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A confirmed Three Rivers Glass customer bottle beyond Smith's 75-item price list: UNEEDA Bottling Works, Beaumont, Texas. Clear, 9 inches tall; embossing verbatim — UNEEDA (shoulde…
Next: None — documented in the Hoffmann-Hayman collection; watch for a second specimen or period Beaumont directory corroboration.
A Three Rivers customer bottle documented only in Smith's photo plates, not his price list: Jay Bee Liquid Bluing (laundry bluing), photographed on p. 51 of Texas Glass (Charles Ar…
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Bottling location: Beeville, Texas. Suggested collector price: $18.00-$20.00. (An earlier note tied Beeville to Gutzon Borglum's residence; that claim was reassessed 2026-07-26 as …
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A one-quart Three Rivers jar photographed on p. 55 of Smith's Texas Glass with its original paper label surviving: 'Crown Brand Dill Pickles' with a stylized barrel design. Smith n…
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A promotional calendar distributed by Three Rivers Glass Company in 1932 (covering February 1931-January 1932), owned by Mrs. Pearl Stewart, is the source of nearly all surviving f…
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Property of Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Suggested collector price: $10.00-$12.00.
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No bottling location indicated. Suggested collector price: $8.00-$12.00.
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Bottling location: Bastrop, Texas. Suggested collector price: $10.00-$12.00. One of two Coca-Cola-franchise bottles in the catalog (see also #12, Beeville).
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Bottling location: Uvalde, Texas. Suggested collector price: $8.00-$10.00.
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Bottling location: West, Texas (per Smith's book, marked with a question mark in the original text). Suggested collector price: $10.00-$12.00.
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No bottling location indicated. Suggested collector price: $12.00-$15.00. Delaware Punch was a real, nationally distributed soft drink brand, founded in Texas.
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Bottling location: Kingsville, Texas. Suggested collector price: $15.00-$17.50.
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Bottling location: Uvalde, Texas. Distinctive 'melted' glass appearance. Suggested collector price: $18.00-$21.50 — the highest-valued of the six Dr. Pepper variants in this catalo…
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Bottling location: Eagle Lake, Texas. Smooth bottle with a large '#2' embossed on the neck. Suggested collector price: $10.00-$12.00.
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The classic 'Good For Life' / '10, 2 & 4' Dr. Pepper design, bottled at various locations. Suggested collector price: $20.00-$22.50.
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Bottling location: Austin, Texas. Suggested collector price: $12.00-$15.00.
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Bottling location: Laredo, Texas. Crackled-glass appearance. Suggested collector price: $10.00-$12.00.
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Bottling location: Mt. Pleasant, Texas. Ribbed bottle with diamonds circling the neck and base. Suggested collector price: $12.00-$15.00.
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Bottling location: Paris, Texas. Raised dots and vertical ribs design. Suggested collector price: $20.00-$22.50.
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Bottling location: Temple, Texas. Cracked appearance with vertical ribs. Suggested collector price: $18.00-$20.00.
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Bottling location: San Antonio, Texas. Embossed dragon design on the bottle neck. Suggested collector price: $15.00-$18.00.
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No bottling location indicated. Suggested collector price: $8.00-$10.00.
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Made in St. Martinville, Louisiana. Approximately 4.5 inches tall. Suggested collector price: $12.00-$13.50.
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Bottling location: Fayetteville, Texas. Smooth bottle, earlier design style. Suggested collector price: $10.00-$12.00.
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Bottling location: Fayetteville, Texas. Diagonal design, later style. Suggested collector price: $10.00-$12.00.
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No bottling location indicated. Suggested collector price: $10.00-$12.00. A soda-water bottle of this same marking ('FIZZON — JOY-SYNTH') is separately documented in the 1973 marke…
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Classic clear-glass 'longneck' style beer bottle. Suggested collector price: $5.00-$7.00.
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Two sizes catalogued: large ($10.00-$12.00) and small ($8.00-$10.00). A recognizable, still-remembered Texas chili-powder brand.
