August-September
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August-September
CAN -OGRAM Volume 34 Issue 5 August 2007 / September 2007 1 C-O-G On The Cover This photo is taken from a magazine ad printed in 1954. For more information see page 6. “CAN-O-GRAM” is published six times a year and is the official newsletter of the ‘’NATIONAL POP CAN COLLECTORS”. An initiation fee of $5, with annual dues of $20 thereafter to all US residents and $25 in US funds to all other countries. For membership and address changes inquire at NPCC / Lance Meade / 335 Dellwood St S / Cambridge MN 55008. Submission deadlines for ads, articles, new can photos, etc. are as follows: Dec / Jan issue = November 15 Feb / Mar issue = January 15 Apr / May issue = March 15 Jun / Jul issue = May 15 Aug / Sep issue = July 15 Oct / Nov issue = September 15 All issues are sent First Class PPD out of the CAMBRIDGE, MN 55008 post office. Editors Notes 3 Supplement to Soft Drink in Cans # 10 4 Cover Story 6 Can V. Bottle 7 Auction Watch 8 Recent Finds 10 Can o Gram Pages 14 Want Ads 14 Mountain Dew Bottle Art 15 Send articles and inquiries to: NPCC / Lance Meade 335 Dellwood St S Cambridge, MN 55008 Internet Web Site: www.canogram.com Email: [email protected] All rights reserved. © No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any way without the written permission from the publisher. 2 C-O-G Supplement to Soft Drinks in Cans Part 11 & Extrava-Can-Za Recap Editors Notes The 2007 Extrava-Can-Za is coming up fast. It has been suggested that we have a club meeting Friday evening (August 10) to discuss club issues. The details for this meeting are not yet complete, but you are all encouraged to attend. If you would like to receive the details about this meeting when they are finalized email me at [email protected] please include your phone number. You may also call 763-228-1781 (cell) if I don’t answer leave a message. My wife and I will be arriving to our hotel; the Comfort Suites in Goodlettsville , Tennessee late Wednesday. If you are looking for a place to stay check it out. If enough people stay at this hotel we could have the meeting there followed by some room to room trading and possibly have a club sponsored pizza party. If the meeting is not held Friday evening there will be a short meeting at the show. One of the things that needs to be decided at this meeting is what the dues should be lowered to. I believe we can safely lower them to somewhere between $12 and $15. We also need to hold an election at this show. The reason for this is the BCCA requires Chapters to hold an election each year. The officers that are needed are President (Director), Vice President/Treasurer and Secretary. I will once again be running for the Vice President/Treasurer position but we are in need of candidates for President and Secretary. At least 2 of the officers must be BCCA members, I am a BCCA member so that means we need at least 1 more BCCA member to come forward. If you are interested please let me know. I do apologize for the short notice on this but it totally slipped my mind until a few days ago. Speaking of BCCA Chapters there is a new BCCA chapter that some of you may be interested in joining. The Aluminum Bottle CANoisseurs Chapter has been formed. If you collect Aluminum Bottles and are interested in joining this Chapter email Bob Renforth #22410 [email protected]. Included in this issue is a flyer for the Hoosier Chapters Cabin Fever Reliever show which will be held February 29th—March 1st 2008. Mark your calendars! I know it’s early but I had room this issue. Don’t forget about the upcoming Hawkeye Chapter / NPCC Mega Show on July 26th –28th. Hope to see you at this show or the Extrava-Can-Za.. Lance 3 C-O-G Supplement to Soft Drink in Cans Part 10 First Published in 1954 Submitted by Gene Judd Scuttle-butt of Cans vs. Bottles Many people feel that the lining affects the taste of the drink. “Can liner taste”, to those who know, is purely a prejudice. The liner has no taste. The liner in the flat top is baked on and is about as hard as glass. That in the cone top is baked-on enamel which is covered with wax. The wax will absorb or take away some of the flavor of certain drinks; but adds none. In some cases on record, when a taster felt he detected a tin taste in a beverage, the liner showed no evidence of softening or giving way. When a bottled beverage has been held at room temperature for from 4 to 8 months, it tastes quite stale. This should be expected, particularly with fruit type beverage. When a beverage kept that long in a can is tasted, the taster oft times interprets the stale taste as a liner or metal taste. Many vegetables and fruits have been packed in both tin and glass for a long time. If both were not satisfactory, one or the other would have been off the market. Noncarbonated drinks have been canned for several years with continuing success, with no complaint of can liner or metal taste. That one may taste a metallic or iron pickup from a can in as short a period as 30 days, has been claimed by some. This does not check with the experience of those who have done a great deal of taste-testing of canned beverages even up to one year old. Most experts