Smile Soda Bottle

Name/Title

Smile Soda Bottle

Entry/Object ID

2015.20

Description

Small "Smile" sample bottle, raised letters on the bottom "2 1/2 oz, pat. July 11, 1922," found near Little Lake where excavators have dug up an old trash pile. Smile was a company that started manufacturing soda in the early 1920s in several places in the US, during the prohibition years; some websites show this small bottle as a sample bottle, others as a syrup jar .

Acquisition

Accession

2015.20

Source or Donor

Paul Marose

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Bottle

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Vessel

Nomenclature Class

Containers

Nomenclature Category

Category 07: Distribution & Transportation Objects

Search Terms

glassware, container, glass bottle, soda pop

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Marose, Paul

Create Date

September 20, 2015

Update Date

July 8, 2026