Collectible Coke Bottles

Coca-Cola Bottle Collecting
Georgia Bottles

Updated August 2010

Coke Bottles Needed

I am collecting Coke bottles from the state of Georgia, USA.
I am looking for bottles that are from Georgia towns and cities.


This is a list of the Georgia towns that I need Coke bottles from:
Abbeville 
Alma
Barnesville 
Baxley
Blakely
Buena Vista
Cairo
Chipley
Cochran
Commerce 
Darien
Dawson
Fairburn
Franklin
Kingsland
Lincolnton
Marion
Monticello
Nicholls
Sylvester
Woodbury

I ONLY NEED THE HOBBLESKIRT FROM BARNESVILLE,
I HAVE THE STRAIGHT SIDED, AND I HAVE A CAIRO 1915,
BUT, I WANT ONE THAT IS IN BETTER CONDITION.

Regarding the other towns I prefer Coke hobbleskirt
bottles, but would like to have any of the following types:
Straight Sided, Hutch, Soda Water, Flint Rock,
Key's Zesty, Southway, Big Frosty, Big Chief
Any "Property of Coca-Cola" Bottles / Brands

I collect  "Patent Nov. 16, 1915" Coca-Cola
hobbleskirt bottles from any Georgia town
 

Also, I need...
Coca-Cola 75th Anniversary
bottles from:
McRae Georgia
Manchester Georgia
 

If you have any of these bottles for sale or trade,
please contact me at sam@teampins.com
or phone 706 613-0224

I collect any type of bottle from Athens
or Coolidge Georgia, as well as other types
of collectibles and memorabilia.
I am willing to purchase any item from the
E. L. Evans Drugstore - Coolidge Georgia.
 
 

BUY, SELL OR TRADE GEORGIA BOTTLES

Sam Evans
Athens Pins and Apparel, Inc.
Athens, Georgia
706 613-0224
 

Coke Bottle History with images

More Coke Bottle History

Coca-Cola Anniversary Commerative List


 
 
Georgia Coca-Cola Bottle Checklist
Coke Bottles, hobbleskirt and straight sided, ratings.  Some towns may only have a straight sided, and others may only have a hobbleskirt, some both, but there is a bottle for each of these towns.  Also, depending on the type, it may be more colllectible than another type from the same town.  There are often many variations from most towns, some less collectibe than others.  This is just a broad general checklist.

1. indicates easy to find bottle

2. indicates difficult to find bottle, but generally available

3. indicates very difficult to find bottle

+ indicates a little more difficult, but not so much as the next higher level

Abbeville 3
Albany 1
Alma 3
Americus 1
Arlington 2
Ashburn 3
Athens 1
Atlanta 1
Augusta 1
Bainbridge 1
Ball Ground 2+
Barnesville 2+
Baxley 2+
Blakely 3
Brunswick 1+
Buena Vista 3
Cairo 3
Carrollton 1
Cartersville 1
Cedartown 1
Chipley 3
Claxton 1+
Cochran 3
Columbus 1
Commerce 3
Conyers 1
Cordele 1
Cornelia 1
Cuthbert 1+
Dalton 1
Darien 3
Dawson 2+

Dixie (Atlanta) 2
Dixie Coca-Cola Company Bottling Plant
Edgewood Avenue, Atlanta GA

Douglas 1
Dublin 1
Eastman 1
Elberton 1
Fairburn 3+
Fitzgerald 1
Fort Valley 1
Franklin 3
Gainesville 1
Griffin 1
Hartwell 1
Hawkinsville 1+
Helena 1+
Hinesville 1
Jackson 2+
Kingsland 3
Lafayette 1+
Lagrange 1
Lawrenceville 3
Lincolnton 3
Macon 1
Manchester 1+
Marietta 1
Marion 3
McRae 1+
Milledgeville 1
Monroe 1+
Monticello 3+
Moultrie 1
Newnan 1
Nicholls 3+
Pelham 2+
Richland 1+
Rochelle 3
Rome 1
Royston 3
Sandersville 1+
Savannah 1
Senoia 3
Statesboro 1
Swainsboro 1
Sylvania 2
Sylvester 3
Thomaston 1
Thomasville 1
Thomson 1
Tifton 1
Valdosta 1
Vidalia 1+
Vienna 1+
Villa Rica 2
Washington 1
Waycross 1
Waynesboro 2
West Point 1+
Woodbury 3
Wrens 1+

This is a very basic checklist
The Bill Porter list and the Georgia Crown Top Soda Bottle  book are much more specific and highly recommended reading if you collect bottles.

