Title	1924: The Bottle: An Auburn landmark
Description	This image is a photograph used in the book Auburn, a Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village by Mickey Logue and Jack Simms, 2nd edition, 1996, depicting the history of the city and the University. From page 176: "The world's largest bottle" was built five miles north of Toomer's Corner in 1924. It was at the intersection where the extension of College Street (Lee County Road 147) runs into U.S. Highway 280. Painted bright orange, the structure was sixty-four feet tall and forty-nine feet around at its base. It was shaped like a Nehi drink bottle and was a combination home, grocery, and service station. Visitors could see miles of countryside from windows in the neck and from the bottle cap, an observation tower. Although fire destroyed the structure in 1933, decades later the intersection was still called The Bottle. Photo source: Mrs. Milligan Earnest and Kenneth E. Story.
Date	1924
Place	Auburn – Lee County – Alabama
LC Subject Headings	Auburn (Ala.) Auburn University Automobiles -- Alabama Dwellings -- Alabama Commercial art -- Alabama
EOA Categories	Business & Industry -- Service Industries Business & Industry -- Retailing History -- 1875-1929: The New South Era
Original Medium	black and white photograph, 1921 x 1533 pixels
Type	Image
Format	JPEG
File Name	ed2p176042.tif
Citation	Logue, Mickey and Simms, Jack. Auburn, A Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village. 2nd edition. 1996.
Repository	Auburn University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives.
Digital Publisher	Auburn University Libraries
Language	eng
Rights	This image is the property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of the image are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this and other images in this collection, please contact the Auburn University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department at achives@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732.
Submitted by	Coates, Midge