Coca-Cola Uncle Remus Cutout 1931

1932 Coca-Cola Uncle Remus Cutout That Sparked Copyright Lawsuit

In 1932, the Coca-Cola Company issued a children’s cutout based on the Uncle Remus stories. The Company had negotiated rights with the publisher, Appleton, to use the Arthur Frost illustrations on the advertising. Mrs. Harris sued for copyright infringement. Ultimately, the courts ruled in favor of the Company. While Mrs. Harris had the rights to the stories, the illustrations belonged to the publisher.

Rare 1916 Coca-Cola cardboard advertising sign with swastika motif

Drink a bottle of Coca-Cola and be lucky

Coca-Cola used the swastika again in 1925 when it introduced a watch fob in that design. The swastika was widely used as a symbol of good luck or good fortune prior to the Second World War.

Coca-Cola is pre-eminently the drink of quality 1906

This girl is very sexy and seems to be offering something else not the glasses of Coca-Cola. But the most interesting is the background with the gas bubbles or condensation on the outside of a glass. It is the first in a series where the bubbles of gas form the background for decades.

Coca-Cola is pre-eminently the drink of quality 1906

Coca-Cola magazine ads from 1925

Summertime goodness for winter thirst.

Refreshment time and sociability of thirst - Such is the charm of purity at home.

6,000,000 a day. In fact, Coca-Cola has an average sale of more than six million drinks for every day in the year. I has the charm of purity.

Hot Coca-Cola spiced 1907

Why have a dull soda season? Coca-Cola, like tea and coffee, is a year around drink. Hold your summer trade by serving Coca-Cola both hot and cold through the winter season.

Hot Coca-Cola spiced ad 1907

A cold bottle of delicious refreshing Coca-Cola 1905

Newspaper coke ad from 1905

A cold bottle of delicious refreshing Coca-Cola, newspaper ad 1905

Coca-Cola advertising 1886 – 1899

1886 - The first advertisement for Coca-Cola

1880s - Coca-Cola syrup and extract

Coca-Cola ads 1892 - 1893

Coca-Cola pepsin gum magazine ad 1904-1905

In 1904 the company’s headquarters in Atlanta began selling Coca-Cola pepsin gum.

Coca-Cola pepsin gum ads 1904-1905

Coca-Cola managazine ads 1905

After exercise drink coca-cola 1905

Coca-Cola delicious refreshing at soda founts 1905

It satisfies the thirsty and helps the weary 1905

Coca-Cola War bonds

In 1943, Coca-Cola put out an advertisement urging people to buy U. S. War Bonds and War Stamps.Coca-Cola strongly aligned itself with the war effort. The newly created elf-looking Coca-Cola mascot named “Sprite” appears in the new advertisements.

Coca-Cola War Bonds - For Victory

Buy more War Bonds = A quicker Victory