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
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.
Object number2016.37.4
MarkingsMolded into the bottle around the base are the letters and words: "N 19 0-1 no refill 10 B0-Z". The paper label has a portrait of Osama Bin Laden and bove his portrait in a red circle is a capital A and a capital S between which are the words [A]lway[s] / [A]sk for / [A]very'[s]. Below the portrait is a red banner with the words "SO LONG, OSAMA" / while below that is "BLOOD ORANGE SODA."
To the left of the circle are the words "A PORTION OF THE / PROCEEDS WILL BENEFIT / VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS." To the right of the circle is "GOD BLESS AMERICA".
Along the left edge of the label: "BOTTLED BY AVERY'S BEVERAGES LLC, NEW BRITAIN, CT 8 LISC. #NAB681 8 WWW.AVERYSODA.COM." Along the left edge of the label : "INGREDIENTS: CARBONATED WATER, PURE CANE SUGAR, NATURAL FLAVORS, / CITRIC ACID, YELLOW #5, RED #40 AND SODIUM BENZOATE (A PRESERVATIVE)"
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Cott Beverage Corp.
2001
William G. Dudley
1917
about 1850