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  • What's New?

    2021 Aug 27Added several American A&W 20 ounce collector mugs.

    2011 Nov 27Added newly discovered (L01iC03) mug (no red ring around "ICE COLD", longer trade mark line than L01d type).

    2011 Jul 4Added American A&W 2008 (L08jC20), 2009 (L08kC20), and 2010 (L08lC20) collector mugs.

    2011 Jul 4
    Added glass mugs with new Canadian A&W logo.

    2011 Jul 4Made a pretty big change to some top level mug numbers. Moved L04 (Great Food Restaurants) and L05 (1979 Convention) mugs in with L03 (American 1968-97 oval logo) as they are really the same "A&W" font but without the oval. At the same time and for the same reasoning, I moved L10 (2005 Collector Edition) and L11 (2007 Collector Edition) in with L08 (1998- slant lettered "A&W").

    2011 Jul 4Added the KZAP "Boom Boom" Anderson mug L03cC14e.

    2011 Jul 4Added a Canadian "A&W ROOT BEER" mug without the usual (R) L06bC16c.

    2011 Jul 3Added several coffee mugs. I really need to make better pages to document them. If you have any other ceramic or glass American or Canadian coffee mugs, please send me pictures and details and I will get to work on the web pages.

    2011 Jul 3Added early 1960s 16-ounce mug I never knew existed L01eC16.

    2011 Jul 3Added another variety of oldest style of baby mug L00aC03d.

    2011 Jul 3Added image and some details for a bull's eye mug L01fC12b.

    2007 Aug 5Added Canadian A&W 500th Restaurant mug L06gC20.

    2007 Aug 5Added Canadian A&W Red Rock Diner show mug L09dC16.

    2007 Jan 25Added list of top highest prices paid for A&W mugs.

    2006 Sep 25Added American A&W 2007 collector mug L08iC20a.

    2006 Sep 25Added a Hazel Atlas 12 ounce red bull's eye mug L01ac12.

    2006 Sep 25Added two 28 ounce 1970s/80s mugs.

    2006 Sep 25Added auction results for several mugs.

    2006 Jul 10Added Canadian A&W 50th Anniversary mug L09cC20.

    2006 Apr 17Added dates and values of notable sales of some mugs (Winking Bear mug, for example).

    2006 Apr 8Added another 16 ounce bull's-eye red logo 4-ring mug L01bC16b.

    Added better image of L00aC03c, and added an image of L01fC10e.

    2006 Apr 3Added 2004 3.5 ounce A&W convention mug L08eC03b.

    2006 Apr 2Updated A & W history timeline, and split it into separate timelines for USA and Canada.

    2006 Mar 26Completely revised the numbering system for glass mugs. After 15 years of codes like "AW52M2", I have carefully redesigned the MugShots numbering system. The code is slightly longer, still cryptic but slightly descriptive as well. There is more flexibility for expansion, both within glass mugs and branching out to include other A & W memorabilia.

    2006 Jan 28Discovered that the current Canada logo on mugs sometimes has "TM" by the logo, and sometimes "(R)". I believe the TM style came first, prior to the trademark being registered, then (R) was used.
     

    2006 Jan 28Added 1969-72 8 oz US A&W mug.

    2006 Jan 28Took new photos of all mugs without root beer in them, as the brown liquid color was conflicting too much with brown of the logos and text.

    2006 Jan 22Added two 3.5 ounce late 1990s American mug with upper and lower case "All American Food".

    2006 Jan 22Added the 1991 San Diego Conference A&W mug.

    2006 Jan 16Added image for late 1960s 14 oz US mug.

    2006 Jan 14Added 3.5 and 10 ounce red-outline bull's-eye logo mugs.

    2006 Jan 14Added a 1980s "America's #1" mug.

    2006 Jan 14Added a frosty mug of the US 1980s-90s series and renumbered all the plain oval series.

    2006 Jan 14Added the 1990 Chicago InterBev A&W mug.

    2006 Jan 14Added a 1980s Canadian mug with Coca-Cola on back.

    2006 Jan 11Added some images to red/black/white bull's eye series.

    2006 Jan 11Moved the plain "A&W" mug, as it is a 1980s nostalgia mug, not 1920s mug.

    2006 Jan 11Added and reorganized A&W Convention and InterBev trade show mugs.

    2006 Jan 11Added 1990s A&W Root Beer company mug.

    2006 Jan 8Added links to Canadian A&W press releases.
    2006 Jan 8Added 1980s Great Food Restaurant mug series.

    2006 Jan 8Added 1967 blueprints for US mugs.

    2006 Jan 8Added 1980 Mug Promotion to franchisees.

    2006 Jan 8Added 8 oz 1963 bull's-eye mug.

    2006 Jan 8Added frosted red/black/white bull's-eye mug.

    2006 Jan 8Added 8 oz 1957 bull's-eye mug.

    2006 Jan 8Added 10 oz 1920s "A&W" mug.

    2006 Jan 8Added four slightly different 10 oz 1920s "A&W ROOT BEER" mugs.

    2006 Jan 8Added 14 oz US 2001 mug.

    2006 Jan 8Added different 8 oz and 16 oz red ice-cold mugs.

    2006 Jan 7Added baby size of current Canadian mug series.

    2006 Jan 2
    Added recent US glass mug variety with upper case "ALL AMERICAN FOOD".

    2006 Jan 2Sorted out some issues with orange/brown/white bull's eye and oval series.

    2006 Jan 2
    Added the US 2005 "Winking Bear" collector mug.

    2006 Jan 2Took new digital photos of all of my glass mugs, filling each with A&W Root Beer, and creating images with consistent 400 pixel width.

    2006 Jan 2Took new digital photos of all of my glass or ceramic mugs, mainly listed here.

    2006 Jan 2Assembled all of my glass or ceramic coffee mugs, and all of my A&W Root Bears, and took new group pictures for the introduction page.

    2005 Aug 3Changed list of Canadian A&W restaurants to point to the company's restaurant finder.

    2005 Jul 25
    Added 2005 US A&W mug.

    2005 Jul 25
    Added 2004 US A&W mug.

    2005 Jul 25
    Added 2003 US A&W mug.

    2005 Jul 25
    Added 2002 US A&W mug.

    2005 Jul 20Changed list of US A&W restaurants to point to MapQuest A&W restaurant finder.

    2004 Jan 20
    Added new Canadian Allen & Wright coffee mug.

    2004 Jan 20Split Canadian "other" section into coffee mugs and other.

    2003 Mar 26
    Added glass mugs with new Canadian A & W logo.

    2002 Dec 29Updated A & W Root Beer timeline.

    2001 Mar 3
    Discovered that some recent Canadian mugs have a brown oval ring, and some don't.

    2001 Jan 18
    Coming soon! New 2001 mugs from A&W (USA)!

    1999 Dec 23Redesign of main Mug Shots web pages with title image and buttons for main features.

    1999 Dec 12Created the MugShots discussion group on eGroups.

    1999 Nov 25
    I received two Millenium mugs from A&W (USA).

    1999 Nov 1
    A&W (Canada) releases the BabyBurger mug, first of a weekly series of five baby-size mugs in the Burger family.

    1999 Sep 27Updated listings of Canadian A&W Restaurants, giving it a new format.

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