1924: The Bottle: An Auburn landmark
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
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