Avery's Beverages soda bottle
BottlerBottled by
Avery's Beverages
(American, founded 1904)
Date2011
Mediumglass, paper, ink
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions: (Height) 9 x (Diameter) 2 3/8in. (22.9 x 6cm)
ClassificationsCommercial Objects
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2016.37.4
DescriptionClear glass soda bottle with a paper label in red, white and blue, featuring a portrait of Osama Bin Laden flanked by American flags, with a banner under the portrait with the words "SO LONG, OSAMA". The flavor of the soda was blood orange. Evidently issued just after the capture and death of Osama Bin Laden, the alleged mastermind behind the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks using commercial air planes on the twin towers in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, and a diverted flight that crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the soda were donated to veterans organizations.
Status
Not on view
Cott Beverage Corp.
2001
12 September 2006
about 1850
