SEMINOLE BOTTLING CO.

The Seminole Bottling Company appears to have started by buying the Watauga Bottling Works in late 1928 or early 1929. By July 25, 1929 they run an ad for Double Orange and Brandywine Beverages.(2) The ad lists William L. Crouch, who was Secretary Treasurer and General Manager of the Elizabethton Ice and Coal Company in the 1928 city directory(1), and C. R. Crouch as "Owners", and places the location of the company on State Line Road.(2) More specifically the building was located at 1106 Railroad Avenue, according to the Sanborn maps, which of course today is called State Line Road. As mentioned above they bottled Double Orange and Brandywine which were both products of the Seminole Flavors Company of Chattanooga, TN who would later create Double Cola in the mid 1930's. I don't think the company lasted too long as according to the 1934-35 city directory they are no longer listed and were most likely another victim of the Great Depression.

Today the building is being used by Jeff’s Paint and body. Even though it has a new roof and exterior, I feel that this is the original building.

Although these two bottles aren't marked with a town name, these are the type bottles that the company would have used, I have yet to see one of these with a town name so it's very possible that none exist with Elizabethton, Tenn. embossed on them.

The aforementioned ad from the July 25, 1929 Elizabethton Star News

Another ad for the company from the August 24, 1929 Elizabethton Star News

As of August 1931 they are still around and advertising

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