Coca-Cola delivery trucks 1930 – 1940s

Coca-Cola Fountain Car, 1930's

Coca Cola Truck 1930's 2 Ladies with Handy 6 pack

Coca Cola Truck 1930's Featuring the Handy 6 Pack

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Coca-Cola Santa Claus 1950 – 1964

Coca-Cola: for Santa 1950

The Coca-Cola Santa Claus artwork from 1951 shows Santa reading a list of good boys and girls; there is no list of bad children.

Coca-Cola for sparkling holidays 1953

Coca-Cola Santa Claus 1931 – 1949

Although many credit our modern day Santa to Thomas Nast, Santa’s jolly look all started in 1931 with Haddon Sundblom and Coca-Cola.
Legendary illustrator Haddon Sundblom created the rosy-cheeked figure – today’s traditionally accepted appearance of the jolly old elf – in 1931 for a Coke holiday advertising campaign. Since that time, the Coca-Cola Santa has become one of the most beloved cultural icons and an anticipated part of holiday tradition.

My hat's off to the pause that refreshes 1931

It will refresh you too 1932

Away with a tired thirsty face 1933

Coca-Cola advertising clock Circa 1893

Coca-Cola advertising clock Circa 1893

Coca-Cola began advertising its products on clocks in 1893, when such novelty advertisements were increasingly common.
Coke would distribute branded clocks to sellers who bought and sold at least 100 gallons of Coca-Cola syrup per year. The first Coca-Cola clocks were made by the Baird Clock Company of Plattsburgh, New York, and had big, round faces with Roman numerals.
At $2.75 each, clocks were relatively expensive to produce, but Coca-Cola made the investment knowing that, because of their usefulness, advertising clocks would stay on display in a store long after posters or other items had been discarded.