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RARE COCA COLA VINT 1950'S RD/WHT ENML ALUM SODA CADDY W/1 DOZ UNOPENED BOTTLES

$ 246.83

Availability: 64 in stock
  • Date of Creation: 1950
  • Textured aluminum body sidewalls: Aluminum caddy floor
  • Post-WWII: Soda stand/soda drive-in bottle caddy
  • Type of Advertising: Soda bottle caddy
  • Condition: Very Good-Excellent overall vint cond: As if hermetically sealed in a vacuum chamber or brought back to us mere 21st c Earthlings, spit out of the depths of a blk hole, shot back to Earth w/attached mini parachutes, floating safely back through the atmosphere & onto the hallowed pgs of Ebay. All 12 orig, auth white enml litho'd light grn glass bottles hold 6.5 fl. oz. of Coca-Cola soda. The bottles still have their orig, unmolested, crimped shut, closed, printed tin bottle cap covers. The aluminum bottle caddy's body is intact & without any dings, dents or deformities. The affixed red & white enml pntd tin plaques, fnd on the front & rear sidewalls of the caddy's body only suffer from the slightest hint of oxidation on their extreme edges, which is remarkable. The aluminum of course, has no oxidation & remains nrly as it was orig constituted. The carrying handle moves freely up & down. This is an amazing, well-pres mid-20th c artifact. A veritable blast from our collective past. Cool.
  • White enamel painted clear glass bottles: Pressed, crimped tin bottle caps
  • American: Vintage
  • Brand: Coca-Cola
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Theme: Soda
  • Mid-20th century: Circa 1950-1956
  • One dozen unopened, sealed, full bottles: Coca-Cola/Coke filled glass bottles
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Modified Item: No
  • Color: Red, white, silver & dark brown
  • Atomic era: Mid-century modern
  • Rare: Very scarce
  • Affixed litho'd enml pntd tin plaques: Some very minor surface oxidation on tine edges
  • Slight, minor oxidation on fasteners: 1950's
  • Estate fresh: New to the marketplace
  • Aluminum, glass, tin: Coca-Cola soda
  • 12 bottle caddy: 12 6.5 fl oz full glass bottles
  • Collapsible carrying wire rod handle: 12 Individual metal soda bottle compartments
  • Original: Authentic

    Description

    RARE
    COCA-COLA
    MID-20TH CENTURY,
    POST-WWII
    AME
    RI
    CAN
    VINTAGE
    1950'S
    RED
    &
    WHITE
    ENAMEL
    PAINTED
    ALUMINUM
    SODA
    CADDY
    with
    ADJUSTABLE
    WIRE
    HANDLE
    ONE
    DOZEN
    UNOPENED,
    FULL
    BOTTLES
    of
    SODA
    [Coca-Cola
    bottler of
    '
    Hartford, Connecticut'
    (marked on bottom of glass bottles]
    (Circa 1950-1956)
    Mid-2oth century, post-WWII
    Ame
    ri
    can
    vintage soda advertising & aluminum pressed aluminum bottle caddies
    DIMENSIONS:
    16" Width x 5
    1⁄4" Depth x 7
    1⁄4
    " to 9
    1⁄4
    " Height
    (with extended handle)
    Weight:
    15 lbs. 15 oz.
    DESCRIPTION:
    As if hermetically sealed in a vacuum chamber or brought back to us mere
    21st century
    Earthlings, spit out of the depths of a black hole, shot back to Earth with attached mini parachutes, floating safely back through the atmosphere and onto the hallowed pages of Ebay. All
    twelve original, authentic white enamel lithographed, light green glass bottles
    hold
    6.5 fluid ounces
    of
    Coca-Cola
    soda. The bottles still have their original, unmolested, crimped shut, closed, printed
    tin bottle cap covers.
    The
    aluminum bottle caddy's body
    is intact and without any dings, dents or deformities. The
    affixed red and white enamel painted
    Coca-Cola
    trademark tin plaques,
    found on the front and rear sidewalls of the caddy's body, only suffer from the slightest hint of oxidation on their extreme edges, which is remarkable. The aluminum of course, has no oxidation and remains nearly as it was originally constituted. The carrying handle moves freely up and down. This is an amazing, well-preserved
    Ame
    ri
    can,
    mid-20th century
    vintage
    Atomic-era
    artifact. A veritable blast from our collective past. Nearly, if not,
    70 years old.
    Too cool for school. You can have a
    Coke
    while you're waiting for the end of the world.
    CONDITION:
    Very Good to Excellent overall vintage condition.