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No bottling location indicated. Suggested collector price: $10.00-$12.00. Distinct from the shorter, squatter 'Milwaukee Drinks' bottle catalogued separately (#47).
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Bottling location: Giddings, Texas. Notably not the classic Coca-Cola contour bottle design. Suggested collector price: $12.50-$15.00.
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Bottling location: Waco, Texas. Suggested collector price: $10.00-$12.00. Part of a documented shared-stock-mold cluster with four other bottlers.
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The 'Crystalvac' vacuum-packed coffee jar ordered by Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Company in 1932 (a quarter-million units, one of the largest single glass orders in Texas history). Clea…
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Bottling location: Zapata, Texas. Suggested collector price: $12.50-$15.00.
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Bottling location: Hondo, Texas. Suggested collector price: $10.00-$12.50.
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No bottling location indicated. Suggested collector price: $35.00-$40.00 — among the highest in the standard catalog. Notable because it bears BOTH the '3 Rivers' mark and the 'Bal…
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Bottling location: San Antonio, Texas. A distinctive slogan-marked bottle, described by Smith as 'not uncommon — we have found several over the years.' Suggested collector price: $…
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Bottling location: Pearsall, Texas. Suggested collector price: $15.00-$16.00.
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Classic amber-glass 'longneck' style beer bottle. Suggested collector price: $9.00-$11.00.
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No bottling location indicated on the bottle itself, but the bottom reads 'SBC' — possibly Southern Bottling Co. of Corpus Christi. Suggested collector price: $12.00-$15.00.
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No bottling location indicated. Suggested collector price: $12.00-$15.00. Kist was a real, nationally franchised soft-drink brand.
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No bottling location indicated. Suggested collector price: $10.00-$12.50. Explicitly documented by Smith as sharing a stock mold with four other bottlers.
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Bottling location: Fredericksburg, Texas. Suggested collector price: $12.00-$15.00.
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No bottling location indicated. Embossed knight design. Suggested collector price: $18.00-$20.00.
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Screw-type top. Suggested collector price: $7.50-$9.00 — one of the lower-valued items in the catalog.
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A single catalog entry covering multiple milk-bottle and dairy-jar variants: plain quart ($10-12), plain pint ($8-10), plain half-pint ($8-10), Mistletoe Creameries quart ($18-21),…
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No bottling location indicated. Described by Smith as 'a short, squat bottle.' Suggested collector price: $10.00-$12.00.
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No bottling location indicated. Suggested collector price: $15.00-$18.00. Likely related to the Mistletoe Creameries dairy jars catalogued under Bottle #46.
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The classic Nehi bottle design used for over forty years by the national Nehi brand; some examples marked with Columbus, Georgia as bottling location. Suggested collector price: $1…
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Bottling location: Clarksville, Texas. Suggested collector price: $10.00-$12.00. Note: a former employee (David Jones) disputes designing this specific 'Big Chief' bottle, saying h…
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Bottling location: El Paso, Texas. Suggested collector price: $10.00-$12.00.
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Rodriguez Root Beer Bottling Co., San Antonio, Texas. 16 oz. bottle with a large sun embossed on the front. Suggested collector price: $12.50-$15.00.
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Identical design to Bottle #51 but in a 15 oz. size with no bottler information indicated. Notably marked with the '3 Rivers' trademark twice — both on the bottom ('3R*') and the s…
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Multiple bottling-location variants exist: Kenedy, Texas; New Braunfels, Texas; and examples with no bottling location indicated. Suggested collector price: $10.00-$12.50.
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Bottling location: Austin, Texas. Suggested collector price: $10.00-$12.50. One of the catalog's two nationally franchised cola brands (alongside Coca-Cola, #1/#11/#12/#32).
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Bottling location: Taylor, Texas. Noted by a large 'HP' enclosed in a circle. Suggested collector price: $9.00-$10.50 — one of the lower-valued items in the catalog.
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Bottling location: Luling, Texas. Suggested collector price: $10.00-$12.00.
