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Saturday, December 12, 2020

Coca-Cola mural - Decatur, AL

Coca-Cola mural - Decatur, AL

Located at the Brick Deli & Tavern, this Coke mural is painted atop a faded coke mural.

Delicious and Refreshing

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Former Coca-Cola bottler - Tullahoma

Former Coca-Cola bottler - Tullahoma

This former Coca-Cola bottler was a state-of-the-art facility in 1941. They could produce 120 bottles of Coke per minute until 1973 when a new facility was built down the road.

Today, the building has been preserved as retail space as the Historic Shoppes at Cokers. Tenants include a restaurant, clothing boutique and WDUC radio.

Thursday, August 27, 2020

Faded Coca-Cola (and Ford) wall ad - Fayetteville, TN

Faded Coca-Cola (and Ford) wall ad - Fayetteville, TN

These faded wall ads are a block south of the Fayetteville town square. The easiest to read wall ad says "Drink Coca-Cola - Every Bottle Sterilized" but the words Refreshing & Livelier also show through, as well as a Ford logo.

Sunday, June 28, 2020

Restored Coca-Cola Mural - Cookeville, TN

Restored Coca-Cola Mural - Cookeville, TN

In 2015, a store owner in the Cream City Depot District in Cookeville was renovating the exterior of his building. When removing the stucco, they found a forgotten Coca-Cola mural. From there, they contacted Coca-Cola who has been restoring vintage ads throughout the region. On Sept. 4, 2015, the city unveiled the restored mural with the 'Silhouette girl.'

Full story:
herald-citizen.com/stories/historic-coke-sign-unveiling-i...?

Sunday, August 20, 2017

See Incline Here / Coca-Cola sign

See Incline Here / Coca-Cola sign

Along the Lookout Mountain Scenic Highway (TN148) is a spot where the street crosses over Chattanooga's historic Incline Railroad. Along that bridge is a pedestrian scenic overlook. The parking spaces for this overlook are provided by Mountain Memories, a gift shop.

Thursday, February 23, 2017

Sunday, October 25, 2015

In the news: Knoxville Old City Coca-Cola mural restored

The people at Coca-Cola have been in the process of restoring some of their old advertising murals around the country. This time, they have repainted a ghost mural that is believed to date back to 1935. The mural is located around the side from the famous Patrick Sullivan's saloon. Here, I have posted a photo taken in 2009. In addition to restoring the mural, all of the surrounding white paint has been removed (Except around the Lucille's logo) showing the original brick underneath.

Lucille's Coca-Cola Mural

To see the new look, check the photo from this article (behind a paywall)

Also, check out this tv news segment.

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Faded Coca-Cola mural - Fayetteville, TN

Faded Coca-Cola sign

This painted brick sign is near the town square in Fayetteville, TN (in Lincoln County)

Thursday, August 20, 2015

Drink Coca-Cola in Bottles - Engel Stadium

Drink Coca-Cola in Bottles - Engel Stadium

Dating back to the early 1930s, Engel Stadium is the historic stadium and longtime home of the Chattanooga Lookouts. (Today, it is the home stadium of UT-Chattanooga. At one time, it was the home of the state TSSAA baseball playoffs.) You can tell it is an old-timey stadium with the way the outfield slopes and the flagpole is in play

I love the hand-painted Coca-Cola mural on the outfield wall. The mural is larger than it looks - check out the ladder in the bottom left corner of the image. The actual center field wall is the dark green wall on the right, but the coke mural is further from home plate and tougher to hit a home run over. Somewhere, I once heard it is 490 feet over the "In Bottles" and it looks like it's 20 feet tall. I can't find my source for this, but somewhere I read the only person to ever hit a home run over the sign was all-time great Harmon Killibrew

Friday, August 7, 2015

Lucille's Coca-Cola Mural - Knoxville

Lucille's Coca-Cola Mural

located in Old City area of Knoxville. this is painted on the side of a building that used to be Lucille's, a small restaurant and jazz venue.

Monday, July 20, 2015

In the news: faded Coca-Cola mural in Morristown gets repainted

Refresh Yourself Drink Coca-Cola

The photo above was taken in 2009 and displays a historic Coca-Cola mural in downtown Morristown. The city is known for it's second story skywalk, and that skywalk makes the best way to get a close look.

This month, artists from Coca-Cola restored this 1940's mural along Main street. During Coke's mural painting heyday, they had nearly 16,000 murals around the country. Decades later, most of them have faded which has prompted Coke to hire these artists to bring the ghost murals back to life.

To read the whole story and see pictures of the newly restored mural, read this article from the Citizen Tribune.

Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Cameron-Patton Hotel - South Pittsburg, TN

Cameron-Patton Hotel - South Pittsburg, TN

Along the main road (old US72) through the heart of South Pittsburg, TN

I don't have any info about this former hotel other than the name of the building on the side, in addition to the classic Drink Coca-Cola mural.

Monday, April 13, 2015

Drink Coca-Cola - Made in Knoxville 5¢

Drink Coca-Cola - Made in Knoxville 5¢

Along with a mural for Carpet Headquarters, this Mural is located along N. Broadway (US441) in Knowville

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Faded Cocal-Cola mural - Athens, TN

Faded Cocal-Cola mural - Athens, TN

Seen near the town square in Athens, TN. Above the Coke ad is also an ad for Jas. L Crow Jr. Poultry & Eggs

Saturday, January 31, 2015

Saturday, September 6, 2014

Reeves Drugs / Fountain Coca-Cola Drugs

Reeves Drugs / Fountain Coca-Cola Drugs

Pulaski, TN along US31 across from the Giles County Courthouse

Monday, August 4, 2014

Lebanon Antique Mall

Lebanon Antique Mall

Ice Cold Coca-Cola Sold Here

This mall is a block or two from the Lebanon town square along US231.

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Coca-Cola Mural - Downtown Chattanooga

Coca-Cola Mural - Downtown Chattanooga

This old mural, with the C's busted out for windows, is located in downtown Chattanooga in the building that used to be the Grand Hotel. The Grand Hotel is on Market street across from the parking garage next door to the Chattanooga Choo Choo.

Friday, May 10, 2013

Johnson City, TN Coca-Cola Mural

Johnson City, TN Coke Mural

For an old unrestored Coke Mural, this one is rather well preserved.

It looks like there was another building that used to be next to this one. It would have been built after the mural was painted and then torn down more recently. Thus, the bottom half of the fading ad (below the seam) was less exposed to the elements and retains more of the paint.

Delicious and refreshing
DRINK
Coca-Cola

Relieves Fatigue
Sold Everywhere

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Coca-Cola Mural - Pulaski, VA

Coca-Cola Mural - Pulaski, VA

5 cents - Delicious and Refreshing - 5 cents
Drink Coca-Cola - Sold Everywhere

Located in the small downtown area of Pulaski, VA along a wide building and facing Peak Creek. At some point over the last few decades it has been repainted, and even that has a slight fade to it.

One of the things I like about this creek as it runs through town is the old built up rock wall, and at this spot, it's practically an extension of the side of the building.