The sleek red vending machine, manufactured in the early 1950s, stores as many as 44 Coke bottles and will still deliver a cold bottle of refreshment for a dime.

Despite existing in the 1950s, perfume vending machines like Perfumatic could see a lucrative comeback in the US, which has a massive $8.7 billion fragrance market.

My 1950s Vendo Coke machine. It’s complete with the original paint, plug-in and memories. A few years ago, I plugged it in to make sure it still worked and would still take my 10 cents for a pop.

More importantly in Coca-Cola’s case, Higuchi noted that Hoshizaki Electric’s October 1957 development of a “cup-type juice vending machine” deserves credit for “trigger [ing] a beverage vending ...

Davis, a northwest Lakeland resident, has a side business in collecting vending machines, mostly from the 1930s through 1950s, and restoring them to their chunky magnificence. His workshop abounds ...

You might think a vintage muscle car from the 1960s would be Don Clark’s prized possession, but he’s also pretty proud of the 1950s Coca-Cola vending machine he found at an auto-swap meet.

Bob King and Colten Hart have spent countless hours breathing new life into classic collectibles from old cars to vending machines and more.

The room features a penny weight scale, a Route 66 neon clock, old photos of Peoria, old Coca-Cola signs, the large 1950 Coca-Cola machine and a booth from an old ice cream parlor. On the booth is a ...

I n the lobby of the new Frederick apartment complex The Bottling Plant sits a reminder of the site’s history: a 1950 Coca-Cola machine that the building’s owners have rewired so that it can ...

Coca-Cola bottling plants formally entered Japan just after the war’s end in September 1945. American soldiers had been chugging Coke throughout the war, due to Coke president Robert W. Woodruff’s ...