Livedog2 Member Username: Livedog2
Post Number: 740 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 24.223.133.177
| Posted on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - 3:23 pm: | |
Designut, you were right on the Atlas Pop thread the cases for Atlas Pop were made of wood. I have a number of them and here is a picture of one. Atlas Pop Case But, carrying the discussion a little farther being a lifelong Eastsider I don't know the answer to this question but I can remember Jjaba saying, "I have no memory of Eastside Atlas Pop." My question is was there a Pop indigenous to the Westside only like Atlas was to the Eastside? Also, Hornwrecker said, “The owner of Atlas Bottling used to live down the block from me, on Lantz near Van Dyke.” I am a little confused did someone come up with the name of the man that was the owner of Atlas Bottling? Did I hear correctly that his name was Tomasczewski? And, is that the same name of a one time mayor of Hamtramck? And, if so was that him? Does anyone know what ever happened to the Trade Name "Atlas Beverages" and whatever happened to the receipes for Atlas Pop. Suppose someone wanted to resurrect the Atlas Brand just the way it was with the same flavors, made in the same way??? Today is the day for questions for me! Livedog2 |
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba
Post Number: 4127 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 71.193.193.49
| Posted on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - 3:39 pm: | |
jjaba doesn't remember any Westside pop, per se. Westsiders loved Hires, Vernors, Pepsi, Squirt, Faygo and Detroit beers like E&B, Strohs, Pfeiffers, Carlings. But jjaba could be wrong about this. What is known is the bags of Planters Peanuts poured into the tops of 12 oz. Pepsi bottles, just before you delivered your Detroit Times route. And mothers warming Vernors as the elixer that cured everything. jjaba, Proudly Westside. |
Designut Member Username: Designut
Post Number: 36 Registered: 05-2006 Posted From: 65.123.68.93
| Posted on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - 3:42 pm: | |
Thanks Livedog - I knew I remembered wooden crates...the debate (in my head) was actually recently settled at the fourth street fair where I saw one packed with used LPs...unfortunately only the records were for sale... ...anyways, continuation of Atlas pop thread - carry on... |
Messykitty Member Username: Messykitty
Post Number: 26 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 24.21.198.33
| Posted on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - 3:43 pm: | |
What? Why would you put peanuts in Pepsi? Just confused/curious. |
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen
Post Number: 1449 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 140.244.107.151
| Posted on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - 3:50 pm: | |
Messykitty: A well-known Southern tradition is Peanuts 'n Coke (any kind of cola drink will do, although Coca Cola, aka Coke, is their preference). http://www.marshbunny.com/reci pes/peanuts.html |
Messykitty Member Username: Messykitty
Post Number: 27 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 24.21.198.33
| Posted on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - 3:57 pm: | |
Oh, thanks. That sounds...um...interesting? |
Designut Member Username: Designut
Post Number: 37 Registered: 05-2006 Posted From: 65.123.68.93
| Posted on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - 4:07 pm: | |
Hah- Livedog, I don't know how I missed it before - but I too have had that thought/dream...Wouldn't it be great if Faygo would obtain the rights and recipes to resurrect Atlas? Yes, a pipedream I know, but........................... ....... btw-peanuts and cola huh? that's a new one to me (scratching my head) |
Detroitej72 Member Username: Detroitej72
Post Number: 112 Registered: 05-2006 Posted From: 66.184.3.44
| Posted on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - 5:50 pm: | |
Didn't some new owner buy the rights to Towne Club pop and move it down to Eastern Market in the old Atlas building a few years ago? I thought I remembered vaguely reading this...I could be wrong, the brain is slipping in my old age of mid-30's!!! I am sure I bought a case of Town Club at Hollywood Market in Royal Oak about 8 years ago. |
Nedab3 Member Username: Nedab3
Post Number: 91 Registered: 01-2004 Posted From: 139.55.236.249
