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Dr. Pepper Bottling
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WAY BACK THEN: |
THEN: |
THEN: |
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WWII Era Advertisement |
1947 Anchor, p.109 |
1956 Krabba, p.191 |
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Courtesy of Tom Norris (HHS -
'73) of VA - 12/10/04 Thanks, Babe! |
THEN: | |
As I remembered, home
plate and the grandstand behind it was located just about 73rd Street and
Warwick Boulevard. The 'vacant' lot across the road is really the navy reserve
center's ball field. The gym is partly in view at the extreme left of this
photo. The area to the right of the stadium (which I believe was also called
Builders' Stadium, back then - and also
The Home of the Baby Dodgers) was used for parking, and also is where some
circus and carnivals set up, in the late 40s/early 50s. During WWII, it was
steel plate unloading and interim storage area for the shipyard. The fairly
large building to the left of the stadium is where Rulane Gas Co. was
located, back then. Or maybe it was called Suburban - I forget. |
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Bill Lee (WHS - '54 - of
NC) sent this to me yesterday, as a follow-on to our prior discussions about
the NN Dodgers and their old stadium on Virginia Avenue at 73rd Street It's an 8x10 aerial view of the Huntington Courts apartments (and surroundings) from a position over the river and looking towards the railroad tracks. I can pretty much date it based on what appears (and what doesn't!), and also by comparing it with the picture that was in the 1946 book about Newport News. |
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- Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 08/13/07 WOWZERS!!! Thanks, Dave - and Bill! |
Now that you're
thinking about Dr. Pepper, click on the link below to see the old "Wouldn't you
like to be a Pepper, too?" commercial,
provided by Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 12/17/04.
Thanks, Dave! What a fun memory!
http://www.80stvthemes.com/ra/121999/transvideo/BEAPEPPER.ra
(This page added 12/14/04 at the request of Tom Norris - HHS- '73 - of VA.)
Vintage Dr. Pepper Bottle Cap courtesy of http://www.ebay.com - 07/06/13
WWII Era Certainly Dr. Pepper advertisement courtesy of http://www.americanlithocolor.com/DrPepperCertainly.html - 07/06/13