Company Names, addresses, dates: ¹
  Northampton Brewery Tru-blue, 4th & Channing NE (1936-1939)
  Tru-Blu beer Corp, 6100 Sligo Mill Rd NE (1941-1947)
  Tru-Blu beer Corp, 6000 Chillum pl NE (1948-?)

Notes:
Tru-Blu was a beer brewer in Northampton PA, from 1898-1952².
According to Washington DC city directories, the Tru-Blu bottling plant opened in 1936, where they bottled Tru-Blu beer that had been brewed in Northampton.
An announcement on page 4 of the Dec 9, 1940 Washington Star newspaper said that Hires RJ Root Beer had appointed the Tru-Blu Beer Corporation of Washington DC as the exclusive distributor of Hires Root beer.

Bottles:

	book # 685 This is an amber 9.5" machine-made lady-leg crown top bottle. The label says: neck label: TRU BLUE / FAMOUS OLD BREW OF THE PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH / FAMOUS OLD BREW OF THE PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH main label: TRU-BLU / REG U.S. PAT OFF / WHITE SEAL / PILSNER STYLE / BEER BOTTLED BY TRU-BLU BEER CORP / WASHINGTON DC / BREWED BY NORTHAMPTON (PA.) BREWERY CORP. / CONTENTS 12 FL. OZ. / TAX PAID AT THE RATE PRESCRIBED BY INTERNAL REVENUE LAW
	book # 687 This is an amber 9.5" machine-made lady-leg crown top bottle. The label says: label: TRU-BLU / REG U.S. PAT OFF / c1939 N.B.C. / Old Fashioned / BREWED BY NORTHAMPTON (PA) BREWERY CORP / PREMIUM / BEER/ BOTTLED BY TRU-BLU BEER CORP / WASHINGTON DC
	book # 689 This is a green 9" machine-made crown top bottle. The label says: label: PREMIUM / Loewer's / PILSNER / STYLE / BEER / V.LOEWER'S GAMBRINUS BREWRY / BOTTLED BY TRU-BLU BEER CORP / WASHINGTON DC / INTERNAL REVENUE TAX PAID / BREWERY MANAGEMENT CORP. NEW YORK, N.Y. The bottom of the bottle is embossed with "BOTTLE MADE IN SCOTLAND"

	This 4"x3.75" label is similar to the one on the above bottle. It says: TRU-BLU / REG U.S. PAT OFF / c1939 N.B.C. / Old Fashioned / BREWED BY NORTHAMPTON (PA) BREWERY CORP / PREMIUM / BEER/ BOTTLED BY TRU-BLU BEER CORP / WASHINGTON DC / CONTENTS ONE QUART / INTERNAL REVENUE TAX PAID
	This 3.25"x3" label is similar to the one on the above bottle #687. It says: PREMIUM / OLD / FASHONED/ BEER / CONTENTS 12 FLO. OZS. INT REVENUE TAX PAID / NORTHAMPTON BREWERY CORP. NORTHAMPTON PA. / TRU-BLU / BOTTLED BY TRU-BLU BEER CORP. WASHINGTON, D.C.
	This 3.25"x3" label says: TRU-BLU / REG U.S. PAT OFF / WHITE SEAL / PILSNER STYLE / BEER BOTTLED BY TRU-BLU BEER CORP / WASHINGTON DC / BREWED BY NORTHAMPTON (PA.) BREWERY CORP. / CONTENTS 12 FL. OZ. / TAX PAID AT THE RATE PRESCRIBED BY INTERNAL REVENUE LAW
	This 3.25"x3" brown & blue label says: BREWED UNDER FAMOUS TRU BLU PROCESS / TRU-BLU / TRADE MARK REG U.S. PAT OFF / HALF ALE & HALF PORTER / BOTTLED BY TRU-BLU BEER CORP / WASHINGTON DC / BREWED BY NORTHAMPTON (PA.) BREWERY CORP. / CONTENTS 12 FL. OZ. / TAX PAID AT THE RATE PRESCRIBED BY INTERNAL REVENUE LAW
	I beleive this is called a "ball metal truck seal", used to seal trucks, rail cars, etc to make sure they weren't opened/tampered with. It says: TRU BLU BEER D.C. 1837 I don't know what the "1837" refers to, but I'm sure it's not a date.