If you are interested in purchasing
the Crown Top Soda Bottle Book
Contact:

Carl Barnett
1211 St. Andrews Dr.
Douglas, GA  31533
Phone 912-384-0651

At this time he is charging $39.95 Plus Shipping
It has lot's of pictures and a whole lot of information
 

If you know of a town not listed,
please email and let me know so that I can update the list.

Also, if you have a link to history or info
on Coca-Cola Bottling in any of these towns,
please email it to me so that I can link it to the page.
 

Soft Drinks that started in Georgia
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History of Coca-Cola

History of Royal Crown Cola & Chero

History of Bludwine & Budwine

History of Red Rock Cola
 

Helpful Collecting Links

Identify Coke Bottle Caps

Collector Links
 

Why Georgia ?  This is the state that gave the world Coke, RC Cola & Moon Pie, Ray Charles, Allman Brothers Band, Little Richard, Otis Redding, James Brown, Johnny Mercer, B52's, REM, Gone With the Wind, Bobby Jones and the Masters,  Herschel Walker and the UGA 1980 National Championship team (yes, Ga. Tech won it one year too).

I just like Georgia and Georgia history, fun and serious.  Bottle collecting is fun and educational.  Everyone has heard of Atlanta.  A lot of famous Americans have made Atlanta famous.  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Andrew Young brought Atlanta to the attention of the world.  Muhammed Ali made Atlanta the place for his come-back fight that eventually saw him win the heavy weight boxing championship again.  Elvis and the Beatles have performed in Atlanta.  Even Elton John has a house there.  If I'm not mistaken, there is a grumpy old retired peanut famer that has a Presidential Library there too (no disrespect intended).  Atlanta has been the site of the Olympics and many great Atlanta Braves baseball games.  The great Homerun King Henry Aaron set "the" homerun record there, and without performance enhancing drugs, imagine that.

President George W. Bush held the G8 Summit on the Georgia coast.  He often visits Reynolds Plantation at Lake Oconee and Mrs. Bush has been seen visiting the quaint little antique shops in Greensboro Georgia.

But that is what most people know about Georgia.  How many folks out there know that Ball Ground Georgia had a Coca-Cola bottling plant, or that Cuthbert Georgia had a Coca-Cola bottling plant.  Have you even heard of Cuthbert? In my persuit of bottles, I learned of Cuthbert, and learned that Cuthbert was the birthplace of famous folks like Larry Holmes the boxing champion, and Roosevelt Grier famous NFL player and TV Star.  Cuthbert is where the very first pecan tree was planted in Georgia, and that there is a college in Cuthbert.

A Villa Rica coke bottle is a nice one to own, but did you know in my research of Villa Rica Georgia I discovered that this small Northwest Georgia community was the birthplace of Gospel Music.

How about a Coke bottle from Royston Georgia (I need one).  Royston was the home of one of the most famous baseball players of all time.... Ty Cobb.

How about Athens.....
Did you know that you can even find a Coke bottle with a picture of Vince Dooley on it.... and if you don't know Dooley, you don't know Georgia football.  Incredibly enough, I found Coke commerative Coke bottles from Snellville, Maysville, Tybee Island and other great Georgia places.

So, with every Georgia bottle that I collect, I learn a little more Georgia history and geography.

And, of course I can't fail to mention the best reason to travel around Georgia in search of soda bottles; you get to go to all of the eating places that the state is famous for as well.  I highly recommend ...

Old House Restaurant, Statham GA
Janine's, Macon GA
Nana's Kitchen, Wrightsville GA
Lou's Soda Fountain & Grille, Social Circle GA
Blue Willow Inn, Social Circle GA
Rey's Cuban Grill, Loganville GA
Claude's, Loganville GA
Wilson's Soul Food, Athens GA
The Grill, Athens GA
The Varsity, Athens and Atlanta
The Rah Bar, Jekyll Island GA
 

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