Jacksonville, Florida;
Details for Soft Drink Companies
beginning with "Q & R".

Return to Jacksonville Soft Drink
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Company, Plant and Personnel Information

Detailed Company Listing,
companies beginning with "Q & R"

Sketch of Robt. W. Simms,
of the R. W. Simms Co.

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News Paper and Magazine Articles

"Quencho Beverage Co. New Quencho Stand Opens"
Aug. 29, 1928; Copyright: The Jacksonville Journal, Used with Permission.

"This new home of Red Rock Bottling Company of Jacksonville
was completed recently at 740 King St."
July 5, 1947; Copyright: The Jacksonville Journal, Used with Permission.

"Remembering the Purity Extract and Tonic Company"
Article about Charles Reif; Reif's Ginger Ale and Reif's Special
distributed in Jacksonville by Charles Blum Co.
Courtesy of The Chattanoogan. (www.chattanoogan.com)

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Pictures of existing Bottles
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Pic. of 1942 Rice's Grapette bottle; 6 oz., White, Clear Glass, Rice's Bottling Company, Jacksonville, Fla.

Pic. of Reif's Special bottle; Amber Glass (this bottle is not marked Jacksonville but Reif's Special was sold by Charles Blum Co. in Jacksonville)

Pic. of 1946 Rice's Grapette bottle; 6 oz., White, Clear Glass, Rice's Bottling Company, Jacksonville, Fla.

Pic. of Florida Coca-Cola Co. Bottling Co. Royal Palm bottle; 10 oz., White, Clear Glass, 1968, Florida Coca-Cola Bottling Co.

Pic. of Florida Coca-Cola Co. Bottling Co. Royal Palm bottle; 8 oz., Green, Clear Glass, 1963, Florida Coca-Cola Bottling Co.

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Advertisements, and Promotional Material
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r111903. Red Rock Ginger Ale, advertisement, Nov. 19, 1903 Copyright Florida Times-Union; Jacksonville, FL

r081442. Rice's Bottling Co. Grapette notice, August 14, 1942
Copyright, The Jacksonville Journal

r071247. Red Rock Cola, advertisement, July 12, 1947 Copyright Jacksonville Journal; Jacksonville, FL

s050156. Regent Beverages Inc., Schweppes advertisement,
May 1, 1956 Copyright Florida Times-Union; Jacksonville, FL