#149
Drink Haynes Cola
From
James Haynes collection
The man on this thoroughly modern advertising vehicle is Robert Edgar (“Bob”) Haynes, son of R.R. Haynes. He started the Piedmont Bottling Works in Rutherfordton (where this photo was taken). Read a 1905 article from The Sun about the startup. In 1909 or 1910 he moved the business to Cliffside. It was in a building about 100 yards north of the Ice Plant on the other side of the railroad tracks where the road made an “S” turn. How long it operated in Cliffside is a fact lost to history. He was the grandfather of James Haynes, who contributed this photo.
So, even prior to 1910, businesses were wrapping their products in the Stars and Stripes.
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