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The '''American Goldy Stopper Company''' was an Oakland-based manufacturer run by [[Julius Landsberger]], with offices in San Francisco and probably a plant at 1001 22nd Avenue in Oakland<ref>[http://www.sfgenealogy.com/oaklanddirectory/1915/1915_94.pdf 1915 Polk-Husted Oakland City Directory].  American Goldy Stopper Company, J.A. Landsberger president. 1001 22nd Ave.</ref>. The company was founded in 1910 by Landsberger, using American rights to foreign patents<ref>With the Bottler in the Golden West: [http://books.google.com/books?id=s55RAAAAYAAJ&lpg=RA10-PA49&ots=rHwWp68i7d&dq=american%20goldy%20stopper&pg=RA10-PA49#v=onepage&q=american%20goldy%20stopper&f=false November 15, 1910 American Bottler]</ref>.  The company was apparently was sold to the United States Aluminum Company in 1914<ref>[http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/Portal/Communities/BHP/MPDFs/Historic_Aluminum_Resources_of_Southwestern_PA.pdf Historic Aluminum Resources of Southwestern Pennsylvania]</ref>.
 
The '''American Goldy Stopper Company''' was an Oakland-based manufacturer run by [[Julius Landsberger]], with offices in San Francisco and probably a plant at 1001 22nd Avenue in Oakland<ref>[http://www.sfgenealogy.com/oaklanddirectory/1915/1915_94.pdf 1915 Polk-Husted Oakland City Directory].  American Goldy Stopper Company, J.A. Landsberger president. 1001 22nd Ave.</ref>. The company was founded in 1910 by Landsberger, using American rights to foreign patents<ref>With the Bottler in the Golden West: [http://books.google.com/books?id=s55RAAAAYAAJ&lpg=RA10-PA49&ots=rHwWp68i7d&dq=american%20goldy%20stopper&pg=RA10-PA49#v=onepage&q=american%20goldy%20stopper&f=false November 15, 1910 American Bottler]</ref>.  The company was apparently was sold to the United States Aluminum Company in 1914<ref>[http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/Portal/Communities/BHP/MPDFs/Historic_Aluminum_Resources_of_Southwestern_PA.pdf Historic Aluminum Resources of Southwestern Pennsylvania]</ref>.
  

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Summary

The American Goldy Stopper Company was an Oakland-based manufacturer run by Julius Landsberger, with offices in San Francisco and probably a plant at 1001 22nd Avenue in Oakland[1]. The company was founded in 1910 by Landsberger, using American rights to foreign patents[2]. The company was apparently was sold to the United States Aluminum Company in 1914[3].

Goldy caps or goldy seals used an aluminum cap to press a cork-lined disk against the top of a bottle; the aluminum was torn off in the initial opening. The seal was invented in 1897, but "did not gain real popularity until the standardization of machine-made bottles beginning in the early 1910's. It was particularly common for catsup bottles[4].

References

  1. 1915 Polk-Husted Oakland City Directory. American Goldy Stopper Company, J.A. Landsberger president. 1001 22nd Ave.
  2. With the Bottler in the Golden West: November 15, 1910 American Bottler
  3. Historic Aluminum Resources of Southwestern Pennsylvania
  4. Types of Bottle Closures: Society for Historical Archaeology: Bottle Finishes and Closures.