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:
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. |
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 |