| Posted on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - 6:51 pm: | |
Living on the Eastside from 1944-1960 as a youth I may remember Atlas a little bit. My question is when did the name party store w/yellow sign happen. I worked at Blue Swan Beer Store. I remember them all being called beer stores. Beer was stored in the basement and moved upstairs on rollers when needed. Heavy duty cardboard boxes and reused. Mostly Strohs, Goebel, E&B, National Bohemian, Altes. Not much Budweiser in Detroit. |
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba
Post Number: 4129 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 71.193.193.49
| Posted on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - 7:49 pm: | |
Nedab3, you nailed it. In Cincinnati, their stores are called Pony Kegs. So get yourselves a bottle of Pepsi or Coke and stuff down salted Planters nuts. Drink and Eat, the swirl of Coke and salt. It is an all-American snack enjoyed in Detroit since Detroit started. Joe Louis won his fights that way. Ty Cobb hit all those hits that way. Al Kaline patrolled Kaline Corner that way. Willie Horton rode shotgun in the 1967 riot that way. Mad Anthony Wayne went to war that way. Lowell Boileau delivered Sears appliances that way. Now, it's your turn. jjaba, old timey Detroiter. |
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936
Post Number: 712 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 207.200.116.139
| Posted on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - 8:47 pm: | |
Seems like the west siders in my neck of the woods preferred Pepsi with their peanuts, but that was just a small part of the west side. Pepsi is still my choice. The household beer of my parents and grandparents (and their company) was always Altes Golden Lager. I can see those green labels even now. Ray1936, wiped out from moving in July (how dumb can a person be?) |
Bvos Member Username: Bvos
Post Number: 1738 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.248.0.137
| Posted on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - 8:50 pm: | |
I've got Pepsi, but no peanuts. Damn! I guess I'll have to go out and buy peanuts for my next round of Pepsi and try Jjaba's concoction. |
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker
Post Number: 1333 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 66.2.148.108
| Posted on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - 9:49 pm: | |
I tried to find some more info about Atlas, and who owned it, but so far have bupkis. I think this is going to be one of those things that will be found out, by searching for something else, or will come up in conversation with the right person, whoever that might be. I've one of those cardboard Altes cases somewhere, I have to dig it out for a photo, if I can find it. |
Livedog2 Member Username: Livedog2
Post Number: 742 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 24.223.133.177
| Posted on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - 10:31 pm: | |
Kwik's Beer & Wine Store on Conant near Holbrook in Hamtramck was the place to go to in my near, Eastside neighborhood. If you could reach the counter and had the price of a GIQ it was yours! Then you jumped back in your 1957 silver colored, Chevrolet, Bel Air convertible with a 283, 3 speed with overdrive and power pack and head South on Conant to where it changes to Mt. Elliott heading for Belle Isle. Continue down to E. Grand Blvd. and turn left, passing the “old” Packard Plant where the Blvd. takes a sharp 90 degree turn South. As you get near “the Island” just North of Jefferson you take the tunnel that passes under Jefferson with the sign that says, “Do Not Honk Horn” but everyone honks anyway. As you are climbing up out of that Jefferson tunnel underpass you hit the Belle Isle Bridge and you’re almost in heaven. You’d find a place in Lover’s Lane, pop the cap on your GIQ with a “church key”, start killing that GIQ and watch the “submarine races” with your girl. It just didn’t get any better than that! Unfortunately, all that catholic training and guilt from St. Stany’s or St. Florian’s or St. Lad’s worked its wonders and nothing of any significance happened! Livedog2 |
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936
Post Number: 713 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 207.200.116.139
| Posted on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - 10:42 pm: | |
