{"product_id":"vintage-sun-drop-cream-soda-bottle-cap-hagerstown-md-beautiful-blue","title":"Vintage NOS 1960s Cream Soda Bottle Cap 🥤 Cork Lined | P.C.C.","description":"\u003ch2\u003eWho Was P.C.C.? 🥤 Vintage NOS 1960s Cream Soda Cork-Lined Bottle Cap\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 1\/4\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"max-width:315px;margin:0 auto 20px;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:177.78%;height:0;overflow:hidden;\"\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s_f68l5PB7c\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;encrypted-media;gyroscope;picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e🥤 A \u003cstrong\u003eVintage New Old Stock (NOS) Cream Soda bottle cap\u003c\/strong\u003e from the \u003cstrong\u003e1960s\u003c\/strong\u003e, never crimped, with its original \u003cstrong\u003ecork liner\u003c\/strong\u003e. Like every uncrimped crown it measures 1 1\/4\" across.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBold white \u003cstrong\u003eCREAM SODA\u003c\/strong\u003e on a deep royal blue, with the ingredients running around the rim: \u003cem\u003eContains sugar, water, benzoate of soda solution, citric acid, caramel color\u003c\/em\u003e. Tip it on its side and the skirt names the bottler: \u003cstrong\u003eSeven-Up Bottling Co., Hagerstown, Md.\u003c\/strong\u003e, with the crown maker's little \u003cstrong\u003eP.C.C.\u003c\/strong\u003e mark on the edge.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThat skirt dates it, too. After \"Md.\" comes the ZIP code, and ZIP codes only started on July 1, 1963, so this cap was printed after that. The cork liner puts it before plastic liners took over later in the 1960s. Caps from this same Hagerstown bottler turn up for birch beer, grapefruit drink, Double Cola and more, so it clearly bottled a whole lineup alongside 7 Up itself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🚂 Hagerstown, the Hub City\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHagerstown began with \u003cstrong\u003eJonathan Hager\u003c\/strong\u003e, a German immigrant who bought land there in 1739 and founded the town in 1762 as \u003cstrong\u003eElizabethtown\u003c\/strong\u003e, after his wife. It became Hager's-Town in 1813, and Hager is remembered as the father of Washington County. So many railroads met there, the Western Maryland and the Baltimore and Ohio among them, that it earned the nickname the \u003cstrong\u003eHub City\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Civil War came right to its door. Antietam, the bloodiest single day in American history, was fought just down the road, and in 1864 Confederate General John McCausland rode in and held the town for ransom: $20,000 and a load of clothing. The story goes that General Jubal Early had meant to ask for $200,000 and somebody dropped a zero. Later, Hagerstown built airplanes, too, and Fairchild Aircraft made parts there until 1984.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA genuine piece of \u003cstrong\u003eAmerican soda history\u003c\/strong\u003e 🇺🇸 from a real Maryland bottler, ideal for collectors of vintage advertising, bottle caps, and beverage memorabilia.\u003c\/span\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\/antique-cherry-soda-cork-bottle-cap-treasures-gifts-home-gifts\"\u003eAntique Cherry Soda Cork-Lined Bottle Cap 🍒 NOS Unused 1930s-1940s Crown Cap\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vintageantiquesgifts.com\/products\/vintage-1950s-grapefruit-crush-cork-bottle-cap-pittsburgh-pa-treasures\"\u003eVintage NOS 1950s Grapefruit Crush Soda Bottle Cap 🍊 Cork Lined • Seven‑Up Bottling\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vintageantiquesgifts.com\/products\/vintage-virginia-dare-korker-bottle-cap-new-bedford-ma-brooklyn-ny-1960s\"\u003eVintage NOS 1960s Virginia Dare Korker Bottle Cap 🥤 Zapata Bottler\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":47047785513192,"sku":"VAG-9070724055272","price":5.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/2718\/4037\/files\/il_fullxfull.6692008903_pfcv.jpg?v=1785442410","url":"https:\/\/vintageantiquesgifts.com\/products\/vintage-sun-drop-cream-soda-bottle-cap-hagerstown-md-beautiful-blue","provider":"Vintage and Antique Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}