Coca-Cola Knock-offs

[Houdini]

Looking for a complete list of early Coca-Cola knock offs, company info, dates in production, etc.

I have the following;

Koka-Nola
My Coca-Co
Toka-Cola
Koke
Gay-Ola
Taka-Cola
Chero-Cola
Koa-Cola
Afri-Kola
King-Kola

Any information appreciated. Pictures of bottles a plus. Starting to get into these.

Thanks from the new guy!

 

[Bass Assassin]

Good luck, hope you get em all

 

[M.C.Glass]

How about Queen Cola?

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Approximately 300 Coca Cola Imitators

From ...

The Monroe Journal ~ Monroe, North Carolina

August 15, 1919

 

[Robby Raccoon]

Did they sue all of these companies into the ground, too?

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Coca Cola's main beef was other brands using the word 'Cola' or anything that sounded like it. The long story short is, they eventually lost most of those lawsuits because the word 'Cola' is still used by everyone and their brother to this very day and is synonymous with just about every brand of 'Soft Drink'

 

[ACLbottles]

I've started collecting these too and they're really cool! They're lots of fun to collect. Good luck!

 

[ACLbottles]

Oops, didn't mean to attach those pictures. But the first one is an Ala-Cola from Houston, TX and the second is a Click-Cola from Brooklyn. Those are just a couple of the ones I have.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

P.S.

I'm no expert on the Kola Wars that took place in the teens and 1920s, but I do know that a lot of the lawsuits Coca Cola won in those earlier years were reversed later on in the 1930s, which finally allowed other brands to use the word 'Cola' without fear of the Coca Cola Company going after them.

Speaking of the early years, this article is slightly off-topic but it makes for an interesting read nonetheless. Its not the first Coca Cola advertisement - that was in May of 1886 - but it is one of the earliest Coca Cola articles.


From ...

The Atlanta Constitution ~ Atlanta, Georgia ~ May 1, 1887

 

[Houdini]

I've started collecting these too and they're really cool! They're lots of fun to collect. Good luck!

I like them. Pictures are great would love to see more like these.