8" glass bottle of Canada Dry club soda from Dallas Trade Mart luncheon
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8" glass bottle of Canada Dry club soda from Dallas Trade Mart luncheon
Unopened 8" tall glass bottle of Canada Dry club soda with the Seal of the Vice President and "Bottled for the Honorable Lyndon B. Johnson" on the face. The limited edition bottle was manufactured in 1963 by the Canada Dry Bottling Company of San Antonio. This bottle was collected from head table at the Dallas Trade Mart luncheon on November 22, 1963 by luncheon attendee Marquita Smith.
8" glass bottle of Canada Dry club soda from Dallas Trade Mart luncheon
11/22/1963
Glass, Foodstuff, Metal
8 × 2 1/2 in. (20.3 × 6.4 cm)
Children of Marquita Smith Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2022.018.0001
Approximately 2,400 of these custom glass bottles of club soda with the vice presidential seal were manufactured in 1963 and gifted to Vice President Lyndon Johnson by W.D. Matthews, owner of Canada Dry Bottling Company of San Antonio. While most of the bottles were intended for distribution at the LBJ Ranch following the Austin banquet scheduled for the evening of November 22, a small quantity of bottles were also sent to the Dallas Trade Mart for the head table at the scheduled presidential luncheon. Attendee Marquita Smith retrieved this bottle from the head table that day, and the unopened 8" glass bottle remained with the family until her children, Craig Kelly, Cynthia Smith-Kelly and Debra Smith-Williams, donated it to The Sixth Floor Museum in 2022. At that time, two of her children (Craig Kelly and Cynthia Smith-Kelly) recorded interviews for the Museum's Oral History Project. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
8" glass bottle of Canada Dry club soda from Dallas Trade Mart luncheon
Unopened 8" tall glass bottle of Canada Dry club soda with the Seal of the Vice President and "Bottled for the Honorable Lyndon B. Johnson" on the face. The limited edition bottle was manufactured in 1963 by the Canada Dry Bottling Company of San Antonio. This bottle was collected from head table at the Dallas Trade Mart luncheon on November 22, 1963 by luncheon attendee Marquita Smith.
8" glass bottle of Canada Dry club soda from Dallas Trade Mart luncheon
11/22/1963
Trade Mart luncheon
Johnson, Lyndon B.
Dallas Trade Mart
Dallas
Glass, Foodstuff, Metal
8 × 2 1/2 in. (20.3 × 6.4 cm)
Children of Marquita Smith Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2022.018.0001
Approximately 2,400 of these custom glass bottles of club soda with the vice presidential seal were manufactured in 1963 and gifted to Vice President Lyndon Johnson by W.D. Matthews, owner of Canada Dry Bottling Company of San Antonio. While most of the bottles were intended for distribution at the LBJ Ranch following the Austin banquet scheduled for the evening of November 22, a small quantity of bottles were also sent to the Dallas Trade Mart for the head table at the scheduled presidential luncheon. Attendee Marquita Smith retrieved this bottle from the head table that day, and the unopened 8" glass bottle remained with the family until her children, Craig Kelly, Cynthia Smith-Kelly and Debra Smith-Williams, donated it to The Sixth Floor Museum in 2022. At that time, two of her children (Craig Kelly and Cynthia Smith-Kelly) recorded interviews for the Museum's Oral History Project. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
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