how iconic. ya know Coca-Cola is the only company allowed to import coca leaves. They lobbied and got exempted from the drug laws when they passed in the 20′s prohibition era.
stop pointing out it looks smaller, notice that the right ones are also moved slightly back compared to the left one. if they were all alligned right, then maybe you could tell it shrunk. keep the perspective in perspective when you judge the size ;)
The 1915 bottle is modeled after the pod of the Kola 0r Cola nut I believe.In Terre Haute Indiana on US 41[Third Street] about a mile north of I-70 is an historical marker regarding “The Birthplace of the Coca-Cola Bottle” this is near the Root Glass works where the 1915 bottle was designed.
coz752 is absolutely right. The bottles are going back into perspective giving the illusion that the bottle to the left is much bigger than the bottle to the right. If you didn’t notice all the bottle caps are at the same height. Take a ruler and measure it out yourself just keep in mind the angle the bottles are aligned in. I’d say the most significant difference in size are the widths of each bottle which would probably affect the amount of coca cola each bottle could contain. The height however seems to be not that far off, at all.
They probably aren’t going to reissue the corked edition, even with a more modern cap, because now-a-days everything has to be ergonomically designed to be comfortable to hold and fit well in the hand. So a sleek bottle without any contour wouldn’t be nearly as comfortable, or easy, to hold. Industrial design is very unlikely to go backwards…
You can find Coke in a glass bottle and made with real cane sugar. Every time I go to Wegman’s grocery store I stop by the registers and pick up a couple of bottles of Coke in a glass bottle made with real cane sugar. I suggest you try it. The coke in glass with real sugar is so much better. The carbonation is lighter and more delicate and the taste is outstanding. They can also be found in a hispanic grocery store because Coke made in Mexico is normally made with sugar. I have also heard that Costco is selling coke made with real sugar.
last bottle is like fatpersons deltoids, pen-neck and fat weist. all americans are stupid and fat like bottles full of sugar and lard when u take both away all you have is empty shell. fuck u all
hitler, go put yourself in the bottle en en put the cork in your mouth, if you need satisfaction by putting down some meaningless words try rollarskating…
and what have we today??… at least in germany we have cola in plastic bottles today, thats why i dont drink coca cola. I still drink it, but it needs to be a glas bottle. :P the same for pepsi, it was all tasteful but then came the plastic. :(
The first bottle had that shape because originally Coca-Cola was supposed to be a medicine. Thats why one year after they changed the bottle to a drinking tipe bottle.
im not sure how many people know this, but originally coke actually had cocaine in it, and some doctors would prescribe it to people who were feeling bad, and they would drink it all night trying to get rid of their pain and be dead in the morning
The funny part is that for the 3d one from the left (1915), the Raymond Loewy based the shape of the bottle on a COCOA fruit (chocolate) instead of a COCA (Coca Cola ; – ). It was on the same page of the encyclopaedia he used to do his research
When I was a kid in 1974 there was an old store next to the theater that had a bottle shaped like the fourth one with the same type cap but it was about 14 inches high and maybe 6 inches in diameter never saw another one like it
Being a baby boomer I can guarantee that we all have coca-cola and those bottles in our past. It was a staple, a gift, a reward. It was part of our lives.
Do we know which bottles were hand blown and when they started pressing them? Do the empty 1800′s have the aqua tinge to them? Wanted to know if my whimsy cane came from coke bottle factory, the glass is coke bottle colored, maybe made from end of day coke bottle glass..thx for your help
In my archaeology class, our prof used a coca-cola bottle picture with probably 20 different bottles from the late 1890′s to present day. Pretty neat too see things change.
Hey anybody ever seen a 1899 bottle design with green glass. That is 28″ tall by 31″ around. And sez Property of coca cola bottleing co. in raised letters. And the value of it? Thanks David…
I’ve got a coke bottle that don’t look like any of those, it’s got a tapered neck with stright sides and was bottled in Vicksburg Miss. Haven’t seen another like it. Also an old Dr Pepper bottle that i’ve never seen before.
fa
Nov 16th, 2009wow, wieviele logos haben mehr als 100 jahre gehalten?
