Coca-Cola
BEYOND THE WALL
A closer look.
Details to notice. Connections to explore.
An advertising survivor
The directory dates the original hand-painted Coca-Cola mural to the 1920s.
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Kansas Murals directory record Based on the directory’s recorded details.A local bottling connection
Clay Center had a bottling company producing Coca-Cola and other beverages when the original sign was painted.
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Kansas Murals directory record Based on the directory’s recorded details.A restoration chapter
Leland “Slim” Graves restored the mural during a revitalization effort in the 1980s.
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Kansas Murals directory record Based on the directory’s recorded details.An incomplete original credit
The record identifies the original painter as being from Kansas City, Missouri, but does not name them.
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Kansas Murals directory record Based on the directory’s recorded details.
Description
Originally installed in the 1920s, this Coca-Cola mural was hand painted by an artist from Kansas City, MO. One of thousands of murals commissioned by the Coca-Cola company, their outdoor advertising campaign saturated the rural American landscape in the early 20th century.
A bottling company operated in Clay Center at this time, producing Coca-Cola as well as other beverages for the local market. This mural was restored during a Clay Center revitalization program in the 1980s by local sign painter Leland ‘Slim’ Graves.
