Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
2012.078.008 |
Object Name |
Carton |
Title |
Carton for King Size QUENCH Pop Bottles |
Lexicon category |
5: T&E For Science & Technology |
Credit line |
On behalf of the Taylor Family |
Date |
Late 1960s? |
Year Range from |
1966 |
Year Range to |
1971 |
Artist |
Canadian Can Company of Canada Limited |
Made |
Taylor Soft Drinks Limited (former William Taylor & Son Limited) |
Place of Origin |
Canada |
Description |
Printed cardboard pop bottle carton. It is orange, white and green, and once contained 10-ounce King Size bottles of Taylor's Dry Ginger Ale pop bottled by: "TAYLOR'S SOFT DRINKS LIMITED, OWEN SOUND, ONTARIO". The green and white side of the box advertised Taylor's Dry Ginger Ale 12-ounce King Size. The box reads: "RETURN EMPTY BOTTLES IN THIS CARTON". |
Makers mark |
Printed mark: "Continental Can Company of Canada Limited / Canadian Patents 472, 488, 559,400 & 484,783" |
Provenance |
Manufactured by the Canadian Can Company of Canada Limited for Taylor Soft Drinks Limited of Owen Sound (previously known as William Taylor and Son). Likely dates to the late 1960s. Belonged to William Humphrey Taylor. He was the son of William Taylor, who started a bottling company in Owen Sound, Grey County in 1884. In 1886, he partnered with John C. Pringle to form the Taylor and Pringle company. According to the 1892 Rutherford's Directory of Owen Sound, Taylor and Pringle manufactured "Belfast Ginger Ale" at the Belfast Ginger Ale Works. The factory was located at 156, Boyd Street. William Taylor and his family resided at 158, Boyd Street, and John Pringle's family resided at 141, Boyd Street. John Pringle died in 1911, and William Taylor created William Taylor and Son, Limited on April 19, 1917. After his death and that of his son, Christopher, in January and May of 1925, his business was managed by Clara Taylor and her son, Humphrey Taylor (born 1909). Upon her death in 1956, Humphrey Taylor became Manager. The two-storey brick factory was located at 957 4th Ave. East. Circa 1960, the firm's name changed to Taylor Soft Drinks Limited. The firm was sold in 1971. Last owned by Nora Helen Taylor, a daughter of William Humphrey Taylor. |
Collection |
Bottles & Equipment, 20th-c Collection |
Material |
Cardboard/Ink |
Dimensions |
W-24 L-27 D-0.4 cm |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Taylor, William Taylor, Christopher Taylor, William Humphrey Pringle, John Corbet |
Subjects |
Bottling Companies Owen Sound Industry Owen Sound, Ontario Soda industry |
Search Terms |
Taylor's Soft Drinks (see William Taylor & Son Limited) William Taylor & Son Limited |