Arlington Bottling Co
Company Names, addresses, dates1:
  Arlington Bottling Co, 27th & K sts NW (1886-1914)
  Arlington Bottling Co, 26th corner K street NW (1915)
  Arlington Bottling Co, 2622 L st NW (1916-1941)
  Arlington Bottling Co, 1021 27th st NW
Notes:
   
Charles P. Jacobsen was born in Baltimore on May 1, 1860. Charles was the son of
Captain Hermann Jacobsen, who married
Christian Heurich's sister Elisabeth,
which makes Charles the nephew of Christian Heurich.
Charles was employed at Heurich's brewery as a boy, and later founded and was president of the Arlington
Bottling Company, which bottled Heurich's beers. 2
   
Besides being president of the Arlington Bottling company, Jacobsen was President
of the Frazee Potomac Laundry Company, the first dealer in Ford Automobiles in
Washington (1901), owner of the Hotel Sterling, and in his later years was the
vice-president of the Christian Heurich Brewing Company. 2
   
The website for the
Sterling Laundry Co
had this to say (it has since been removed):
    Mr. Charles P. Jacobsen worked for his uncle- Christian Heurich in the early
1900's and built the Arlington Bottling Company in Georgetown, at 1021 27th St. N.W.
In 1930, Sterling Laundry Co., Inc., was incorporated under the laws of the
District of Columbia by the then 70 year old Charles Jacobsen. The laundry took
over the bottling area of the plant. The business was then turned over to two of
his sons: Eugene and Charles. In 1946 after he had left the USMC, Eugene Jr.
(Randy) took over as President. Sterling enjoyed increased success under Randy
Jacobsen. In 1962 the building at 1021 27th St. had to be torn down to make way
for part of the present Whitehurst Freeway.
One of the Potomac Pontil
newsletters
has a letter from a descendent of Jacobsen's that explains how he was related to
Christian Heurich and gives some other information.
A 1907 newspaper ad lists "Arnold & Co.'s India Pale Ale" from Arlington Bottling Co,
27th & K sts NW, Phone West 34 or 120.
Bottles:
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These are BIM crown-top bottles. The left is 9.5" and honey-amber lady-leg
style, and the right is 8" and aqua.
They're both embossed in slanted script with: front: The Arlington Bottling Co / Chas Jacobsen Prop / Washington DC / Registered / THIS BOTTLE NOT TO BE SOLD bottom: A B Co / TRADE MARK |
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This is a 9.5 aqua blob top embossed the same as the 2 bottles above: front: The Arlington Bottling Co / Chas Jacobsen Prop / Washington DC / Registered / THIS BOTTLE NOT TO BE SOLD bottom: A B Co / TRADE MARK |
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These are 7.5"/7" aqua hutchinson bottles.
The one on the left is embossed: front: The Arlington Bottling Co / Chas Jacobsen Prop / Washington DC / Registered The one on the right is embossed: front: THE ARLINGTON / BOTTLING CO / CHAS. JACOBSEN / PROP. / WASHINGTON DC / 1893 |
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These are aqua blob top bottles. The one on the left is 9.2", and the
one on the right still has the original stopper. The only difference in
the embossing is that the one on the right has a circle around the anchor.
They are embossed: front: CHARLES JACOBSEN / THE ARLINGTON / ABCo TRADE MARK / BOTTLING CO / WASHINGTON DC |
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This is an 8.7" aqua baltimore-loop top bottle embossed: round sluglate: THE ARLINGTON / BOTTLING CO / WASHINGTON DC back: THIS BOTTLE / NOT TO BE / SOLD bottom: A B Co (picture of an anchor) |
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This is an 8.7" aqua baltimore-loop top bottle embossed: oval pattern: THE ARLINGTON / BOTTLING CO / CHAS. JACOBSEN / PROP. / WASHINGTON DC bottom: A B Co (picture of an anchor) |
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These are 9.5" BIM crown top bottles. They're embossed the same as the
