Vintage Vending Archives

Vintage Vending Archives: Soda Fountain History

July 8, 2009 By Ann 3 Comments

Beginning in the latter part of the 19th century, a “soda fountain” was a counter within a pharmacy where the druggist would serve up carbonated soft drinks.

Vintage Vending Archives: Adaptall Quick Drying Enamel Brochure

June 4, 2009 By Ann Leave a Comment

This little brochure contains paint chips of the Adaptall brand enamel. It dates to 1933.

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Vintage Vending Archives: 1950s Chromcraft Dinette Furniture Color Chart

May 28, 2009 By Ann 3 Comments

Shown here is a 1950s Chromcraft brochure with sample chips of plastic laminates for dinette tabletops and plastic upholstery for the coordinating chairs.

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Vintage Vending Archives: Vintage Formica Color Samples

May 21, 2009 By Ann 7 Comments

The brochure pictured shows the Sunrise collection designed by Raymond Loewy Associates for Formica in 1953.

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Vintage Vending Archives: Chronology of Coca-Cola Cans

May 14, 2009 By Ann 1 Comment

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.

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Vintage Vending Archives:1951 Formica Story Brochure

May 4, 2009 By Ann Leave a Comment

This Formica brochure is from 1951, when postwar residential construction was booming. Inside the brochure is a quaint little story called “Open Formica Inspection”.

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Santa and Coke Advertising

December 1, 2008 By Ann 2 Comments

These ads featured Santa as the prominent symbol for winter drinking Coca-Cola to serve as a reminder that Coke could be consumed year ‘round.

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Bastian-Blessing Superior Soda Fountains

October 14, 2008 By Ann 82 Comments

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.

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Coca-Cola Advertising in Italy and Egypt

October 10, 2008 By Ann Leave a Comment

We at Retroplanet.com wanted to share a few vintage photos showing Coca-Cola sales and distribution in Italy and Cairo, Egypt, postwar.

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Coca-Cola Sign in NYC

September 23, 2008 By Ann & Keith 1 Comment

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 his voyage to the Americas.

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Mobil Gas Pegasus

September 11, 2008 By Ann 10 Comments

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.

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Coca-Cola Vendo 81, 44 & 39 Soda Machine Service Manuals

August 20, 2008 By Ann 8 Comments

Service manuals for three 1950’s Coca-Cola soda machines: the Vendo 81, Vendo 44 and the Vendo 39.

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New York Automat Food Vendor Machines

July 8, 2008 By Ann Leave a Comment

“I have always thought that the Automat in New York has the best scrambled eggs in the world.” — Gregory Peck

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The Long Running 5-cent Coca-Cola

June 24, 2008 By Ann 3 Comments

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 [...]

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