Article #100: Vintage 1961 Sun Drop Golden Girl Cola Soda Bottle
This is our 100th article here on the blog and here we are looking at this vintage 1961 Sun Drop Golden Girl Cola soda bottle. Sun Drop was developed in 1949 by Charles Lazier in Missouri. Lazier was a salesman of beverage concentrates. Lazier got the recipe down on a small piece of paper which he handed to his son, Charles Jr. Sun Drop debuted at the American Bottlers of Carbonated Beverages Conference in Washington, D.C. The formula was patented on April 15, 1930. On the front of the bottle you have where it says Refreshing as a Cup of Coffee at the top and under that it says Golden Girl Cola with a coffee cup behind it. It also says that in the middle of the bottle. Here is a look at the back of the bottle where it looks almost the same as the front except for the middle. It says Sun Drop as well as where it was bottled in the middle. This one was bottled in St Louis, MO. Here is a close up of the front of the bottle. Here is a close up of the middle of the bottle on the...
