Seven Up / Like
Company Names, addresses, dates1:
  Seven-up Washington Inc, 1129 M Street SE, Washington DC (1938-1940)
  Seven-up Washington Inc, 1325 Kenilworth Ave NE, Washington DC (1943-1970)
  Seven-up Alexandria Bottlers, 704 S. Patrick St, Alexandria VA (1947) 2
  Seven-up Bottling Co of Alexandria, 807 N. Royal St, Alexandria VA (1950-1959+) 2
Notes:
Seven-up was invented by Charles Leiper Grigg in 19293.
The company appears in Washington DC directories starting in 1938.
The 1966-1970 directory entries for Seven-up in Washington DC say that they were
"bottlers of Tru-Ade". In 1971 the Seven-up bottling plant moved from Washington DC to Forestville MD.
Seven-up merged with Dr Pepper in 19863.
Seven-up bottled "Like" diet soda, as there's a Like bottle (and bottle-cap) below that
indicate they were bottled by seven-up.
Seven-up also bottled
Brownie
orange soda, as there's a bottle-cap below that indicates it was
bottled by seven-up.
book # 636 This is an 8" green machine-made crown top bottle with red & white Applied Color Label (ACL): shoulders: 7up front: (picture of woman with bubbles) / 7up / REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. back: A FRESH UP DRINK / FOR THE STOMACH'S SAKE / DON'T STIR OR SHAKE / YOU LIKE 7up / IT LIKES YOU / CONTENTS 7 FL. OZS. / CARRYING THE 7-UP TRADE MARK / THIS BOTTLE MUST NOT BE / USED FOR ANY OTHER DRINK / WASHINGTON, D.C. |
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book # 637 This is an 8" green machine-made crown top bottle with red & white Applied Color Label (ACL): shoulders: 7up front: (picture of woman with bubbles) / 7up / REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. back: SEVEN-UP / THE "Fresh Up" DRINK / CONTAINS / CARBONATED WATER, SUGAR, / CITRIC ACID, SODIUM CITRATE, / FLAVOR DERIVED FROM LEMON / AND LIME OILS. / YOU LIKE IT / IT LIKES YOU / CONTENTS 7 FL. OZS. / SEVEN-UP WASHINGTON, INC. / WASHINGTON, D.C. |
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book # 637 This is the same as the bottle above, but it's from Alexandria VA. It is an 8" green machine-made crown top bottle with red & white Applied Color Label (ACL): shoulders: 7up front: (picture of woman with bubbles) / 7up / REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. back: THE "Fresh Up" DRINK / CONTAINS CARBONATED WATER, / SUGAR, CITRIC ACID, LITHIA AND / SODA CITRATES, FLAVOR DERIVED / FROM LEMON AND LIME OILS. / YOU LIKE IT / IT LIKES YOU / CONTENTS 7 FL. OZS. / THIS TRADEMARKED BOTTLE MUST NOT / BE USED FOR ANY OTHER DRINK / SEVEN-UP ALEXANDRIA BOTTLERS / ALEXANDRIA, VA. |
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book # 638 The main difference between this bottle and the ones above is that this one does not have the square red background around the large "7up". Apparently the red pigment was conserved during World War II4. It is an 8" green machine-made crown top bottle with white Applied Color Label (ACL): shoulders: 7up front: (picture of woman with bubbles) / 7up / REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. back: THE "Fresh Up" DRINK / CONTAINS CARBONATED WATER, / SUGAR, CITRIC ACID, LITHIA AND / SODA CITRATES, FLAVOR DERIVED / FROM LEMON AND LIME OILS. / YOU LIKE IT / IT LIKES YOU / CONTENTS 7 FL. OZS. / THIS TRADEMARKED BOTTLE MUST NOT / BE USED FOR ANY OTHER DRINK / WASHINGTON, D.C. |
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book # 638 This is similar to above, but it appears to be newer, so I'm wondering if it is really missing the red pigment because of WWII as described above, or if the red pigment simply wore off? In any case, it's an 8" green machine-made crown top bottle with white Applied Color Label (ACL): shoulders: 7up front: (picture of woman with bubbles) / 7up / REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. back: A FRESH UP DRINK / FOR THE STOMACH'S SAKE / DON'T STIR OR SHAKE / YOU LIKE 7up / IT LIKES YOU / CONTENTS 7 FL. OZS. / CARRYING THE 7-UP TRADE MARK / THIS BOTTLE MUST NOT BE / USED FOR ANY OTHER DRINK / WASHINGTON, D.C. embossed on the crown-top - front: 13 embossed on the crown-top - rear: L |
