Posted by Michaelson from leospace047.utsi.edu on October 09, 2000 at 22:23:49:
In Reply to: Marion's prop ("happy hour at Ravenwood's Saloon") posted by Inbanana Jones on October 09, 2000 at 22:18:27:
Yep, that's the same spill you'll hear in the tour as well. Neat stuff! Regards. Michaelson
: Michaelson got my antiquarian curiosity going about Jack Daniels in 1930s Nepal...
: Of course, given the crowd Ms. R. hosted, there was no problem bringing in a fifth of Dixie sour mash; but I wondered if the bottle style was accurate to the period.
: The picture, if loaded, is of a 1939 bottle. So, one may reasonably infer that the bar anchor depicted in the "Whiskey?" scene is dead-on.
: Now, what about that scene where Indy juggled Campari bottles...?
: Inby
: FYI, the general bottle style seems to have been around even longer than Indy. Following is from the JD website:
: http://www.jackdaniels.com/oldno7/bottles.asp
: In 1895, a salesman with
: Illinois Alton Glass Company showed
: Mr. Jack a unique, new, untested
: bottle design - a square bottle with a fluted neck.
: Studying the bottle, Jack decided that since his
: charcoal-mellowed whiskey was different, the bottle he put
: it in should be different as well. More than 100 years after
: its introduction, the square bottle remains a symbol for Jack