Standard Bottling Works


Company Names, addresses, dates1:
  Standard Bottling Works, G corner 7th street NE (1912-1913)
  Standard Bottling Works, 647 7th street NE (1914-1916)
  Standard Bottling Works, 713 G street NE (1917)
  Gridiron Club Beverages, 708 H NE (1918-1920)

Notes:
 Leo Aloysius Finn (1879-1956)2,3 was the proprietor of the Standard Bottling Works. 1

In 1918, the Standard Bottling Works was replaced by the Gridiron Club Beverages with Finn as the proprietor.1

Bottles:

standard_01 book # 661
This is an 8.5" sun-colored-amethyst crown top bottle embossed:
shoulder: REGISTERED
oval slug plate: STANDARD BOTTLING WORKS / L.A. FINN / PRO. / 7th & G STS N.E. / WASH. D.C.
below slug plate: THIS BOTTLE / NOT TO BE SOLD
standard_02 book # 662
Left bottle is an 11.8" aqua crown top embossed:
front: THIS BOTTLE / IS THE PROPERTY OF THE / STANDARD BOTTLING / WORKS / L.A. FINN PROP. / 7th AND G STS. N.E. / WASHINGTON / D.C. / CONTENTS 1-PT.6 OZ / REGISTERED ACCORDING / TO LAW / RETURN PROMPTLY
base: ROOT
Right bottle embossed almost the same. It is an 8.5" aqua crown top embossed:
front: THIS BOTTLE / IS THE PROPERTY OF THE / STANDARD BOTTLING / WORKS / L.A. FINN PROP. / 7th AND G STS. N.E. / WASHINGTON / D.C. / REGISTERED ACCORDING / TO LAW / RETURN PROMPTLY
base: ROOT
standard_03 book # (unlisted)
This is an 9.6" sun-colored-amethyst mouth-blown crown top bottle embossed:
round slug plate: STANDARD / BOTTLING WORKS / WASHINGTON, D.C.


1 Boyd's Directory for the District of Columbia (various years)
2 Find-a-grave entry for Leo A. Finn
3 US WWI Draft Registration card, serial # 4508, for Leo Aloysius Finn, born Jan 7th 1879
4 Evening Star (Washington DC), 26-Jul-1912, page 16 (ad for THE READING BREWING CO)


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