Dr Pepper Bottling Co Bellville Texas 1944
by Connie Fox
Title
Dr Pepper Bottling Co Bellville Texas 1944
Artist
Connie Fox
Medium
Photograph - Outdoor Bw Sepia Photo
Description
ONE OF MY SOLD IMAGES and AVAILABLE AGAIN
The former Dr Pepper Bottling Co. built in 1944 in Bellville, Texas, rendered in black-and-white sepia, and showcasing its unique original rock facade and vintage version of its famous logo, which has undergone changes through the years.
This building has changed owners (and uses) a number of times since we started coming here as a family around 1980. At the time this photo was taken, in late 2009 or early 2010, it was a restaurant that served Lone Star cuisine. In the 1980s, it was a potato chip factory. On our way to Round Top, we would stop here with our children to watch potato chips being made. We had no idea it originated as a Dr. Pepper Bottling Company. The spikey roofline and original stone were hidden beneath stucco. Today the former bottling company is a Mexican restaurant.
Wikipedia explains why we see a period here after Dr: "The period (full stop) after Dr was used intermittently in Dr Pepper logos until the 1950s when, after some debate, it was discarded permanently for stylistic and legibility reasons. A logo that debuted at that time had slanted text, in which Dr. resembled Di:"
Copyright 2009-2014 Connie Steitz Fox
All Rights Reserved
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Featured on the homepages of Seen But Not Noticed and Beauty, July 2014, and Weekly Fun For All Mediums, August 2014. Featured in Memories and Nostalgia, September 2014; Covered Bridges and Historical Buildings, 2022.
Sold as a tote bag in June 2021. My thanks to the Richmond, Texas, buyer!
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July 10th, 2014
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Comments (11)
Maria Faria Rodrigues 10 Days Ago
Congratulations, on FEATURED PHOTOGRAPH, in ‘Compact Digital Camera Photographers’, group, of Fine Art America!
Tatiana Travelways 16 Days Ago
I'm delighted to feature your beautiful artwork on the front page gallery of the "Travel Art" group, at Fine Art America! Feel free and post it to our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/faatravelart
Steve Rich 16 Days Ago
Your work deserves to be featured in our group "The Meandering Photographer" Please consider adding this work to the "Feature History, The Meandering Photographer (March-April 2024)" active discussion thread. (l/f on 4-10-2024)
Holly April Harris
What a cool photo! Congratulations! I’m am very pleased to feature your beautiful image in the group ‘Covered Bridges and Historical Buildings.’ It’s a wonderful addition to the group! Please add it to the “2022 Third Quarter Featured Image Collection” thread in the discussions area for a permanent record of your feature. Thank you! 8/30/22
Connie Fox
Thank you so much Alexandria, for the fine feature of this image in Memories and Nostalgia. Those words capture how I feel about this historic building that we have visited several times through the years, and in several of its forms.
Connie Fox
Chrisann, thanks for appreciating this vintage Dr. Pepper Bottling Company--and featuring it on the homepage of Weekly Fun For All Mediums!
Connie Fox
Herb, I share your fondness for old buildings! Thank you for your kind words on this particular image. Glad you like the sepia.
Connie Fox
James, I'm delighted that you have chosen this image as a homepage feature in the Beauty group. Thank you so much!!
Connie Fox
Thank you, Terry Cobb, for featuring my new submission, "Dr. Pepper Bottling Co. Bellville 1944" in Seen But Not Noticed. I've been in this building several times, and passed it by dozens of times, and never could have imagined its history! Finally someone took the rock facade down to its roots, and voila! Dr. Pepper!
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