Bay Rum

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California Superior Bay Rum - 4 Oz. - 1895
Superior Bay Rum
~1892-1898
(Four ounce bottle)
Note: Use of 126 Chambers Street on the label
and no Eureka Trademark.

OSP (in 1894): ..... 40¢

California Superior Bay Rum - 4 Oz. - 1898
Superior Bay Rum
~1895-1898
(Four ounce bottle)
Note: Use of 126 Chambers Street on the label
and no Eureka Trademark. This is the earliest
use of the square four ounce bottle commonly
associated with the Bay Rum fragrance.

OSP (in 1897): .....40¢

California Superior Bay Rum - 8 Oz. - 1896
Superior Bay Rum
~1895-1898
(Eight ounce bottle)
Note: Use of 126 Chambers Street on the label
and no Eureka Trademark. Early-1890's sales
lists do NOT include the Pint-version of Bay Rum.

OSP (in 1898): ..... $1.25

California Superior Bay Rum - 4 Oz. - 1899
Superior Bay Rum
~1898-1901
(Four ounce bottle)
OSP (in 1898): ..... 40¢

Note: This is the fist use of the Eureka Trademark on a Bay
Rum bottle. The picture depicts both sides of the label.

California Superior Bay Rum - 4 Oz. - 1903   
Superior Bay Rum
~1902-1904
(Four ounce bottle)
OSP (in 1902): ..... 40¢
Note: The illustration above right is from a 1902
For Beauty, Health, and Home catalog.

 

California Bay Rum - 4 Oz. - 1905    California Bay Rum - 4 Oz. - 1905
California Bay Rum

~1905-1907
(Four ounce bottle)
OSP (in 1905): ..... 40¢
Note: Note two different glass stopper variants for this bottle.

CPC California Bay Rum - 16 Oz. - 1905
California Bay Rum

~1905-1907
(Sixteen ounce bottle)
OSP (in 1906): ..... $1.25

 

California Bay Rum bottles - 8 and 4 Oz. - 1913
California Bay Rum Bottles
~1908-1914
(Eight ounce bottle (L) and Four ounce bottle (R))
OSP (in 1911):
Eight ounce bottle ..... 75¢
Four ounce bottle ..... 40¢

Note: The bottles display the 1906 Food and Drug Act guarantee and
Montreal is not written on the bottom portion of the label.
California Bay Rum - 16 Oz. - 1913
California Bay Rum
~1908-1914
(Sixteen ounce bottle)
OSP (in 1912): ..... $1.25
 
 

California Bay Rum bottle - 4 Oz. - 1911
Bay Rum
~Probably 1910-1914
(Four ounce bottle)
OSP (in 1913): ..... 40¢

Collector's Note:
The bottle above presents a small dilemma in it's use of the CPC Chain logo (see Trademarks and Logos) while dropping the word "California." Please note the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act guarantee printed on the label. this was the practice for most CPC bottle and tin labels produced between 1907/1908 and 1914. Also, the CPC Chain Logo was not used until 1910. Clearly (as seen in the image to the right), the Bay Rum bottles once again sported "California" at the top of their labels from probably 1913 to 1918. It is believed that this bottle was sold between 1910 and 1913.

 California Bay Rum bottles - 4 Oz.- 1914 and 1915
California Bay Rum
~1914 (L) and 1914 to probably 1918
(Four ounce bottles)
OSP (in 1916): ..... 40¢

Zoom in of Bay Rum bottle labels
Zoom in of the labels on the two four ounce California Bay Rum bottles above.
Interestingly, the left label spells out Kansas City, MO.; San Francisco, CAL., Montreal, CAN.; and New York, U.S.A. One possible explanation is that immediately following the establishment of the CPC's Montreal, Canada Distribution Center in February 1914, McConnell may have thought it necessary to clearly spell out the locations as to 1) not confuse Montreal with other cities of the same name located within the US, and 2) to underscore the NEW "international" aspect of the his growing company. The clarifying state and country abbreviations were then dropped from succeeding Bay Rum labels.

 Bay Rum - 4 Oz. - 1918   Bay Rum - 4 Oz. - 1918
Bay Rum

~Probably 1918-1920
(Four ounce bottle)
OSP (in 1920): ..... 75¢

 Bay Rum - 8 Oz. - 1918
Bay Rum

~Probably 1918-1920
(Eight ounce bottle)
OSP (in 1920): ..... $1.50

Bay Rum - 16 Oz. - 1918
Bay Rum

~Probably 1918-1920
(Sixteen ounce bottle)
OSP (in 1920): ..... $3.00

Aromatic Bay Rum - 4 Oz. - 1921   Aromatic Bay Rum - 4 Oz. - 1921
Aromatic Bay Rum
~Probably 1921-1922
(Four ounce bottle)
OSP (in 1922): ..... 47¢

 Aromatic Bay Rum - 4 Oz. - 1922
Aromatic Bay Rum
~1921-1922
(Four ounce bottle)
OSP (in 1922): ..... 47¢

Note: This is the bottle depicted in the 1922 Color Plate catalog. The two versions to the left were not found in any representative's material.

 Aromatic Bay Rum - 8 Oz. - 1922
Aromatic Bay Rum
~1921-1922
(Eight ounce bottle)
OSP (in 1922): ..... 84¢

Aromatic Bay Rum bottles - 8 and 4 Oz. - 1923 
Aromatic Bay Rum
~1923-1925
(Eight ounce bottle (L) and Four ounce bottles (C and R))
OSP (in 1923):
Four ounce bottle ..... 50¢
Eight ounce bottle ..... 84¢

 Aromatic Bay Rum - 16 Oz. - 1923   Aromatic Bay Rum - 16 Oz. - 1923
Aromatic Bay Rum
~1926-1929
(Sixteen ounce bottles)
OSP (in 1928): ..... $1.45

Note: Two different versions of the sixteen ounce
Aromatic Bay Rum container.

  

Aromatic Bay Rum - 4 Oz. - 1926 
Aromatic Bay Rum
~1926-1929
(Four ounce bottle)
OSP (in 1928): ..... 50¢

 Aromatic Bay Rum - 16 Oz. - 1928
Aromatic Bay Rum
~1926-1929
(Sixteen ounce bottle)
OSP (in 1928): ..... $1.45

  

 

Avon Bay Rum - 4 Oz. - 1931
Avon Bay Rum
~1930-1935
(Four ounce bottle)
OSP (in 1931): ..... 50¢
Note: Shown with Christmas Packaging

Avon Bay Rum - 8 Oz. - 1931
Avon Bay Rum
~1930-1935
(Eight ounce bottle)
OSP (in 1931): ..... 85¢

 

Footnotes:   OSP: Original Selling Price

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