Homeco Beverage Co
Company Names, addresses, dates:
Home Beverage Store, 1817 Adams Mill Road, N.W. Washington DC (1933)1
Homeco Beverage Co, rear 119 D NW (1936-1942) 2,3
Homeco, 910 1st Street, S.E. WashingtoN DC (1948) 4
Notes:
The bottles below are embossed with "HomeCo Beverages" as well as "Home Beverages",
but one of them has both names, so it seems these names refer to the same company.
Home Beverage Works
Neither "Home Brand" nor "Home Beverage Works" appears in any of the Washington DC
city directories, but both those names are embossed on some of the bottles below.
There are newspaper ads for the "Home Beverage Store" at 1817 Adams Mill Rd
in 19331, but I don't know "Home Beverage Store" is the same
as "Home Beverage Company".
Homeco Beverage Company
The earliest mention of Homeco that I could find was a 1936 want ad for a
soft drink driver/salesman job. It specified that it wanted a Jewish
applicant.2
The HomeCo Beverage Company shows up in the city directories from
1940-1942.3
The only newspaper mention I could find for Homeco after 1942 was a
1948 "Distributor Wanted" ad. It specified an address of 910 1st
Street S.E.4
I don't know whether or not the company was in business between 1942 and 1948.
Bottles:
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book # 336
This is a 7.7" clear crown top bottle embossed:
front: HIGHEST QUALITY / HOME / BRAND / GRAPE SODA / HARMLESS COLOR
rear: GENUINE FLAVOR / HOME / BRAND / GINGER ALE / MIN CONTENTS 6 1/2 OZ
base: HOME BEV WKS WASH, D.C.
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book # 337
This is a 7.7" clear stippled crown top bottle (front & rear view shown), embossed:
front: (picture of house with trees) / HOME BEVERAGE WKS / WASHINGTON, D.C.
rear: HOME Co / SODAS / Really Good / MIN CONTENTS 6 1/2 OZ.
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book # 339
This is a 9.75" tall clear machine-made crown top, with stipling at the top of
the neck. It's embossed:
both shoulders: HOMECO / BEVERAGES
front heel: WASHINGTON, D.C.
rear heel: CONTENTS 12 FLU. OZS.
base: 7466-1B 43
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Other Items:
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This is a paper label, probably from the neck of a bottle. It says:
label: EVERY BOTTLE STERILIZED / CAREFULLY MADE OF WHOLESOME INGREDIENTS /
HOMECO 1 PT. / BEVERAGES / WASHINGTON D.C.
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1 Evening Star (Washington DC), 27-May-1933, p.16 (Occupancey Permits)
2 The Washington Times, 14-Apr-1936, p.35 (driver-salesman want ad)
3 Boyd's Directory for the District of Columbia (various years)
1 Evening Star (Washington DC), 29-Feb-1948, p.64 (Distributor Wanted)
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