Chris R
Nov 17th, 2009they haven’t really strayed that far have they?
steve
Nov 17th, 2009I’d like to see a reissue of the corked edition.
serpent
Nov 17th, 2009yeah, can we haz the original formula too, pleeze~!
Vic
Nov 17th, 2009Yes that corked bottle really looks cool if we it today.
robb
Nov 17th, 2009would be happier if each bottle is labeled to it’s own production year.
nice one.
OneDay
Nov 17th, 2009The 1915 bottle has a great shape. They kept decreasing in size as the years went by!
Rohan Gonsalves
Nov 17th, 2009nice!
…shorter generation will soon follow!
Girog
Nov 17th, 2009@Steve and Vic
You don’t want one of the corked bottles- they were unable to hold their fizz for more than a few days.
The Baldchemist
Nov 17th, 2009and the shit is still the same colour!
pThomas
Nov 17th, 2009how iconic. ya know Coca-Cola is the only company allowed to import coca leaves. They lobbied and got exempted from the drug laws when they passed in the 20′s prohibition era.
coz752
Nov 17th, 2009stop pointing out it looks smaller, notice that the right ones are also moved slightly back compared to the left one. if they were all alligned right, then maybe you could tell it shrunk. keep the perspective in perspective when you judge the size ;)
macdanewf
Nov 17th, 2009yeah, but today’s shit doesn’t contain the same shit that the original shit did! lol
Boo
Nov 17th, 2009I would like a reissue of the corked edition too, but obviously with a modern cap rather than a cork.
dabid
Nov 17th, 2009i think the most interesting is that the logo has barely changed since the very first one
ras
Nov 17th, 2009the 1st one is nice…
Max Greenwood
Nov 17th, 2009The 1915 bottle is modeled after the pod of the Kola 0r Cola nut I believe.In Terre Haute Indiana on US 41[Third Street] about a mile north of I-70 is an historical marker regarding “The Birthplace of the Coca-Cola Bottle” this is near the Root Glass works where the 1915 bottle was designed.
emmsual
Nov 17th, 2009yeah decrease the size and increase the price.
Matimal
Nov 17th, 2009Hey lookie here – http://www.retrothing.com/2007/12/1899-coke-bottl.html
You can get that 1899 version anywhere nowadays. I got one recently. It is a limited edition sort of thing, but I’m sure they’ll do it again.
Raven
Nov 17th, 2009I love the bottles from 1899 the best. Those were the days before HFCS, they need to go back to those days period.
x
Nov 17th, 2009In the original formula, the fizz wasn’t really the point.
wojciak
Nov 17th, 2009So what’s up with stopping short and leaving out the plastics… half-assed at best.
Melanie
Nov 17th, 2009I love this post–haven’t seen 2 of them ever–the old ones–
I like your new blog very much. It is very interesting. Check mine out when you can.
Joe
Nov 17th, 2009I like 1915, shows the figure of the average coke drinker
linnae
Nov 17th, 2009more than one of those has coke in it… not that kinda coke.
yokojono
Nov 17th, 2009coz752 is absolutely right. The bottles are going back into perspective giving the illusion that the bottle to the left is much bigger than the bottle to the right. If you didn’t notice all the bottle caps are at the same height. Take a ruler and measure it out yourself just keep in mind the angle the bottles are aligned in. I’d say the most significant difference in size are the widths of each bottle which would probably affect the amount of coca cola each bottle could contain. The height however seems to be not that far off, at all.
Factopo
Nov 17th, 2009It’s too bad you can’t find Coke in the glass bottles anymore. Just try googling for “factopo”
kooba
Nov 17th, 2009I think first Coca Cola was pink!
Dennis
Nov 18th, 2009They probably aren’t going to reissue the corked edition, even with a more modern cap, because now-a-days everything has to be ergonomically designed to be comfortable to hold and fit well in the hand. So a sleek bottle without any contour wouldn’t be nearly as comfortable, or easy, to hold. Industrial design is very unlikely to go backwards…
femme
Nov 18th, 2009from 1915 onwards, the shape of the coca cola bottle mirrors society’s perceptions on the ideal shape of women
Drpiper
Nov 18th, 2009You can find Coke in a glass bottle and made with real cane sugar. Every time I go to Wegman’s grocery store I stop by the registers and pick up a couple of bottles of Coke in a glass bottle made with real cane sugar. I suggest you try it. The coke in glass with real sugar is so much better. The carbonation is lighter and more delicate and the taste is outstanding. They can also be found in a hispanic grocery store because Coke made in Mexico is normally made with sugar. I have also heard that Costco is selling coke made with real sugar.
