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Coca-Cola’s Freestyle soda fountain is a system the Jetsons surely would have wanted in their space-age living quarters. One I’d like to have parked in my living room. The Freestyle is a touch-screen system that dispenses 100+ flavors of water, soda, fruit drinks and Powerade. The Coca-Cola Company invested millions in the development of the [...]
Some rare treats for the Coca-Cola fan and collector… Take a look at these vintage originals – coupons, boxes, programs and more – all from the ’50s and ’60s, when a bottle of Coke was just a dime. Back then, it was common for brands to sponsor high school and college sports programs by producing [...]
When the sweltering summer heat sets in, most enjoy cooling off with a nice, cold drink. Typical ice chests keep drinks cold for mere hours, leaving us with a bunch of cans floating in water. A new line of Coca-Cola coolers and mini fridges were designed for tight spaces and travel. With seven different models, [...]
Recently we decided to freshen up the RetroPlanet company lunchroom. If you haven’t seen pictures of it before, our employee breakroom is filled with our great retro style furniture, giving it the look of an authentic 50s diner and making it a fun place to lunch or take a break for all of us, as [...]
Since their first release in 1897, Coca-Cola serving trays have been a popular collectible. Initially, The Coca-Cola Company supplied tin serving trays and change trays to soda fountains to promote the product line. These served to push name recognition. Unlike the change trays (which were distributed on and off through the years), the serving trays [...]
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 [...]
Coca-Cola’s Different Bottle Shapes Coca-Cola was first bottled by the Biedenharn Candy Company in Vicksburg, Mississippi in 1894. The proprietor, Joseph A. Biedenharn, was a customer of The Coca-Cola Company, buying Coca-Cola syrup and serving the soft drink to customers at his soda fountain. He came up with the idea of making Coke available to [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
