The Coca-Cola Bottle: An American Icon at 100

Atlanta's High Museum of Art pays homage to the iconography at an exciting exhibition

In 1915, the Coca-Cola Company distributed a brief to bottle makers across the US. The request was to craft a bottle so distinct that it could be recognized by hand in the dark—that its essence would remain visible even when shattered. Root Glass Company in Terre Haute, Indiana responded to the call and the first iteration of what we know today as the Coca-Cola glass …