agree that canned drinks can be good. Not all are or have been good. The vast majority, however, are equal in taste character to the vast majority of bottled beverages. Bottlers have gone out of business because of poor beverages while their competitors have prospered with good drinks. That will happen, and perhaps is now in the process of happening, with some canned beverages. It is often stated that the crown top of a package is sanitary to drink from. If one would observe a child drinking from a bottle. He would note that the whole top of the bottle or can goes into the mouth, far below the top that was originally sealed by the crown. Many adults still retain that childhood habit. Since canned beverages were introduced, glass bottles have been advertised as having “surgical purity”. The unfortunate part of the reference is that pure. Any student of bacteriology knows that “surgical purity” means sterility. In actual practice, no package for beverages can possibly live up to that standard. You have probably read that a different can lining is necessary for every flavor. A recent newspaper editorial stated that when a can company hits on a lining that serves the purpose for one soft drink, it doesn’t’ mean that the same lining won’t make another drink taste like “dissolved snuff”. A canvass of most all the can manufacturers’ technical laboratories fails to disclose any (Continued on page 5) 4 C-O-G (Continued from page 4) can company that uses more than one lining for soft drinks. They don’t use a different can liner for each flavor. Where do these ideas come from? Some bottlers have said that cans lose gas more rapidly than bottles. Because the side seam of a can on the inside is quite rough, they feel that the gas will boil out of the can very rapidly. No evidence has been developed to indicate that in normal consumption the can loses its gas too fast. A recent advertisement of a bottle manufacturer carried the following idea: “No matter how long the soft drink stays in glass, it stays fresh and pure with all its original quality.” While a soft drink does not pick up any flavor from the glass, such a broad statement as above is wholly unfounded. Glass will not cause or prevent spoilage. All bottlers, parent houses, and flavor manufacturers would find it impossible to agree with “the stays fresh and pure” idea. Light and the sun’s rays are well known enemies of good beverages. Especially fruit flavors. Many interested parties have been led to believe that the carbonation of a beverage will attack the liner of a can. Can manufacturer's’ technicians state that this is not true. Their greatest worry is in being sure the liner covers every bit of the interior of the can. Imperfections in that coverage can be the cause of pin-holing and eventual leakage. Conclusion. If the foregoing discussion appears to be wholly favorable to soft drinks in cans, it is because so many ill-conceived ideas have been passed about. It has been the intention of this section of this report to try to have those ideas viewed in a truer light. Coming next issue: Still Drinks in 46 oz cans and Concentrates in 6 oz cans.. NEW: Collectible Soda Cans 2007 Laminated soft cover in color • • • • • • • Includes pre-zip code, zip code, early foreign and all of the known gallons New features: known cone top cans and many advertising lids from the pre-zip code flat tops Over 6000 cans pictured in color! Rarity ratings and updated value estimates 227 pages including grading reference page and additional info for dating cans Expected to be available August 1 from the publisher $58 pre-order ppd in U.S. Send check or MO to Dave Tanner 3 David Drive; Simsbury, CT 06070 Phone (860) 651-3825 For more info: http://collectiblesodacans.com 5 C-O-G About the Cover This 2 page ad appeared in a 1954 bottlers magazine. The text of the ad is : The appearance in 1953 of canned soft drinks was a delightful surprise for many pop-loving adults and children. Among Continental people, however, canned soda water raised no eyebrows. To us it was inevitable that carbonated beverages would one day be packaged in steel and tin. The advantages of cans are obvious: They are light, compact and clean. They wont break or leak. They chill fast. And they’re cheap enough for one-time use. It was just a matter of modifying an existing can for this specific use, and then stimulating the interest of some company willing to enter this new field in a big way. Both things happened last summer. From our experience in designing cans and closures for other beverages-we knew that we finally had the right container for a product that not only comes in many flavors, but develops considerable internal pressure as well. And our first big customer shared our confidence right from the beginning. This is just another example of what we mean by “Tailor-Made Package Service/” Few packaging people have as many materials to work with as do Continental scientists and engineers. In addition to containers of metal. We make them of paper, fiber, foil, film, plastics and other substances. 