Coca-Cola Paintings

This is an old cardboard wall print depicting an artwork by Norman Rockwell. Entitled "Out Fishin'", the original artwork was done in 1935.


This is another old cardboard wall print. This one is from an artwork by N. C. Wyeth, entitled "It's The Refreshing Thing To Do", dated 1937.

Coca-Cola 1960s Fountain Cups

These are Coke fountain cups that I have acquired. Also known as paper cups or dixie cups, fountain cups are used when consumers buy Coca-Cola from soda fountains. These fountain cups are from USA, however the year they are produced is not mentioned. We can determine these, by observing the design.




The first and second cup should be from a similar time period, as they bare the same slogans. They should be from 1940s to 1960s, as they bare the words "REG. U.S. PAT. OFF." The slogan "Sign of Good Taste" confirms this to be from around 1957. The third cup is obvious, from 1984.




The first and second cup is from the same time period, the second cup is a smaller "Free Sample" version of the first cup. The diamond logo design was used by Coca-Cola from 1955 to 1970. This type of diamond logo design known as the Harlequin design (multi-diamond design), however, was first used in 1966. The third cup is guessed to be from around 1963, based on the slogan "Things go better with Coke". The fourth cup is believed to be from early 1970s, when Frozen Coke was first introduced.

Coca-Cola Auckland Warriors

This is a Mobil Collector Series featuring players from the Auckland Warriors rugby team. The players' info and signatures are featured, along with player photos. The players are Phil Blake, Sean Hoppe, Stephen Kearney, Dean Bell, Andy Platt and Greg Alexander.

Coke Glass Bottles

Please refer here for 385ml glass bottles.

This is the smaller 250ml glass bottles

Comparison between 385ml and 250ml glass bottles

Notice that Coca-Cola 250ml glass bottles still uses the old metal crown cap, while the 385ml bottles are using the newer metal twist cap.

Frozen Coke

This is Frozen Coke. It is similar to the flavoured iced drink Slurpee. Frozen Coke has been released in the USA since early 1970s.

Vintage 1906 "Diamond Label" Straight-Sided Bottle

This straight-sided bottle is a reproduction of the original 1900-1916 "Diamond Label" bottles, nowadays often called the straight-sided bottles due to its straight side as opposed to the curvy side of the Contour Bottle which made its debut in 1916.

The straight-sided bottles were similar to the bottles used for other beverages, distinguished only by the trademarked diamond-shaped paper labels. The diamond labels featured either "Atlanta, Ga." or the signature of Asa Chandler, who was then president of The Coca-Cola Company.



This reproduction straight-sided bottle features the early 20th century Coca-Cola Spencerian script logo and "Diamond Label" design elements. Straight-sided bottles are the successor to the "Hutchinson Bottle" which was first used to bottle Coca-Cola.

1992 Customer Appreciation Week Special Edition

This is a special edition can from 1992 Customer Appreciation Week.




Written on this side of the can are the words:

"Satisfied customers and consumers are the lifeblood of The Coca-Cola Company and of our worldwide system. They pay our salaries, feed and clothe our families and educate our children. Every success we have attained is due entirely to them.

Customers and consumers are 'ours' only as long as we merit their confidence, their respect and their trust. Everyday, we must serve them with a passion borne of the knowledge that without our customers and consumers, the Company would quickly close its doors."

Trivia: Are we customers or consumers?

Coke Bottles

Please refer to this post for 600mL PET bottles.

This is the smaller 390mL PET bottles.

Comparison between 600mL (regular sized) and 390mL PET bottle.

This is the current design for 385mL glass Contour Bottle for Coke Zero, Coca-Cola and Diet Coke.

This is a bottle design from early-mid 1980s. Not sure if it is a special design or not. This is not currently available for trade. In Malaysia, this is commonly known among collectors as "fat bottle".

Coca-Cola Centennial Special Edition

This is a special Centennial Special Edition in 1986 to celebrate Coca-Cola's 100th birthday. These cans feature Coca-Cola's advertisements over the years.

Coca-Cola 1987 Christmas Special

These cans are from a Chrismas special set from 1987. These cans feature paintings of Santa Claus by commissioned artist Haddon Sundblom for Coca-Cola Christmas advertisements in the 1920s to 1930s. Coca-Cola's advertisements of Santa Claus help shape the modern image of the Father Christmas (I'll be doing a post about this later).

Coke PET Bottles - 600ml

These are the current design for PET bottles (600mL) for Coca-Cola, Diet Coke and Coke Zero, and also a glass bottle (385mL) for Coca-Cola. Please refer here for other current Coke bottles.

Coke-Diet-Zero

I don't know whether these cans are special edition or not, however the designs are special, as I have pointed out in my previous post.

Coca-Cola All Blacks

This a set of four Coca-Cola cans in 2000, an All Blacks promotional set. It features winning moments of New Zealand All Blacks in 1987, 1997, 2000 and 1996. The players featured are John Kirwan, Jeff Wilson, Jonah Lomu and Zinzan Brooke.



This can from 1995 features Sean Fitzpatrick, one of the all time favorite New Zealand rugby player.

Coke Can NZ - Over The Years

The above photos show NZ cans from (left to right) 1989, 1991 and 1993. The design is the same, however these photos show the evolution of the cans themselves. The 1989 can still have the old 'throw away' tab and the 'water drop' shaped opening. Starting from 1991, the cans started utilizing the 'lif tab-push back' type openings. From 1993 onwards, we have the cans with longer neckings.

Note the modified Dynamic Ribbon Device integrated within the Coca-Cola name. This design was popular in the 1980s and 1990s.




The above photo shows the 2008 design for Vanilla Coke PET bottle and Coca-Cola can. Notice that the Dynamic Ribbon Device is now outside of the Coca-Cola name. Also, there's a special flower design integrated with the Vanilla Coke's Dynamic Ribbon Device.