{"product_id":"memphis-cork-bottle-cap-transports-collectors-treasures","title":"Antique 1920s Memphis Chaser Cork Bottle Cap 🥤 Lithiated Soda History","description":"\u003ch2\u003eWhat Was Lithiated Soda? 🥤 Antique 1920s Memphis Chaser Cork Bottle Cap\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 1\/4\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7tR6mLKdT98\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e🥤 Antique Memphis Chaser Cork Bottle Cap\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA green crown with \u003cstrong\u003eChaser\u003c\/strong\u003e in dark green script and a long swooping underline, inside a dark green ring. That one word is all it says. Flip it over and it's the real old kind, a pressed composition cork liner, from the years before plastic liners took over in the 1960s. Like every uncrimped crown it measures 1 1\/4\" across.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🍋 Chaser, the Memphis lithia soda\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChaser was a Memphis original. In 1925 \u003cstrong\u003eThomas George Chase\u003c\/strong\u003e of Memphis came up with the formula, and his \u003cstrong\u003eChase Bottling Co.\u003c\/strong\u003e at 362 Winchester Avenue bottled it: a lemon-flavored soda with \u003cstrong\u003elithium citrate\u003c\/strong\u003e in it. Lithiated drinks were believed to cure indigestion and hangovers, and with a name like Chaser, a drink you'd reach for after a shot, the maker's name and the joke lined up perfectly. Chase's bottles and cases turn up from the 1920s and '30s, and Chaser was still being advertised in the late 1940s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChaser wasn't the only soda selling lithium. \u003cstrong\u003eCharles Leiper Grigg\u003c\/strong\u003e launched a lemon-lime drink in St. Louis the year before the 1929 crash that also claimed lithium citrate; in 1936 the federal government made the maker drop its health claims, and in 1937 it was renamed plain \u003cstrong\u003e7 Up\u003c\/strong\u003e. Chaser kept going. It went international in 1956, the \u003cstrong\u003eDouble Cola Company\u003c\/strong\u003e of Chattanooga bought it in 1957, and it disappeared as an American brand after that, until Double Cola brought it back to the U.S. in 2010.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis listing is for \u003cstrong\u003eone randomly selected survivor example\u003c\/strong\u003e. Each cap can show one or more of the following: surface wear, oxidation, and rubbing from long‑term storage, the way old cork‑lined crown caps do.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA real piece of Memphis soda history.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"relatedBlock\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e🔎 More From The Vintage \u0026amp; Antique Gifts Archive\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vintageantiquesgifts.com\/products\/vintage-1950s-tru-root-beer-cork-bottle-cap-baltimore-md\"\u003eVintage 1950s Tru Root Root Beer Cork-Lined Bottle Cap 🥤 Baltimore Soda Advertising, Delicious and Creamy Mug Graphic, Beverage Collectible\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vintageantiquesgifts.com\/products\/vintage-tom-collins-bottle-cap-detroit-treasures-gifts-home\"\u003eVintage NOS 1940s–1950s Kar’s Tom Collins Mixer 🍸 Cork Bottle Cap — Detroit, Michigan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vintageantiquesgifts.com\/products\/vintage-1980s-nehi-grape-bottle-cap-dr-pepper-bottling-jefferson-nc-treasures\"\u003eVintage Nehi Grape Soda Bottle Cap 🍇 Since 1924 Crown Cap Purple Soda Advertising Collectible\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Vintage and Antique Gifts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44454045155560,"sku":"VAG-8200791359720","price":5.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/2718\/4037\/files\/il_fullxfull.4841845764_f39q.jpg?v=1785439096","url":"https:\/\/vintageantiquesgifts.com\/products\/memphis-cork-bottle-cap-transports-collectors-treasures","provider":"Vintage and Antique Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}