Tipper truck
Red and green toy rocking truck. Three full-size Coca-Cola bottles are glued into the truck’s box. The truck is mounted on a painted wooden base.
- Accession Number 1992.21
- Date 1940 c
- Materials metal, paint
- Measurements 31 x 18 x 57 cm
Historical context
This rocking truck is loaded with three small bottles of Coca-Cola, placed in the toy’s box by an artist who no doubt had fun imitating similar trucks sold at the time by the famous liquor brand.
The Coca-Cola company was officially founded in Atlanta in 1886 by pharmacist John Pemberton, who invented a drink made from coca leaves, kola nuts and damiana, which he initially sold in a pharmacy. Pemberton struggled to make his p...
- Accession Number 1992.21
- Date 1940 c
- Materials metal, paint
- Measurements 31 x 18 x 57 cm
© Pointe-à-Callière Collection, 1992.021
Photo by Paul Dionne
- On display
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