When was clorox in a glass bottle

This specimen was specifically selected for the final month in as the Clorox company has been celebrating its th anniversary this year, started by five businessmen in to manufacture liquid bleach. Shown here is the type Clorox pint-sized bottle from the early s that our featured sea glass shard would have come from. Facts of Interest. From to the "pint-sized" Clorox bottle was actually only 15 ounces. The company initially began commercial production of industrial-strength bleach distributed in five-gallon crockery jugs.

Beginning in and through Clorox began selling to American households in pint-sized amber glass bottles. From through the amber glass containers were used by many other companies, which bottled a variety of liquid products.

Therefore, unless the paper label is on the bottle or the stopper that has the Clorox name on it is still attached, one can not determine if it is indeed a Clorox bottle.

In the company went public and became the Clorox Chemical Company. From on, "Clorox" glass bottles with rubber stoppers became distinguishable by numerous characteristics. From through the Clorox diamond trademark was found on the bottom of the bottle. The rubber stoppers had the word "Clorox" on the top. In , "Clorox" was added in solid lettering to the neck and shoulder and in to the heel as well. Starting in the contents were identified and four years later a fill line was included under the content identification.

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Get the app. Sell or buy. Almost anything. Through the years, the quart bottle also experienced various changes in height and width, though it always contained 32 ounces. Clorox liquid bleach was initially offered in five-gallon crockery jugs because it was used exclusively by industrial concerns, such as laundries, breweries, walnut bleachers and municipal water companies.

This product was delivered by horse and wagon to various customers in the San Francisco Bay Area for use as a bleach, stain remover, deodorant and disinfectant. Starting in , the Electro-Alkaline Co. After , our glass bottles can be distinguished by various characteristics. The following tips and illustrations point out variations in style, markings, lettering, glass texture and handles, and together serve as a guide in determining the approximate vintage of early Clorox bottles. Beginning in The Clorox Company began making Clorox bottles with threaded necks for screw tops, replacing the rubber stopper cork tops of the earlier bottles.

Until , the lettering on Clorox bottles continued to be raised and solid.