#27 • Vintage Coca-Cola Wooden Advertising Crate with Hinged Lid

Part of 03/22/26 Antique Treasures & Vintage Collectibles Kalaheo (Kauai) Part 1 Auction (timed auction by Malama Auctions & Realty)

High bid $65.00

Status: Sold

A classic vintage wooden Coca-Cola advertising crate featuring the iconic red “Drink Coca-Cola in Bottles” script logo stenciled prominently across the front panel. The crate is constructed from solid wood with reinforced metal corner brackets and cutout side handles, reflecting the durable design used for transporting glass soda bottles in mid-20th-century bottling operations. The interior base is stamped “Gideon-Anderson Co., Gideon, Missouri,” identifying the manufacturer. Gideon-Anderson was a well-known producer of wooden shipping crates and beverage carriers used by soda bottling companies across the United States during the mid-1900s. These crates were widely used by distributors to transport and store returnable glass bottles before the transition to plastic cases.