Bottle Cap, NEHI Imitation Grape Punch, Unused 1930's

Long before Royal Crown Cola, there was Nehi — and this cap carries one of its most whimsical original flavors.

• Maker: NEHI
• Materials: Metal, cork lining
• Dimensions: Approx. 1.25" diameter
• Quantity: 3 available
• Origin: USA
• Era: 1930s
• Condition: New Old Stock (NOS), very good — minor aging typical of the era. Please review photos closely before purchasing, as all sales are final.

This is a vintage 1930s NEHI bottle cap for Imitation Grape Punch, printed with the brand's traditional wordmark in purple/burgundy. The text reads "NEHI Imitation Grape Punch, Artificial Flavor and Color, contains 1/20 of 1% Benzoate of Soda" — period language straight from the bottling era. Metal cap with the original cork lining intact.

A charming find for a bottle cap collector, an advertising ephemera enthusiast, or anyone drawn to the offbeat flavors and graphic design of early 20th-century soda branding.

Nehi traces back to 1905, when Columbus, Georgia pharmacist Claud A. Hatcher began bottling ginger ale and root beer under the Chero-Cola name. In 1924, Chero-Cola added a new line of fruit-flavored sodas, and by 1928 those Nehi flavors had outsold the original cola — popular enough that the company renamed itself the Nehi Corporation. Hatcher died suddenly on December 31, 1933, and Vice President H.R. Mott took over as president. In 1955, the company became the Royal Crown Company, riding the success of its RC Cola brand; today Nehi lives on as part of Keurig Dr Pepper. One notable footnote: the famous "leg lamp" from A Christmas Story was inspired by an illuminated vintage Nehi advertisement author Jean Shepherd remembered from his childhood.

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