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Coca-Cola began using Baird advertising clocks in the 1890s, featuring slogans like ‘The Ideal Brain Tonic,’ later shortened to the simpler ‘Drink Coca Cola.’ Over the years the company issued wall clocks with spring pendulums, smaller spring-powered boudoir clocks, and eventually mass-produced electric clocks.
As the archivist for Coca-Cola, I’m interested in preserving the history of this company. Integrally tied to that h… [more]
How did I get interested in clocks? Something about them has always been ingrained in me. My mom’s father had a sma… [more]
I was working as a jewelry department manager for a department store, and I had a customer who brought a clock in f… [more]
I started collecting Coca-Cola memorabilia back in the early 1970s. I was working the night shift at a company, and… [more]
As a teenager, I got into repairing the old furniture in our attic. One day, I wandered into a local antiques shop … [more]
In this interview, Doug McCoy explains how the Coca-Cola bottle got its distinctive contour shape and charts the ev… [more]
I started collecting Coca-Cola in 1994. The World Cup soccer games were being hosted at the Stanford Stadium and I … [more]
Phil Mooney's Coca-Cola blog focuses on everything from memorabilia (antique, vintage, and modern) to the company's… [read review or visit site]
This virtual museum, created by the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors, lets you stroll through tim… [read review or visit site]
Bill Stoddard's clock history site offers a trove of great reference information on clock and watch makers includin… [read review or visit site]
This site, a group effort, is a great reference for Coca-Cola collectors. Start with the timeline and product lists… [read review or visit site]
Check out this sampling of nautical and maritime items held by the U.K.'s National Maritime Museum and Royal Observ… [read review or visit site]
Ralph and Carol Falvo's excellent collection of automobiles, petroliana, jukeboxes, soda, and general store items. … [read review or visit site]
The ultimate guide to vintage soda vending machines, from Coca-Cola to Pepsi to Royal Crown to Dr. Pepper. Start at… [read review or visit site]
Dan and Diana Lockett's amazing collection of several hundred novelty Lux clocks made by the Lux Clock Manufacturin… [read review or visit site]
Philip Haselton's guide to watchmen's time recording equipment. Includes 19th century German portables, 20th centur… [read review or visit site]
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