Marion's prop ("happy hour at Ravenwood's Saloon")

Posted by Inbanana Jones from ppp62.nwnetwork.net on October 09, 2000 at 22:18:27:

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

JD bottle info

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Re: Marion's prop ("happy hour at Ravenwood's Saloon") Michaelson 22:23:49 10/09/2000 (0)

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: 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

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