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CIRCA
- 1914
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MANUFACTURER
- Coca-Cola
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SIZE
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3.75" Long
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PRICE GUIDE
- $15.00 - $20.00
Very Good -
Excellent
Condition
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This
combination prestolite key, bottle
opener was distributed by the Canton
City Coca Cola Bottling Co. in Canton
City, Ohio. It features a round hole at
the top to hang on a key-chain. The
square opening is called a "Prestolite Key
Hole" which served as a wrench to
adjust the valve on carbide tanks on
the running boards of early
automobiles, which furnished gas for
the headlamps.
The ornamental baseball player design
was patented
by John L. Sommer on Aug. 18,1914. The
front features the Patent date embossed on the front below
the armpit on the left. The
back reads "Canton City Coca Cola Bottling
Co., Canton City, Ohio, Drink Coca
Cola." The embossed lettering was
originally done in red, but very few
have survived. A premium could be added
for bottle openers that still shows the
red lettering.
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Coca-Cola Baseball Player Prest-o-lite
Key And Bottle Opener |
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Baseball Player Design |
1914 Patent |
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