Vintage 1970s NOS Double Cola Bottle Cap — Seven Up Bottling Hagerstown MD 🥤

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🥤 This is a New Old Stock (NOS) 1970s Double Cola bottle cap, originally distributed by the Seven Up Bottling Company of Hagerstown, Maryland. Clean, unused, and never crimped onto a bottle, it remains exactly as it left the bottler decades ago.

📚 Double Cola’s survival and growth during World War II is a documented part of American soda history. The company was founded by former Pepsi bottlers, and those industry relationships proved critical during wartime sugar rationing. While many smaller soda brands struggled or disappeared, Double Cola was able to continue production thanks to access secured through established bottling networks.

🇺🇸 That wartime continuity allowed Double Cola to emerge from WWII intact, expanding through regional bottlers in the decades that followed. By the 1970s, companies like Seven Up were distributing Double Cola locally, making caps like this a tangible link between wartime industry survival and postwar American consumer culture.

🧢 The bold red crown design and printed ingredient list are classic hallmarks of 1970s soda branding. As true NOS, this cap shows no bottle wear and retains its original finish — a small but authentic artifact of mid‑century American soft drink history.

⭐ A meaningful collectible for soda memorabilia enthusiasts, bottle cap collectors, or anyone interested in the overlooked industrial stories behind everyday American brands.