2 bottles above, and again the only difference between the two is that
one has a circle around they anchor. They're embossed: front: CHARLES JACOBSEN / THE ARLINGTON / A.B.Co / BOTTLING CO / WASHINGTON DC / REGISTERED back: E HE CO bottom: 746 |
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This bottle has an unusual shape and top. It's a 10.25" amber blob? top embossed: front: CHARLES JACOBSEN / THE ARLINGTON / ABCo TRADE MARK / BOTTLING CO / WASHINGTON DC / REGISTERED / 1903 back: EHE CO |
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These are aqua BIM crown top bottles. The one on the left is 8.7" and the
one on the right is 9.5". Both are embossed: front: Arlington / BOTTLING A.B.Co COMPANY / CHARLES JACOBSEN / WASHINGTON DC / REGISTERED |
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This is a 9" seltzer bottle embossed: front: THE ARLINGTON BOTTLING CO / TRADE MARK / A.B.CO.INC. / REGISTERED / CONTENTS / 28 OZ. / WASH, D.C. / WASH, D.C. |
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These are BIM crown top bottles. The bottle on the left is 8.7" aqua,
and the one on the right is 9.5" amber. They are both embossed: front: ARLINGTON BOTTLING CO / TRADE / A.B.Co / MARK / WASHINGTON DC |
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This is a honey-amber BIM crown-top embossed in slanted script with: front: The Arlington Bottling Co / Chas Jacobsen Prop / Washington DC / Registered / THIS BOTTLE NOT TO BE SOLD bottom: A B Co / TRADE MARK (picture of anchor) |
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This is a 9.5" amber BIM crown-top embossed with: front: CHARLES JACOBSEN / THE ARLINGTON / A.B.Co / BOTTLING CO / WASHINGTON DC / REGISTERED / 1903 back: E HE CO bottom: 746 |
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This is a 9.8" aqua BIM crown-top embossed with: front: ARLINGTON BOTTLNG CO / PINK OF PERFECTION / (picture of flower) / TRADE MARK REGISTERED / WASHINGTON, D.C. back: 1 PINT / 20N 1 |
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This is a huge, 14.2" green machine-made crown-top, with a ceramic stopper and
no embossing. It has a label that says: label: PERFECTION / DISTILLED / WATER / PINK OF PERFECTION / (picture of flower) / TRADE MARK REGISTERED / BOTTLED BY / THE ARLINGTON BOTTLING Co / WASHINGTON, D.C. |
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This is a picnic-sized 11.9" amber BIM crown-top embossed with: front: The Arlington Bottling Co / Chas Jacobsen Prop / Washington DC / Registered / A / THIS BOTTLE NOT TO BE SOLD back: E HE CO bottom: A B Co / TRADE MARK (picture of anchor) |
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This is an old ad from page 511 of a 1925 phone book for Washington DC.
Note that 1925 was during prohibition, so there is no mention of beer
bottling. |
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This is an ad for Christian Heurich's beer, specifying the Arlington
Bottling Co as the bottler. |
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This is an advertisement from the 1887 book "Washington Hisorical sketches of the Capital City of our Country", by John P. Coffin. The book says the building has a large space on the ground floor of 25x130 feet, covered by a substantial brick building, with steam bottle-washing machines, immense vats for steaming beer for export, rotary fans driven by steam power, and other improvements. It also says that the capcity of the works is 800 boxes of two dozen bottles per day, and requires 25 hands and eight wagons to deliver. 3 |
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This is an ink blotter. It has a picture of a horse & buggy for delivering
Heurich's beer. The buggy says: Top: TELEPHONE CALL 634-3 Middle: HEURICH's BEERS / FOR FAMILY USE BOTTLED BY / THE ARLINGTON BOTTLING CO / CORNER 27th & K ST NW Bottom: CHARLES JACOBSEN PROPRIETOR |