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For most, the term “soda fountain” refers to the soft drink dispensers located in fast food chains and convenience stores, dispensing Diet Coke, Orange Crush or Hires Root Beer. In the earliest days of the soda fountain, though, it had a very different meaning. The original soda fountain got its start n the latter part [...]
This little brochure contains paint chips of the Adaptall brand enamel. It dates to 1933. These paints were intended for furniture, appliances and even radiators, furnace and pipes. Adaptall was appropriate to use on wood, metal or plaster. There were also chips of waterproof varnish stains for furniture, floors and woodwork. The illustrations show some [...]
Shown here is a 1950s Chromcraft brochure with sample chips of plastic laminates for dinette tabletops and plastic upholstery for the coordinating chairs. Very modern-looking, durable dinette sets were all the rage from the mid-1940s through the early 1960s. I recognize both the table and chair coverings that we had on our set when [...]
The brochure pictured shows the Sunrise collection designed by Raymond Loewy Associates for Formica in 1953.
1940 to 1976 The Coca-Cola Archives issued this document in 1976. It illustrates the different can styles used from the very first can design to the can design used beginning in 1970. Coca-Cola was first introduced in cans in 1940. The original can design was a cone style can with a metal crown cap. Both [...]
This Formica brochure is from 1951, when postwar residential construction was booming. Inside the brochure is a quaint little story called “Open Formica Inspection”.
The Coca-Cola Company played a major role in the modern image of Santa Claus. Whether you know him as Santa, Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas or Kris Kringle, the most common image that comes to mind upon hearing his name is that of a white-haired and bearded, jolly old man clothed in a red suit with [...]
The Bastian-Blessing corporate offices and factory were based in Chicago, Illinois. A second factory was located in Grand Haven, Michigan from 1910 until 1988. In addition, they had a showroom that was located in NYC.
When the United States became involved in WWII, they brought Coca-Cola with them to Italy and North Africa. We wanted to share a few vintage photos showing Coca-Cola sales and distribution in Italy and Cairo, Egypt, postwar. This photo shows some of the Italian navy and a poster promoting the consumption of Coca-Cola. In American [...]
I ran across pictures of this great old Coca-Cola neon sign and thermometer in a 1943 issue of The Red Barrel magazine. The sign was located in New York City at Columbus Circle on the roof of the American Circle Building. The sign overlooked the statue of Christopher Columbus, erected in 1892 in commemoration of [...]
The Pegasus appeared on Mobilgas products beginning in 1911, but it was in 1931 with the forming of Socony-Vacuum that it was officially adopted as a trademark.
Here you’ll find free PDF downloads of service manuals for three 1950s Coca-Cola soda machines: Vendo 81, Vendo 44 and the Vendo 39. These are provided by Retro Planet. Please note that the first part of the manual shows photos of machines that were restored by Vintage Vending Inc. and may not totally match what [...]
“I have always thought that the Automat in New York has the best scrambled eggs in the world.” — Gregory Peck
In 1886, when Coca-Cola was first invented and placed on the market, the price for a glass at the soda fountain was 5 cents. When Coca-Cola was put into bottles, the price was still 5 cents. It remained so for nearly 70 years despite cost increases to produce Coca-Cola. Why was this? The main reason [...]
