Eagle Bottling Co


Company Names, addresses, dates1:
  Eagle Bottling Co, 1541 5th Street NW (1921-1939)

Notes:
Wolf Rosett (c.1877-1960) was born in Poland. He came to America about 1903, and moved to Washington DC about 19202.

He started the Eagle Bottling Company with Ellis Duke. He and Duke got off to a rocky start, because in 1921 they were each fined $25 for violating the pure food and drugs act, because their raspberry soda contained coal tar coloring instead of raspberries3.
Later that year, Duke & Rosett parted ways4. Rosett kept the Eagle Bottling Company, and Duke went on to form Dukes Bottling Works . Rosett continued to run the Eagle Bottling Company until he retired, about 1939.

I've seen other Eagle Bottling Companies, such as one in Rhode Island, but I haven't found any evidence that they're connected to this one.


Bottles:

eagle_02 book # 220
This is an 8.3" clear machine-made crown top bottle embossed:
front shoulder: EAGLE / (picture of eagle)
front heel: THIS BOTTLE / NOT TO BE SOLD / CAP. 7 FLU. OZ.
back shoulder: BOTTLING CO / (picture of eagle)
back heel: WASHINGTON, D.C.
eagle_03 book # 221
These are similar to the bottle above, except they have the words embossed below the pictures of the eagles.
Left is 8.3" aqua embossed:
front shoulder: (picture of eagle) / EAGLE
front heel: WASHINGTON, D.C.
back shoulder: (picture of eagle) BOTTLING CO
back heel: THIS BOTTLE / NOT TO BE SOLD / CAP. 7 FLU. OZ.
Right is identical except it's clear, and what's embossed on the heel is reversed (i.e. "WASHINGTON DC" is under the "BOTTLING CO"). Also, the eagle is facing down on the right one.
eagle_01 book # 222
These are 9.2" clear decco crown top bottles with raised arches, marked the same except the one on the left says 9 FL OZS on the back and the one on the right says 10 FL OZS on the back. The 9 OZ bottle is slightly narrower, but it's hard to tell. They're marked:
front: (picture of eagle) / BIG EAGLE / REGISTERED
back: CONTENTS 10 FL. OZS.
base: EAGLE BOTTLING CO / WASH. / D.C.


1 Boyd's Directory for the District of Columbia (various years)
2 Wolf Rosett obituary, Washington Post newspaper 11-Apr-1960 p.B2
3 Washington Herald newspaper, 29-Jun-1921, p.8
4 Washington Times newspaper, 8-Sep-1921, p.18



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