G and G Bottling Co


Company Names, addresses, dates:
  G and G Bottling Co, 931 C Street NW, Washington DC (c.1921-1922)1
  G and G Bottling Co, 209 11th Street NW, Washington DC (1923-c.1925)1

Notes:
Herbert Guggenheim (b.1885, d.1953)2 was in the wholesale liquor business at 1632 14th Street NE from 1907-19111. His business was called the "Phoenix Liquor Company". In 1917 he changed to the manufacture of Ginger Ale3.
He ran two companies, the Christo Bottling company and the "G and G bottling Company".
G & G was started by Herbert Guggenheim with a partner named Gunst. Mr. Gunst retired in less than 2 years, and Herbert's brother Sydney Guggenheim (b.1887, d.1928)4 took over the duties of Mr Gunst, but Sydney was a paid employee, so Herbert became the sole owner at that time3.
The G&G Bottling company doesn't show up in any of the Washington DC City directories, but I've found ads for G&G Ginger ale in the Washington DC Evening Star and Washington Post Newspapers from 1921 to 19251. Some of these ads say if you want to have G & G Ginger Ale delivered direct to your home by the case, phone Main 7637. The wooden crate depicted below is apparently an example of what the case of G&G Ginger Ale was delivered in.
The Aug 16, 1923 Evening Star newspaper reported that G&G was being sued for infringing on the "C&C" trademark of the Cantrell & Cochrane LTD company from Ireland, saying that the trademark was too similar. Guggenheim lost the verdict in November 19253. I can find no ads for "G and G" after 1925, but there are references to the Guggenheim company after that, which lasted until 1934.

Bottles:

g_and_g book # 271
This is a 7.5" clear machine-made crown top bottle marked:
front: G & G BOTTLING CO / MINIMUM CONTENTS / 8 FLUID OUNCES / WASHINGTON, D.C.


Other Items:
g_and_g_02 This is a wooden crate with black markings that say:
sides: DRINK / G & G / IT SATISFIES
ends: G & G BOT. CO. / WASHINGTON / D.C. / PHONE MAIN 7637



1 Advertisements in the Evening Star (Washington DC) Newspaper, various dates
2 Obit, Washington Evening Star 8-Oct-1953, p.38
3 Guggenheim v. Cantrell & Cochrane at https://www.leagle.com/decision/192690510f2d8951593
4 Obit, Washington Evening Star 16-Oct-1928, p.10



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