Thanks for that tour, Livedog2. I closed my eyes after reading it and could see every block of the way. Yeah, nothing of serious significance happened. But there was some.........well, never mind. Ray1936 in his white '55 Ford convertible. |
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba
Post Number: 4134 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 71.193.193.49
| Posted on Wednesday, July 26, 2006 - 1:00 am: | |
About the Pepsis. Must be a 12 oz. bottle and a bag of Planter's salted peanuts. It tis the perfect measure. They packed exactly the number of peanuts you want for your Pepsi. If you stop pouring in nuts from a box, you'll not know the formula and you could die from overdose. jjaba's warantee of complete satisfaction is limited to following the above by the letter. Livedog2, are you talking about Detroit? jjaba's never heard of those places. jjaba, Westsider. |
Livedog2 Member Username: Livedog2
Post Number: 745 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 24.223.133.177
| Posted on Wednesday, July 26, 2006 - 2:04 am: | |
Jjaba, it's an Eastside thing! :-) Livedog2 |
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba
Post Number: 4139 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 71.193.193.49
| Posted on Wednesday, July 26, 2006 - 5:21 pm: | |
Oh, that explains zit. Thanks. jjaba. |
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936
Post Number: 716 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 207.200.116.139
| Posted on Wednesday, July 26, 2006 - 8:26 pm: | |
Pepsi's radio jingle stays with me to this day: "Pepsi Cola, hits the spot, Twelve ounce bottle, that's a lot, Twice as much for your nickle too, Pepsi Cola is the drink for you." The 'twice as much for your nickle' was a dig at rival Coca-Cola, who sold six ounce bottles (also for a nickle). |
Nedab3 Member Username: Nedab3
Post Number: 92 Registered: 01-2004 Posted From: 139.55.236.249
| Posted on Wednesday, July 26, 2006 - 9:35 pm: | |
I remember it as "twelve full ounces thats a lot" Also in a 55-57 Chevy you never needed a "church key" the door hinge worked great. |
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936
Post Number: 718 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 207.200.116.139
| Posted on Wednesday, July 26, 2006 - 10:46 pm: | |
You're right, Nedab3. My bad. But I was close!
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Livernoisyard Member Username: Livernoisyard
Post Number: 1185 Registered: 10-2004 Posted From: 69.242.223.42
| Posted on Wednesday, July 26, 2006 - 11:12 pm: | |
Wasn't Coke sold in 7-oz. green glass bottles? The same as 7-oz. "shorties" for beer? |
Livedog2 Member Username: Livedog2
Post Number: 758 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 24.223.133.177
| Posted on Wednesday, July 26, 2006 - 11:44 pm: | |
Does anyone remember Sweet Sixteen Pop? It was the first 16oz. bottle of pop that I can remember. The Cream Soda was the best in it's day. I remember it from back in the late 1940's and early 1950's. On a Friday Night a good cold bottle of Sweet Sixteen Cream Soda and a bag of New Era Potato Chips -- now that was real living! Livedog2 |
Kova Member Username: Kova
Post Number: 50 Registered: 12-2003 Posted From: 68.255.239.182
| Posted on Wednesday, July 26, 2006 - 11:58 pm: | |
Idoubt this is the same Company, Searched for: ATLAS BOTTLING CO. ID Num: 051494 Entity Name: ATLAS BOTTLING CO. Type of Entity: Domestic Profit Corporation Resident Agent: SYLVESTER TOMASEWSKI Registered Office Address: 12170 CONANT DETROIT MI 48212 Mailing Address: Formed Under Act Number(s): 284-1972 Incorporation/Qualification Date: 3-31-1976 Jurisdiction of Origin: MICHIGAN Number of Shares: 50,000 Year of Most Recent Annual Report: 92 Year of Most Recent Annual Report With Officers & Directors: Status: AUTOMATIC DISSOLUTION Date: 7-15-1995 |
Livedog2 Member Username: Livedog2
Post Number: 760 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 24.223.133.177
| Posted on Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 12:12 am: | |
I think you've got it, Kova. But, I don't think this is the original Incorporation Date. This may be a later version of the Atlas Bottling Co. But, the name SYLVESTER TOMASEWSKI sounds awful familiar to me. Maybe others can help out with this one. There's got to be some original Incorporation/Qualification Date somewhere. Livedog2 |