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book # 639 This is an 8" green machine-made crown top bottle with red & white Applied Color Label (ACL): shoulders: 7up front: 7up / YOU LIKE IT     IT LIKES YOU back: SEVEN-UP / YOU LIKE IT     IT LIKES YOU / CONTAINS / CARBONATED WATER, SUGAR, / CITRIC ACID, SODIUM CITRATE, / FLAVOR DERIVED FROM LEMON / AND LIME OILS. / "Fresh Up" WITH 7up / CONTENTS 7 FL. OZS. / WASHINGTON SEVEN-UP BOTTLING CO. / WASHINGTON, D.C. |
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book # 639 This bottle is the same as the one above, except the shoulder has some red coloring and it says "7 FLUID OUNCES" in 2 extra places. It is an 8" green machine-made crown top bottle with red & white Applied Color Label (ACL): shoulders: 7up / 7 FLUID OUNCES front: 7up / YOU LIKE IT     IT LIKES YOU back: SEVEN-UP / YOU LIKE IT     IT LIKES YOU / CONTAINS / CARBONATED WATER, SUGAR, / CITRIC ACID, SODIUM CITRATE, / FLAVOR DERIVED FROM LEMON / AND LIME OILS. / "Fresh Up" WITH 7up / WASHINGTON SEVEN-UP BOTTLING CO. / WASHINGTON, D.C. |
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book # 639 This bottle is similar to the one above, except it's 12 ounces & has some minor differences inthe markings. It is a 9.5" green machine-made crown top bottle with red & white Applied Color Label (ACL): shoulders: "Fresh Up" / with / 7up / 12 FLUID OUNCES front: 7up / YOU LIKE IT     IT LIKES YOU back: SEVEN-UP / YOU LIKE IT     IT LIKES YOU / CONTAINS / CARBONATED WATER, SUGAR, / CITRIC ACID, SODIUM CITRATE, / FLAVOR DERIVED FROM LEMON / AND LIME OILS. / "Fresh Up" WITH 7up / WASHINGTON SEVEN-UP BOTTLING CO. / WASHINGTON, D.C. |
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book # 639 (variation) This is an 11.8" green machine-made crown top bottle with red & white Applied Color Label (ACL): shoulders: YOU LIKE IT / 7up / IT LIKES YOU front: 7up / "FRESH UP" WITH SEVEN-UP back: SEVEN-UP / YOU LIKE IT     IT LIKES YOU / CONTAINS / CARBONATED WATER, SUGAR, / CITRIC ACID, SODIUM CITRATE, / FLAVOR DERIVED FROM LEMON / AND LIME OILS. / "Fresh Up" WITH 7up / CONTENTS 1 PINT 12 FL. OZS. / WASHINGTON SEVEN-UP BOTTLING CO. / WASHINGTON, D.C. |
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book # 640 This is a 10.75" green machine-made crown top bottle with red & white Applied Color Label (ACL): shoulders: 7up 16 / OZS. front: 7up / YOU LIKE IT     IT LIKES YOU back: SEVEN-UP / YOU LIKE IT     IT LIKES YOU / CONTAINS / CARBONATED WATER, SUGAR, / CITRIC ACID, SODIUM CITRATE, / FLAVOR DERIVED FROM LEMON / AND LIME OILS. / "Fresh Up" WITH 7up / CONTENTS ONE PINT / WASHINGTON SEVEN-UP BOTTLING CO. / WASHINGTON, D.C. |
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book # 641 This is an 8" green machine-made crown top bottle. It has a barely legible Applied Color Label (ACL), but unlike the other bottles below, it also has some embossing: embossed on shoulders: 7up ACL on front: (picture of woman with bubbles) / 7up / REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. ACL on back: A COOLER OFF / A FRESHER UP / FOR THE STOMACH'S SAKE / DON'T SHAKE OR STIR / YOU LIKE 7up / IT LIKES YOU / CONTENTS 7 FL. OZS. / CARRYING THE 7-UP TRADE MARK / THIS BOTTLE MUST NOT BE / USED FOR ANY OTHER DRINK embossed on base: WASHINGTON / [G] / D.C. |
book # 642 This is a 9.5" green machine-made crown top bottle with red & white Applied Color Label (ACL): shoulders: DIETS LIKE / Like front: DIETS LIKE / Like / ARTIFICIALLY SWEETENED / SPECIAL DIETARY / CARBONATED BEVERAGE / The Diet Drink of Seven-Up Quality back: 1 CALORIE / PER 6 FLUID OUNCES / CONTAINS / CARBONATED WATER, CITRIC ACID, CALCIUM / CYCLAMATE*, SODIUM CITRATE / SACCHARIN*, FLAVOR / DERIVED FROM LEMON AND LIME OILS. / * CONTAINS 1/10 of 1% CALCIUM CYCLAMTE... / SEVEN UP BOTTLING CO., / WASHINGTON, D.C. / CONTENTS 10 FL. OZS. / A Product of The Seven-Up Company According to Wikipedia, this was 7-up's diet drink from 1963 until 1969, when it was discontinued due to the government's ban on cyclamates. |