6 C-O-G Cans V. Bottles Originally published in Time Friday, August 03, 1962 With competitive materials such as aluminum, concrete and plastics steadily cutting into its traditional markets, the U.S. steel industry is going through a harrowing test of its metal. But in one great competitive battle—cans v. glass bottles—the steelmakers are on the attack. Cans have taken 37% of the $430 million-a-year beer container market away from bottles, and now they are looming bigger in the softdrink container business. Fortnight ago, Continental Can Co. reported that sales of its soft-drink cans were running 40% ahead of last year. Canned soft drinks were almost unknown nine years ago; they are expected to account for about 5% (or 1.8 billion cans) of the market this year. By 1970, predicts Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.'s commercial research department, cans will have 15.2% of the business. Strong Drinks. Though beer went into cans without trouble, it took years of research to find inside coatings that would resist the acids in soft drinks, (In early trials, grape soda came out of the can a nauseous white.) Once the problems were licked, the steel companies and canmakers spared no expense to publicize some advantages that cans have over bottles, i.e., they are unbreakable, lighter (and hence cheaper to ship), and do not have to be returned. To persuade soft-drink manufacturers that their ads ought to feature happy citizens swigging their soda pop from cans, both American Can and Continental Can offered an advertising rebate of 5¢ per case to those who switched to cans. Since local bottlers might not be able to afford their own canning equipment, American Can financed strategically 1964 American Can Company Soda Can ad. (Continued on page 16) 7 C-O-G Auction Watch By George Reichl As I began to put together this newsletter's recent auction results, my first thought was that there were not many interesting auctions. Then as I started to review some of the activity since the last newsletter I realized there were some very interesting cans changing hands. So here they are: We will start with what I believe is a one of a kind 12 ounce Par-T-Pak root beer which received 10 bids and sold for $515. Here is a very clean 10 oz. Canadian Coke flat top that received a whopping 18 bids with the final bid of $204. Here is one of the very few cone top listings that is not a C&C or Dad's cone. It is a little offgrade but still received 7 bids and a final selling price of $43. This was an auction for 48 Canada Dry cans which went for a very low price of $6.99 which is less than $.15 a can. This colorful set of Dis-Go cans also received 18 bids and sold for $153. (Continued on page 9) 8 C-O-G (Continued from page 8) The picture does not do justice to this very nice Tom Moore pre-zip orange can (left) that received 7 bids and sold for $107. This Tom Moore can (right) received only 1 bid for $.99 but did not hit the seller's reserve. It is interesting that this clean German Fanta Lemon flat (left) sold for $103 on June 1st, and this lesser condition can (right) from a different seller sold for $101 on July 2nd. This German Fanta Orange flat top (left) went for $82 on June 1st, And this one (right)from a different seller went for $101 on July 2nd. And finally, a very rare and clean Tooty Frooty which had 20 bids and sold for $669. 9 C-O-G Recent Finds Thank You to: (1) Brent Alexander (2) Jeff Haas, (3) Lance Meade. Big K Orange Pre-Zip (1) Canada Dry Tahitian Treat Pre-Zip (1) Canfield’s Root Beer Pre-Zip (1) C&C Super Orange Pre-Zip (1) Cragmont Root Beer Pre-Zip (1) Donald Duck Root Beer (1) Envigo Berry Green Tea (2) Envigo Green Tea (2) Envigo Peach Green Tea (2) Gayla Black Cherry Pre-Zip (1) Graf’s Diet Root Beer Pre-Zip (1) Graf’s Sparkling Water Pre-Zip (1) 10 C-O-G Hoffman Lemon Pre-Zip (1) Hogan Energy Drink (2) Hogan SF Energy Drink (2) Iris Cherry Cola Pre-Zip (1) Jic Jac Orange Pre-Zip (1) Masons Black Cherry Pre-Zip (1) MPC Lemonade Concentrate Pre-Zip (1) Mission Ginger Ale Pre-Zip (1) Diet Mountain Dew Valley Fair Renegade (3) Julep Orange Pre-Zip (1) Patio Orange Pre-Zip (1) Peppo (2) 11 C-O-G Puppy Pop (2) Pussy Pop (2) Rehab Recovery Supplement (2) Rex Root Beer (2) Scot Lad Blck Cherry Pre-Zip (1) Scot Lad Orange Pre-Zip (1) Shasta Low Calorie Cola Pre-zip (1) Shasta Ginger Ale Pre-Zip (1) Shasta Lemon Lime Pre-Zip (1) Sierra Mist Lemon Squeeze (3) Energy 69 (2) Socko Energy Drink (2) 12 C-O-G Socko SF Energy Drink (2) Staff Sugar Free Diet Black Cherry (2) Staff Sugar Free Diet Root Beer (2) Sum Poosie Energy Drink (2) Super Coola Orange Pre-Zip (1) Cotton Club Swiss Cream Pre-Zip (1) Syzmo Organic Energy Drink (2) Topp Grape Pre-Zip (1) Top Treat Lemon Lime Pre-Zip (1) Xyience Apple Energy Drink (2) Xyience Clear Energy Drink (2) Whoop Ass Energy Drink (2) 13 C-O-G National Pop Can Collectors 335 Dellwood St S Cambridge, MN 55008 Classified Word Ads 5 cents a word $2.00 minimum bimonthly charge Each word, abbreviation, and price count as one word Display Ads 1 Time One-half page……$5.00 Full page……...