CLICQUOT CLUB
Clicquot Club, with offices in Millis, Massachusetts, has the honor of being the first to
put soda in cans. In 1938, ginger ale was filled in 100,000 cases of Continental's low
profile cone top cans, and distributed in the Northeast U.S.
There are two known varieties of the first soda can. The filled can has a blue background. An identical can with a green background also exists, which is suspected to be a can company sample can.
Leakage, flavor absorption problems, and difficulty in handling and stacking spelled failure for the first canned soda. Better can liners convinced the company to try cans again about 1950, when Cammarano Brothers in Tacoma, Washington tried ginger ale and a lemon drink called "Up" in a 32 ounce cone top can. The same drinks were also canned in 12 ounce cone tops with "canners name and address on crown".
The last Clicquot Club was put in cone top cans about 1954 when the familiar Eskimo logo was replaced with clowns grouped around the brand name.
Three punch top cans and 5 tab top cans, the last one cataloged in 1978, followed the cone tops. Twenty-nine Clicquot Club painted label bottles have been noted dating from 1940 to 1968.
| CLICQUOT CLUB (VM #1) Name(Top)-Flavor(Middle)- Eskimo Picture(Bottom)- Low Profile Cone |
DATE SIZE VALUE |
1938 12 oz $ 400.00 |
(1-1) GINGER ALE- Blue Background (1-2) GINGER ALE- Green Background |
| CLICQUOT CLUB (VM #3) Name(Middle)-Flavor(Bottom)-Eskimo Picture(Top) |
DATE SIZE VALUE |
1960 12 oz $ 95.00 |
(3-1) GINGER ALE (3-2) LEMON LIME (Eskimo Up) |
| CLICQUOT CLUB (VM #4) Name(Middle)-Flavor(Bottom)-Eskimo Picture(Top) |
DATE SIZE VALUE |
1960 32 oz $ 375.00 |
(4-1) GINGER ALE (4-2) LEMON LIME (Eskimo Up) |
| CLICQUOT CLUB (VM #5) Name(Top)- Flavor(Bottom)- Clown Pictures(Middle) |
DATE SIZE VALUE |
1964 12 oz $ 110.00 |
(5-1) ORANGE (5-2) ROOT BEER |
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