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