…$9.00 3 times * $12.00 $22.00 All classified ads must be paid in advance For longer periods call or write Copy should be typewritten or printed NPCC will not be responsible for errors in an ad due to poor quality copy NPCC reserves the right to refuse any advertising Near the deadline email us your ad [email protected] *Consecutive issues with NO changes All ads must be received by the 15th of the month See time schedule on page 2 No additional charge for photos Camera ready ads accepted but not a requirement NPCC members in good standing are entitled to one free classified word in each issue. The ad can be up to 125 words in length. 5 cents a word for each additional word over 125 Maximum copy size (full page) 4.5” X 7.5” FOR SALE: Mostly 1970's-1980's. Please send a self addressed, stamped envelope for my list with prices. Darryl Heine, 917 Middleton Lane, Inverness, Illinois, 60010 WANTED: steel foreign soda cans especially 10oz Canadian. And U.S. cans: any VESS, WEIGHT WATCHERS. And straight steel: FRANK'S orange w/shield, TOPMOST metallic black top blkch or cream, BELLS grape w/capital letters, KING KOOLER JR root beer metallic. Flat top SNOWY PEAK metallic lemon lime, orange, cola, root beer. I also buy collections of miscellaneous soda cans. Jeff Haas, Belleville Illinois, [email protected]. One ad per issue of 125 words or less is free to all members of the NPCC in good standing. Send your ad to Lance Meade / 335 Dellwood St S / Cambridge, MN 55008 or email [email protected]. 14 C-O-G Mountain Dew Introduces Aluminum Bottle Art Series Source: June 2007, Vending Times PepsiCo has launched Mountain Dew Green Label Art, a limitededition series of aluminum bottles adorned with designs created by a variety of artists. The Green Label Art series will be released through October in select markets and, according to the beverage maker, marks the first time a carbonated soft drink will be packaged in an aluminum bottle in the U.S. The Green Label Art creators are an eclectic group, ranging in style and fame. From apparel and sneaker designers to a vinyl action toy designer and the lead singer from a top “indie” band. In addition, Paul Rodriguez, a professional skateboarder sponsored by Mountain Dew, collaborated on a design with skater-turned-artist Chris Pastras. The artists were given a blank 16 oz. Aluminum bottle and asked to create their expressions of Mountain Dew. Treating the curved surface as a canvas, the artists used a variety of approaches and applications including tattoo design, cut-and-paste materials, paint, charcoal and computer graphics. Supporting the launch is a new website, greenlabelart.com, that features artist portfolios, behind-thescenes videos and detailed event highlights. In addition, Green Label Art is hosting a consumer-generated bottle design contest. An interactive submission platform on the website will provide creative consumers with all the tools necessary to design individualized bottles and enter them in the competition. The general public can then vote for their favorite designs. 15 C-O-G Roster Update New Member Ande Anderson #1246 13421 N 19th Place Phoenix, AZ 85022 Email: [email protected] Phone: 602-405-2985 Collects: Pop cans New Member Darryl Heine #1247 917 Middleton Lane Inverness, IL 60010 Email: [email protected] Phone: 847-842-0057 Collects: 1980's soda cans (Continued from page 7) placed canneries across the country. Bottlemakers, who were slow to awaken to the can threat in the beer business, are fighting back harder on soft drinks. Individual bottle producers are giving soft-drink companies 10¢ a case ($3,500,000 a year) in advertising subsidies to push bottles, and the Glass Container Manufacturers Institute is spending $1,500,000 this year to boost the virtues of glass ("Glass is pure, never alters original flavors . . ."). In Baby Bottles? The glassmakers have one economic advantage in the fact that bottles are reusable. Though a bottle initially costs 7¢, it can be refilled an average of 26 times—by which time the cost per filling is negligible. (By contrast, each can costs soft-drink producers from 3½¢ to 4½¢, and can be used only once.) To compete in another way, the glassmakers have taken to producing throw-away bottles— which, to needle their rivals, they have dubbed "glass cans.'' At 3½¢ apiece, throw-away bottles are more expensive than reusable ones, and cost-more to ship than cans. But largely because of their convenience, throw-away bottles last year took 1.3% of the soft-drink container market. Sid F. Davis, vice president of Owens-Illinois Glass, thinks that by 1970 throw-away bottles and cans will each get about 10% of the soft-drink business. How the public feels about bottles v. cans is hard to tell—obscured by the contradictory market surveys rolled out by the steelmakers and glassmakers. Loudest in favor of cans are supermarket operators, who find them easier to stack and are glad to be rid of the bother of taking back "empties." Small soft-drink bottlers, in general, prefer reusable glass—partly because they make less profit on canned drinks, and partly because they fear that the lower shipping costs of cans will make it possible for the major softdrink brands to get along with fewer local bottlers. As for the major drink producers, they are using cans, "glass cans" and reusable bottles indifferently and happily pocketing their advertising rebates. Says a Coca-Cola spokesman: "We'll put our Coke in baby bottles if that's what people want." 16 C-O-G