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:
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. |
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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 |
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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 |