CANADA DRY
John J. McLaughlin opened a plant in Toronto, Canada in 1890 to bottle soda water
and sometime later a Belfast style ginger ale. In 1907, the name "Canada Dry"
was given to a pale dry ginger ale that McLaughlin developed.
Canada Dry products were placed in many early type bottles such as the blob top, Hutchinson type, and machine made embossed bottles with paper labels. One unusual machine made bottle was an iridescent red glass color with a paper label, and the brand name embossed on the bottom.
Eighty seven varieties of the painted label bottles have been cataloged, dating from the early 1940's to the 1980's. Canada Dry's debut with cans began about 1951 with a Spur Cola cone top can accented by a silver border around the shield logo. This test must have been successful, as it was followed with a full flavor line of cone top cans, all with a gold border around the shield logo.
After the introduction of the cone top cans came thirty-two different punch top cans, sixty nine generations of tab top cans, and several commemorative and sports set cans.
The main product line now being marketed by Canada Dry is a full line of drink mixers.
| CANADA DRY (VM #1) Silver Border on Shield |
DATE SIZE VALUE |
1951 12 oz $ 115.00 |
(1-1) COLA (Spur) |
| CANADA DRY (VM #2) Gold Border on Shield |
DATE SIZE VALUE |
1952 12 oz $ 75.00 |
(2-1) BLACK CHERRY (2-2) COLA (Spur) (2-3) GINGER ALE (2-4) GRAPE (2-5) LEMON (Hi-Spot) (2-6) ORANGE (2-7) ROOT BEER |
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