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A 2.5 oz. bottle believed to have held shoe polish, not a beverage. Suggested collector price: $6.50-$7.50 — among the lowest values in the catalog.
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Stippled surface texture with a smooth band around the center of the bottle. Suggested collector price: $5.00-$7.50 — among the lowest values in the catalog.
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Bottling location: Morgan City, Louisiana. Suggested collector price: $18.50-$20.00.
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Bottling location: Rusk, Texas. Suggested collector price: $15.00-$17.50.
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Bottling location: San Benito, Texas. Suggested collector price: $10.00-$12.50. Part of the documented shared-stock-mold cluster anchored by Klasek's Bottling Works (#42).
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Bottling location: Mission, Texas. Bottom reads 'Rio Rey.' 6 oz. bottle with a crackled-glass effect. Suggested collector price: $10.00-$12.50.
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Bottling location: Mission, Texas. Fitted with a composition stopper secured by a wire clamp. Suggested collector price: $12.00-$15.00.
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Bottling location: Corpus Christi, Texas. Suggested collector price: $10.00-$12.50. Likely the full identity behind the 'SBC'-marked Bottle #40 (Jumbo).
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Bottling location: Georgetown, Texas. Suggested collector price: $10.00-$12.50. Part of the same shared-stock-mold cluster as Holt Beverage Co. (#33).
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Property of Coca-Cola Bottling Co., New Braunfels, Texas. Suggested collector price: $12.00-$15.00.
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Bottling location: San Antonio, Texas. Marked with the unusual slogan phrase 'Never Sold' (likely referring to bottle-deposit/ownership policy). Suggested collector price: $10.00-$…
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Bottling location: Taylor, Texas (per Smith's book, marked with a question mark in the source). Suggested collector price: $10.00-$12.50. Part of the shared-stock-mold cluster anch…
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Bottling location: Waco, Texas. Suggested collector price: $12.00-$15.00.
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Bottling location: Temple, Texas. 6.5 oz. bottle with a cracked-glass appearance. Suggested collector price: $10.00-$12.00.
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Bottling location: Atlanta, Georgia. Suggested collector price: $10.00-$12.00. One of the catalog's clearest examples of Three Rivers Glass's out-of-state customer reach.
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No specific bottling location indicated, though Trappey's was a well-known Louisiana food company. Suggested collector price: $6.50-$8.00.
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No specific bottling location indicated. Suggested collector price: $6.00-$8.00 — among the lowest values in the catalog.
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Bottling location: Trinity, Texas. Suggested collector price: $10.00-$12.00. Part of the shared-stock-mold cluster anchored by Holt Beverage Co. (#33).
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Bottling location: Houston, Texas. Suggested collector price: $12.50-$15.00.
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Bottling location: El Paso, Texas ('Phone M2590' noted on the listing). Suggested collector price: $15.00-$18.00.
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Bottling location: Yoakum, Texas. Suggested collector price: $12.00-$15.00. The final (75th) item in Michael David Smith's 1989 collector price list.
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No bottling location indicated. Suggested collector price: $8.00-$12.00.
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Bottling location: Dallas, Texas. Suggested collector price: $20.00-$25.00 — one of the higher-valued items in the catalog.
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Informal local currency the company relied on during the Depression: payroll checks payable only once bottles were sold, later replaced by printed scrip that local merchants accept…
Next: No surviving physical example identified in sources gathered so far — worth asking Kevin Mackey or the Grace Armantrout Museum whether any specimens survive in local collections.
Cast aluminum historical marker with a Swedish-steel effect, 18 by 28 inches, dedicated May 26, 1973 alongside Farm Road 72 (later Highway 72/202), four blocks west of downtown Thr…
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The company's trademark: a stylized 'Three Rivers' or '3 Rivers' name with a five-pointed star, appearing in several variations (most commonly '3 RIVERS' followed by a star; less c…
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Patented bottle-blowing machine sold by A. F. Tremblay to Three Rivers Glass Company for $6,000 via a bill of sale dated March 15, 1924 (recorded June 1928), covered by U.S. Patent…
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