Gnarfarm
Nov 18th, 2009Big feet?
pa
Nov 18th, 2009FA, haben sechs logos
May
Nov 18th, 2009I want corked coke too…
Wouldn’t you like to know
Nov 18th, 2009Femme: Take your femme-Nazi shit somewhere else please -.-;
Katelyn
Nov 18th, 2009Wow, that original bottle is awesome! I wonder if anyone still has them lying around? They’re probably worth a fortune now…
Adolf Hitler
Nov 18th, 2009last bottle is like fatpersons deltoids, pen-neck and fat weist. all americans are stupid and fat like bottles full of sugar and lard when u take both away all you have is empty shell. fuck u all
shenkie
Nov 18th, 2009hitler, go put yourself in the bottle en en put the cork in your mouth, if you need satisfaction by putting down some meaningless words try rollarskating…
iphone kostenlos
Nov 18th, 2009and what have we today??… at least in germany we have cola in plastic bottles today, thats why i dont drink coca cola. I still drink it, but it needs to be a glas bottle. :P the same for pepsi, it was all tasteful but then came the plastic. :(
Uncle B
Nov 18th, 2009Big penis? Plastic bottles? American? SEE:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1228095/Toxins-plastics-feminise-boys-play-like-little-girls-say-scientists.html
hemp4pres
Nov 18th, 2009DOWN WITH DU-PONT BRING BACK GLASS!!!!
Mike
Nov 18th, 2009Too bad it doesn’t have cocaine in it anymore…
Henrik
Nov 18th, 2009I like the very fist one; the shape reminds me a little of the bottles that Sobe comes in.
Henrik
BC
Nov 18th, 2009The first bottle had that shape because originally Coca-Cola was supposed to be a medicine. Thats why one year after they changed the bottle to a drinking tipe bottle.
Tibbles
Nov 18th, 2009I have a bottle of the second from the right, unopened. It was found in my grandma’s basement. xD
canvas art
Nov 18th, 2009I like the corked version too! more corked coke!
Jess
Nov 18th, 2009They should bring back the original maybe with a cap
Amphigorey
Nov 18th, 2009Amazingly enough when Coke contained “COKE” it was green
jj
Nov 19th, 2009IT SHOWS THAT COCO COLA COMPANY IS DEPRECIATING….
jj
Nov 19th, 2009WATCH IT. AFTER 1899 . NO CHANGES IN THE BOTTLE CAPS IT’S AMAZING.
Celli57
Nov 19th, 2009rather have a Fentiman’s Curiosity Cola instead – http://www.fentimans.com
games
Nov 19th, 2009Second bottle looks great. But I like corked version.
Zack W
Nov 19th, 2009im not sure how many people know this, but originally coke actually had cocaine in it, and some doctors would prescribe it to people who were feeling bad, and they would drink it all night trying to get rid of their pain and be dead in the morning
LADY DINEZ
Nov 20th, 2009amazing. i was just thinking the 1899 bottle was when it still had a small amount of cocaine in…
K. Carver
Nov 20th, 2009Did you notice that the 1986 version is “fatter” than the 1957 version – just like a lot of Americans?
Matt
Nov 21st, 2009Sweet!
Jude
Nov 21st, 2009I still own an original as it came out of the factory. The fifth in line in the above picture.
Takes me back to those sweet times as a kid on the beach in Malta
Bill
Nov 21st, 2009I miss the 16 oz. glass bottles. Time marches on. Advertizing campaigns erode our knowledge.
