Cashing In: This was taken in the late 1960's in a little backwater town called Alviso, in the South San Francisco bay. It reminded me of when I was a kid and I'd take all the soda pop...

Dewman Loc: SW Idaho

This was taken in the late 1960's in a little backwater town called Alviso, in the South San Francisco bay.

It reminded me of when I was a kid and I'd take all the soda pop bottles I could find and redeem them at the grocery store. It was .03 for the small ones and .05 for the big ones, if memory serves me right. That's really showing my age I suppose, eh?

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Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Welllll. I used to do the same thing.

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

What a nostalgic image. Nice post.

Iron Sight Loc: Utah

A whole shelf devoted to where A penny would buy a sweet.

SueScott Loc: Hammondsville, Ohio

My dad was out of work during the great steel strike in the early '60's and we collected bottles to help pay for food.

Joe Blow

We used to get 2 cents a bottle and 5 cents for the big ones. We would walk the sides of the highway collecting enough until we could buy a fresh pop. On a good day, we could buy a pop and bag of chips.

Good times.

rlaugh Loc: Michigan & Florida

A lot if us did that...good one!!

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Nice street shot--it looks as if you caught her in the act.

In the mid-‘50s and '60s, my brother and I collected bottles along the roadside and cashed them in for money to buy reloading supplies--brings back memories.

rmm0605 Loc: Atlanta GA

Dewman wrote:

This was taken in the late 1960's in a little backwater town called Alviso, in the South San Francisco bay.

It reminded me of when I was a kid and I'd take all the soda pop bottles I could find and redeem them at the grocery store. It was .03 for the small ones and .05 for the big ones, if memory serves me right. That's really showing my age I suppose, eh?

Very nice photo!

2Dragons Loc: The Back of Beyond

Dewman wrote:

This was taken in the late 1960's in a little backwater town called Alviso, in the South San Francisco bay.

It reminded me of when I was a kid and I'd take all the soda pop bottles I could find and redeem them at the grocery store. It was .03 for the small ones and .05 for the big ones, if memory serves me right. That's really showing my age I suppose, eh?

Boy does that bring back memories. My cousin and I walked to school and Fridays was trash collection day. We would pick bottles out of the trash cans on the way to school, hide them in the woods and then after school we'd fill our bicycle baskets with bottles and turn them in at the small local general store and blow it all on penny candy at the same store.

tomad Loc: North Carolina

Dewman wrote:

This was taken in the late 1960's in a little backwater town called Alviso, in the South San Francisco bay.

It reminded me of when I was a kid and I'd take all the soda pop bottles I could find and redeem them at the grocery store. It was .03 for the small ones and .05 for the big ones, if memory serves me right. That's really showing my age I suppose, eh?

I lived in San Jose during the early 80's and we used to go to Alviso for lunch when we wanted an authentic Mexican meal. I think the name of the place was Rosita's and it was indeed authentic. Thanks for the memories.

tommystrat Loc: Bigfork, Montana

An evocative and interesting image - nice choice for the b&w treatment!

Irvingite Charles Loc: Irving, Tx

mal949 Loc: Tucson, AZ

Ahhhhhh. Nice photo. Instigates memories. Collected bottles in my Red Flyer Wagon. Walked to a bakery outlet on Old County Road in the SF Bay Area. Bought Ding-Dongs and Twinkies for $0.11. Thanks for taking me down memory lane, I think. :)

Dewman Loc: SW Idaho

I'm happy to see all the fond memories this photograph stirred. Thanks for all the kind comments.