These Stubby bottles just joined our historical archives housed in the Schmidt House.
Olympia introduced the 11 ounce Stubby bottle in late 1935.
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It was safer to ship (shorter neck = less breakage), stacked easily, and took up less room in the home refrigerator. The two examples shown here are from the late 1930s.
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The other Stubby is marked “last Oly run” from May 27, 2003. This was the final batch of beer made at the Tumwater plant.
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Many thanks to local Oly collector Dave Elerding who donated these bottles to our collection. And thanks to Oly expert Gary Flynn for the history information.