Lindsay
Nov 22nd, 2009fake. The logo has changed over the years, here they are all the same
richmond
Nov 22nd, 2009haha…interesting…
Yannic Kermarrec
Nov 22nd, 2009The funny part is that for the 3d one from the left (1915), the Raymond Loewy based the shape of the bottle on a COCOA fruit (chocolate) instead of a COCA (Coca Cola ; – ). It was on the same page of the encyclopaedia he used to do his research
Curt
Nov 24th, 2009Where are the green bottles and the brown bottles?
I have one like the 1900 with the paper label and its dark brown.
anon
Nov 24th, 2009SICK
Mareks
Nov 24th, 20091915 is pretty cool.
Una Ola
Nov 24th, 2009In Costa Rica, Coke can be found in glass bottles made with real sugar. It’s delicious and refreshing!
jim
Nov 24th, 2009When I was a kid in 1974 there was an old store next to the theater that had a bottle shaped like the fourth one with the same type cap but it was about 14 inches high and maybe 6 inches in diameter never saw another one like it
Doug
Nov 24th, 2009The 1915 bottle is a pretty good representation of what you will look like if you drink lots of coke.
Gayle
Nov 24th, 2009I love the shape of the 1899 but not the cork.
It looks very sleek and modern
The Go Green Blog
Nov 25th, 2009Wow – it is so neat to see all the bottles over the years lined up next to each other.
mauco
Nov 25th, 2009they’re all nice… its good to see they’ve kept their brand identity over the years.
pete
Nov 27th, 2009wot about the quantity, does it change coz the 1st looks more
Dezio
Nov 30th, 2009I’ve the 1900 copy maded in the 1965 original :)
elvis
Dec 1st, 2009therefore we should expect another model or bottling type
Barrett Fitzgerald
Dec 5th, 2009Holy crap! The 1899 bottle looks more like a glass flask!
Smriti
Dec 6th, 2009I hate coke…and the bottle….the evolution is interesting though..
Bill Beavers dog crates
Dec 8th, 2009Being a baby boomer I can guarantee that we all have coca-cola and those bottles in our past. It was a staple, a gift, a reward. It was part of our lives.
Joanna
Dec 16th, 2009coll bottles!
it’s so neat to see, how the design has changed!
Luci
Dec 21st, 2009Do we know which bottles were hand blown and when they started pressing them? Do the empty 1800′s have the aqua tinge to them? Wanted to know if my whimsy cane came from coke bottle factory, the glass is coke bottle colored, maybe made from end of day coke bottle glass..thx for your help
graffiti
Jan 4th, 2010very cool! the old one is the best though. Bring it back!!
laughalot
Jan 28th, 2010wow, The coca-cola bottle has really let itself go! lol! :D
susanherna
Feb 26th, 2010I have a 32 oz. glass Coca Cola from the mid 1970′s that is still sealed, It has a red and a green whistle in it.
Anna
Mar 28th, 2010In my archaeology class, our prof used a coca-cola bottle picture with probably 20 different bottles from the late 1890′s to present day. Pretty neat too see things change.
David
Apr 21st, 2010Hey anybody ever seen a 1899 bottle design with green glass. That is 28″ tall by 31″ around. And sez Property of coca cola bottleing co. in raised letters. And the value of it? Thanks David…
Robert E. J.
Jun 13th, 2010Coax the Best out of Life.
Florida web design
Jun 24th, 2010The first one looks sort of like a bottle of vinegar to me.
Glazemoo
Jul 12th, 2010That was amazing!! Thanks for sharing
Charles Jewell
Aug 22nd, 2010I’ve got a coke bottle that don’t look like any of those, it’s got a tapered neck with stright sides and was bottled in Vicksburg Miss. Haven’t seen another like it. Also an old Dr Pepper bottle that i’ve never seen before.
Adam
Oct 12th, 2010@oneday
They don’t decrease in size dummy, look into somthing called perspective.
grikdog
Oct 15th, 2010If you look at the curved space between a standing woman’s legs, you will see the shape of the modern Coca-Cola bottle. Now that’s subliminal!
ChrisTea
Dec 7th, 2010I would LOVE to have a couple of those 1899 bottles! Very cool!
olmo
Jun 14th, 2011cool story, but I dont dring this anymore… too much sugar in there
kropped
Oct 12th, 2011Love the drink and the brand!
dominique
Dec 13th, 2011all they did was make the bottle smaller?!