{"product_id":"ink-blotter-coca-cola-friendliest-drink-promotional-advertising-original-lithograph-nos-usa-1956","title":"Ink Blotter, Coca-Cola \"Friendliest Drink\" Promotional Advertising, Original Lithograph, NOS, USA, 1956","description":"\u003cp\u003eA cheerful bit of 1950s Coca-Cola advertising, kept unused since the year it left the press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eType:\u003c\/strong\u003e Original promotional ink blotter — not a reproduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaker:\u003c\/strong\u003e Coca-Cola\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e Approximately 7.75 inches wide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEra:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1956\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very Good vintage NOS — age yellowing, mostly visible on the back; minor corner creases; never used. All sales are final.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sturdy cardboard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe lithograph features a hand holding a Coca-Cola bottle poised above a stylized world globe, paired with the tagline \"Friendliest Drink on Earth\" — mid-century Coke marketing at its most exuberant. This example was found in an old Coca-Cola plant in New York State, still bundled after nearly seventy years. The paper has taken on a faint golden cast from age, with the minor creasing noted above.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA striking find for a Coca-Cola collector, a conversation piece for a vintage-styled office or bar, or a gift for the ephemera lover who already owns \"everything.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInk blotters were a fixture of every American desk, handed out by companies eager to keep their name in front of customers dozens of times a day. Coca-Cola's were especially prized for their vivid color lithography — pocket-sized advertising art that vanished entirely once the ballpoint pen made blotting paper obsolete.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrowse more vintage advertising and paper ephemera in the shop for other pieces from Coca-Cola's golden marketing era.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Coca Cola","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43255589634257,"sku":"U288","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0624\/1733\/8577\/files\/IMG_8487_f892f6a7-878d-4e4a-b2f3-88a84e56bea1.jpg?v=1787416657","url":"https:\/\/www.antigotrunk.com\/products\/ink-blotter-coca-cola-friendliest-drink-promotional-advertising-original-lithograph-nos-usa-1956","provider":"Antigo Trunk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}