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Terre Haute, Indiana: Birthplace of the Coke Bottle Mural (Gone)

Giant outdoor mural on the county museum let everyone know you were in the town where the glass Coca-Cola contour bottle was invented.

Vigo County Historical Museum

Directions:
Vigo County Historical Museum. Downtown, on the south side of Wabash Ave., just east of 9th St. and just west of the train tracks. The mural faces east.
Hours:
Reported gone Oct. 2024.
Status:
Gone

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Birthplace of the Coke Bottle Mural

As of 10/22/24, this mural has been painted over.

[Scott, 10/22/2024]

Coke bottle mural.

Birthplace of the Coke Bottle

On the outside wall of the Vigo County Historical Museum there is a giant mural proclaiming Terre Haute to be the birthplace of the Coke bottle. Inside the museum is a recreated 1950s soda fountain with old Coca-Cola signs.

[Terri, 04/27/2021]

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