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Bottle #42: Klasek's Bottling Works
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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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Why Track This
The anchor example for one of the catalog’s clearest documented cases of mold-sharing across unrelated bottlers — Smith’s book presents these five side by side as “an example of several bottling companies using the same mold.”
Current State
Marked “Klasek’s Bottling Works,” no location given. Suggested price range: $10.00-$12.50. Shares its stock mold with Dr. Pepper Bottling Co. of Mt. Pleasant (#21), Taylor Bottling Works (#67), Crown Bottling Co. (#14), and San Benito Bottling Works (#60).
Next Action
None.
Notes
This mold-sharing detail is a useful illustration of how the company economized on tooling — a single mold serving customers with entirely different brand names.