When I was a kid back in Winston-Salem, NC, the local movie theater held Saturday morning screenings for children called “The Kiddie Show.” There they showed movies for kids—even the old black and white cliff-hanging serials. I remember seeing “The Blob” starring Steve McQueen in one of his first movies (1958). Of course, the Tom and Jerry and Roadrunner cartoons were shown as well. What's all this got to do with bottle caps? Well, usually one of the soft drink companies sponsored the event and admission was free if you brought in 10 bottle caps. So, during the week, kids in my neighborhood would rummage through the used bottle cap bucket directly under the refrigerated soft drink dispenser at the corner grocery, looking for the special cap that we needed to get into the upcoming Saturday movie. If you didn't have the right number of caps, you had to come up with a whopping 25¢ or so to get in. Bottle caps are beautiful, if you take an extra minute to look. Here’s a few for you to peruse.
An AM repost from 11/29/08.
An AM repost from 11/29/08.
Awesome collection.
ReplyDeleteI'm just crazy about these.
ReplyDeleteI too used to go (to the 7-11) and beg the cashier to open up the machine and give me the bottle caps.
Just stumbled upon your blog and enjoying it.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting bottle cap collection.