My Passion
As a young teenager during those hot Florida summers in the 1980s, I can always remember gathering up glass soda bottles around the house only to be able to exchange them back to the store for that 10 cent deposit and to purchase another ice cold bottle of soda. Well the times have changed and those glass bottles are now only a memory. In this new throwaway society, plastic is king and we now pay our local city municipalities to have these plastic bottles collected at our curbside only to be melted into park benches.
More a baseball card collector as a kid, I only started recently as a "soda collector" so some veterans might just call me a rookie. Each bottle that I find, whether at the local flea markets, online sites, or bottle shows makes me think and research the history of either that brand or type of soda. Fast forward to today, this passion has evolved to the creation of this website and my blog. My main message is to share my knowledge and research on the forgotten sodas of the past. Hope you enjoy this site and feel free to reach out to me via the email link below or on the Forum to share your experiences.
Happy collecting, Tom
Tom’s Holy Grail ACL
THANKS again to Mike Dickman for the great mention of me and VintageSodaCollector.com in the July-August 2024 issue of FOHBCs magazine Antique Bottle & Glass Collector. Displaying my “Holy Grail” Beach Club Beverages ACL.
Chris Weide’s ACL Soda Bottles of North America. Volume A
Dec, 2023
Had the great honors of writing the Foreword for Chris Weide’s new book “ACL Soda Bottles of North America. This is just the start to many more guides to come. Get yourself a copy at Weide's Website-ACL Soda Bottles of America Book
FEATURED ON HISTORY CHANNEL “ADAM EATS THE 80’s
April, 2022
Had the great honors of being the featured guest of the famous Adam Richman on his new show “Adam Eats the 80s” on History Channel
Featured in the Augusta Chronicle
Featured in
Bottles and Extra Magazine
November-December 2020
Collection featured in many local museums
Dunedin History Museum: Dunedin, FL: https://www.vintagesodacollector.com/dunedinhistorymuseum
Safety Harbor Museum and Cultural Center: Safety Harbor, FL
Mention in the 2022 Nov-Dec Issue of Antique Bottle and Glass Collector
THANKS to Mike Dickman for the great mention of me and VintageSodaCollector.com in the latest issue of FOHBCs magazine Bottle & Glass Collector.
Vendor Tables at the 2019 FOHBC National Convention
