Speed Ball Co
Company Names, addresses, dates1:
Speed Ball Co, 148 E Capitol (1910)
Notes:
The only year I see this company listed in directories is 1910.
Ads that say "Have you tried speed ball? A delicious drink. At all
soda fountains" appears in the Washington Post from February to May of 1908.
A bottle was found the Stabler-Leadbeater apothocary in Alexandria that
said "speed ball" on it, and it had a picture of a baseball. So maybe
the name is a reference to baseball.
It may have also been a "pick-me-up" type drink. An ad in the 19-June-1911
Washington Post said "Have a glass of speed ball. Free at our fountain
Monday and Tuesday. Try it for that tired feeling".
Bottles:
(enlarge)
|
Amber 8.5" BIM crown top bottle embossed: front: SPEED BALL / COMPANY / WASHINGTON, D.C. / REGISTERED It also has 3 evenly spaced protruding dots on the front & back. They're too regularly spaced to be defects, but they're hardly noticable, so I don't know why they are there. One theory is that they are from air holes in the bottle mold. |