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[[File:75coke.jpg|300px|thumb|left|Plaque awarded for 75 years of producing Coca Cola in Dubuque]] | [[File:75coke.jpg|300px|thumb|left|Plaque awarded for 75 years of producing Coca Cola in Dubuque]] | ||
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COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY. Located at 2435 Kerper Blvd. in 1968, the company was established in Dubuque in 1905 when it had thirty employees manufacturing soft drinks. | COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY. The first mention of "coco cola" (sic) being manufactured in Dubuque comes in 1910. In that year a portion of the former [[PEASLEE BREWERY]] was leaded to H. A. Hill for the manufacture of this product. (1) | ||
Located at 2435 Kerper Blvd. in 1968, the company was established in Dubuque in 1905 when it had thirty employees manufacturing soft drinks. | |||
[[Image:cokebottle.png|left|thumb|250px|Coca-Cola bottle]] | [[Image:cokebottle.png|left|thumb|250px|Coca-Cola bottle]] | ||
[[Image:base.png|right|thumb|250px|Base of Coke bottle reading "Dubuque, Iowa"]] | [[Image:base.png|right|thumb|250px|Base of Coke bottle reading "Dubuque, Iowa"]] | ||
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The 1966 through 1985 ''Dubuque City Directory'' listed 2435 Kerper Blvd. | The 1966 through 1985 ''Dubuque City Directory'' listed 2435 Kerper Blvd. | ||
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1. "Will Make Coco Cola in Dubuque," Telegraph Herald, April 26, 1910, p. 24. Online: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=w25CAAAAIBAJ&sjid=86oMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3732,1521922&dq=peaslee+and+company+dubuque&hl=en | |||
[[Category: Bottlers]] | [[Category: Bottlers]] | ||
[[Category: Bottle Openers]] | [[Category: Bottle Openers]] | ||
Revision as of 04:19, 23 November 2013
COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY. The first mention of "coco cola" (sic) being manufactured in Dubuque comes in 1910. In that year a portion of the former PEASLEE BREWERY was leaded to H. A. Hill for the manufacture of this product. (1)
Located at 2435 Kerper Blvd. in 1968, the company was established in Dubuque in 1905 when it had thirty employees manufacturing soft drinks.
The 1911-12 Dubuque City Directory listed 272 4th.
The 1922 through 1964 Dubuque City Directory listed 441 White.
The 1966 through 1985 Dubuque City Directory listed 2435 Kerper Blvd.
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1. "Will Make Coco Cola in Dubuque," Telegraph Herald, April 26, 1910, p. 24. Online: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=w25CAAAAIBAJ&sjid=86oMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3732,1521922&dq=peaslee+and+company+dubuque&hl=en