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Barney and Ally Hartman first came up with the name, Mountain Dew, as a joke in 1932. It was an old 19th century name for moonshine. In the early 40's, the brothers started making this lithiated lemon drink to be mixed with hard liquor.
John Brochette made the first drawings of a character called Willy the Hillbilly in 1946. Later, the Tip Corporation was now bottling Mountain Dew. In 1964, Pepsi bought the Tip Corporation with the rights to bottle Mountain Dew.
This is a very rare one, it states, "Jimmy, Little Charles, Connie, Shan, Allie, & Vernice", on the face. It also has a painted Willy the Hillbilly on both sides of the neck. There were well over 1000 different named bottles that stated "filled / bottled by" on the face. Starting in 1964, Pepsi used the "It'll tickle yore innards!" expletive with Willy the Hillbilly on some of their bottles. In 1973, the company wanted a more mature drinker, so they abandoned the Willy character to a brighter label.
This 10 oz. bottle was made by Laurens Glass Works of Laurens, South Carolina, and is dated 1964, on the bottom.
This bottle is full. The condition of the graphics is faded some, all around the bottle. The backside has some smudges, as shown. The bottle has 2 lines of light case wear, and a chip on the bottom, 1 1/2" wide, as shown. The Mountain Dew cap looks good, as shown.
Shipping for this bottle will be only $9.00 anywhere in the U.S. for 2-4 day mail.
If you purchase more of my many asst. bottles, I will ship them FREE with this one.
John Brochette made the first drawings of a character called Willy the Hillbilly in 1946. Later, the Tip Corporation was now bottling Mountain Dew. In 1964, Pepsi bought the Tip Corporation with the rights to bottle Mountain Dew.
This is a rare one, it states, "Bottled by Homer and Bert", on the face. There were almost 100 different named bottles that stated "filled / bottled by" on the face, but I have rarely seen one. In 1965, Pepsi used the "It'll tickle yore innards!" expletive with Willy the Hillbilly on some of their bottles. In 1973, the company wanted a more mature drinker, so they abandoned the Willy character to a brighter label.
This bottle was made by Owens-Corning Glass Works, and is dated 1965, on the bottom.
This bottle is full. The condition of the graphics is very good, all around the bottle. It has 2 very light lines of case wear, that you can hardly see. The bottle has no chips or cracks. The Mountain Dew cap is perfect.
Shipping for this bottle will be only $9.00 anywhere in the U.S. for 2-4 day Priority mail.
If you purchase more of my many asst. bottles, I will ship them FREE with this one.Reply
