In Cecil Munsey's book, "The Illustrated Guide to Collecting Bottles," p.
52, he wrote that applied color labeling "was developed around 1920 in the
United States.  It was not until the 1930s, however, that it began to
replace the popular mold-created embossments as a means of decoration and
identification."  George Miller, et al, (Northeast Historical Archaeology,
Vol. 29, p. 8) gave the year, 1935, for the applied color label and
referred to a paper by Deiss on the subject. Perhaps Bill Lockhart will
comment further on applied color labeling.
Allen


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> In 1992 I retired and started doing what I had put off so long trying to
> write Historical Fiction. The computer became my second best tool. My
> recollections were first best. But, I have a problem remembering the dates
> of my recollections. That is how I found y'all.
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> I need to know if soft drink bottle deposits were applied in 1933? Mr.
> Robert Schuyler advised me if anyone would know "our" mailing list would.
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> look forward to this new experience and will try not to bother you all too
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