Advertising from: 1900 – 1930

Coca Cola ads on buildings 1911 – 1912

Elwood F. Bell, Chemist, office covered with Coca-Cola and other ads 1911

Covered roadside grocery store. Baton Rouge, LA 1911

Covered building in ruin. Petersburg, VA 1911

Coca Cola old delivery trucks

Coca-Cola truck from 1908

Rapid Motor Company Delivery Truck, 1909 First delivery of Coca-Cola to Knoxville, TN

Coca-Cola, trucks, Asheville, NC c1920s

Deposit Ticket for one Bottle

Turn of the Century Deposit Ticket for one Bottle of Coca-Cola, c.1903

Coca Cola century deposit ticket

Lillian Nordica – new face of Coca Cola

From 1904 to 1905, Lillian Nordica became the new face of Coca-Cola. Born Lillian Norton in 1857 in Farmington, Maine, Madame Nordica was also a singer who had performed with the Metropolitan Opera in New York, as well as in many major musical venues in Western Europe and Russia. Early calendars and other promotional items featuring the divas of the time not only launched the popular Coca-Cola Girls advertising platform but Clark and Nordica items had also become some of the greatest hits with vintage Coca-Cola collectors over the years.

1905 Lillian Nordica Coca-Cola Ad with Coupon

Lillian Nordica, Opera Star, c. 1905

First Coca Cola Girl

Singer Hilda Clark became the first celebrity model for The Coca-Cola Company. Also known as the First Coca-Cola Girl, Hilda’s image was used on cardboard signs, tin trays, trade cards, bookmarks, drink tickets, and calendars from 1899 to 1903.

An 1890s advertisement showing model Hilda Clark in formal 19th century attire. The ad is titled Drink Coca-Cola 5¢.

Calendar with Hilda Clark

Hilda Clark actress