Stone Mountain Bottling Co.
Pepsi Cola Bottling Co.
Southwest Beverages

The Stone Mountain Bottling Company, Inc. (Formerly the T. M. Pepper Co. Inc) Norton, Va was incorporated on February 7, 1923.(1) According to the 1923 Sanborn map they appear to be located at 320 8th Street very close to the old location for the Norton Bottling Company. George Vernon is the owner of the Stone Mountain Bottling Company as of 1947. Stone Mountain Bottling Company would change their name and incorporate as Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company Inc. of Norton, va on August 3, 1950.(2) They would move to a building across the tracks from their present location by the 1948 sanborn map. This second location is in the process of being torn down; however, I was lucky enough to grab a quick picture before this one disappears. The roots of the Southwest Beverages company is still unknown to me, I would guess this is a name change from Stone Mountain or a company bought out by Pepsi of Norton, as I have been told by a former employ of the modern Pepsi company that both bottling companies operate out of the same building, which I have confirmed online, as they share the same address on 12th street in Norton. At some point after 1948, they moved to the present location across the tracks from the second location.

The second location of the bottling company on what used to be part of 12th street

Current location of Pepsi Cola bottling company of Norton and Southwest Beverages

1930 Stone Mountian Bottling Company ad

6 1/2oz King Cole by Stone Mountian Bottling Company bottle dated 1924

6 1/2oz Stone Mountian Bottling Company bottle dated 1926

12oz Stone Mountain Bottling Company paper label Pepsi-Cola bottle shard dated 1941

The bottom of the Pepsi-Cola bottle

Mil-k-botl paper label from the Stone Mountain Bottling Company

Pepsi-Cola ad from the Stone Mountain Bottling Company from 1942

12oz Pepsi-Cola Fountain Syrup bottle dated 1943

7oz "76" bottle dated 1945

7oz Oso Grape bottle dated 1946

7oz "76" bottle dated 1946

7oz Oso Grape bottle dated 1947

12oz Sun Flower Beverages bottle dated 1948. While this bottle claims to be bottled by the Tip Bottling Company of Norton, VA, I’m pretty sure that like the 1951 and 1958 Sun Crest bottles that follow it these were also associated with the Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of Norton, VA, or at least its Southwest Beverages division.

10oz Mil-Kay bottle dated 1949. While the bottle says "Mil-Kay Bottling Co." I'm sure this one is from the Pepsi Bottling Company, because Mil-Kay appears to have been bottled by quite a few Pepsi bottlers, so it is an easy assumption to make.

12oz Pepsi bottle dated 1948

10oz Sun Crest Bottle dated 1951

10oz Pepsi bottle dated 1955

10oz Pepsi bottle dated 1957

10oz Sun Crest Bottle dated 1958

A Pepsi-Cola ad from July 10, 1941

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