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Three Rivers Glass Bottles — Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Co. online catalog (full per-entry capture)
Source: https://www.handhcoffeefactory.com/bottles/
Source: https://www.handhcoffeefactory.com/bottles/ (© 2026; single-page catalog with company/brand cross-links). Ingested 2026-07-26; supersedes the summary-level capture of the same page. The catalog reproduces the numbered list “from the Price List on page 39 of Michael David Smith’s Texas Glass” as “a working reference for identifying Three Rivers-marked bottles,” and treats embossed names as customer orders — bottles made for the named companies. Some attributions are self-flagged as tentative (“possibly Southern Bottling Co.”, “Taylor, Texas?”).
Detail beyond the bare price-list names (numbered entries)
- #1 Anderson’s Soda Water — bottled by Coca-Cola Bottling Co. (brand vs. bottler distinction)
- #5 Big Chief — Blackburn Bros., Clarksville, Texas
- #7 Brandimist — Atlanta, Georgia (out-of-state)
- #12 Coca-Cola Gills — Beeville, Texas
- #13 “Contents 6-1/2 Fl. Oz.” — Uvalde, Texas
- #15 Delaware Punch — “Patented March 4 1924”
- #17 DP Soda (Dr. Pepper) — Uvalde, Texas; “melted” appearance
- #18–23 Dr. Pepper bottlers — separate town-level customers: Eagle Lake (large “#2” on neck), Laredo, Mt. Pleasant, Paris, Temple; plus the “Good For Life / 10, 2 & 4” design
- #24 Dragon — Dragon Bottling Co., San Antonio (embossed dragon)
- #26 Evangeline Pepper Sauce — St. Martinville, La.
- #27–28 F. J. Piwetz Bottling Wks — Fayetteville, Texas (early vs. later style)
- #29 Fizzon — “Joy-Synth”
- #34 H and H Coffee Crystalvac jars — San Antonio; clear & amber; “We Roast It — Others Praise It” lid
- #35 H. Cuellar — Zapata, Texas
- #37 Ideal Bottling Co. — dual Ball Bros./Three Rivers markings
- #38 “It — The Whole Tired World Wants It” — San Antonio
- #40 Jumbo — “SBC” mark, possibly Southern Bottling Co., Corpus Christi (hedged)
- #43 Kraus Bottled Purity — Fredericksburg, Texas
- #46 Milk bottles — named dairies: Mistletoe Creameries; Lone Star Creamery (Houston); Phoenix Dairy (“Milk — The Ideal Food”); Roselawn Farms (Three Rivers, Texas) — a hometown customer
- #49 Nehi Beverages — Columbus, GA variant; “Design Pat’d Mar 3, 23”
- #50 Nicholson Brand — El Paso, Texas
- #51–52 “No. 1 in Quality and Size” — Rodriguez Root Beer Bottling Co., San Antonio (16 oz sun emboss; 15 oz dual-3-Rivers-marked variant)
- #53 Orange Crush — Kenedy, TX and New Braunfels, TX variants
- #55 Pickoff “Sign of Purity” — Taylor, Texas (large “HP” circle)
- #59 Royal Crown Root Beer — Morgan City, La.
- #61–62 Sharry Prod. Co. — Mission, Texas (“Rio Rey” base; stopper variant)
- #65 Staat’s Beverages — Coca Cola Bottling Co., New Braunfels, Texas
- #66 Standard Bottling Works — ”…Never Sold” slogan, San Antonio
- #74 Victory Bottling Works — El Paso, “Phone M 2590”
- #75 Yoakum C.V.C. Co. — Yoakum, Texas; 8 FL OZ; star mark
Addendum — confirmed customer beyond Smith’s 75
- UNEEDA Bottling Works — Beaumont, Texas. Clear, 9” tall. Embossing verbatim: UNEEDA (shoulder), MIN. CONT. 8 FL. OZ. (heel), BOTTLING WORKS (near shoulder), 3 Rivers “star” (heel), 8 FL. OZS. / W. (base).
Unknowns — suggestive but unconfirmed
Section framing verbatim: “Bottles in the collection whose Three Rivers attribution is suggestive but not yet matched to a numbered entry”:
- City Bottling Works — Con 6 1/2 FL OZ (no city)
- Coca Cola Bottling Works — Lockhart, Texas
- Smile — Glenmora, LA — “Patented July 11, 1922 / Contents 6 1/2 Fl Oz”
- Unlabeled, clear — 6 1/2 fl oz; 3 Rivers “star” (heel); three “large outlined star” marks (bottom)