Original reference photography from the Cola Machines archive. Select any image to inspect the machine, mechanisms, identification plates, and restoration details.
This reference catalog documents 2 Bradley machines. Surviving model records include production information spanning 1940 to 1949. Model-specific archive photography survives for 2 of the 2 entries.
This profile combines preserved company background with evidence from the individual machine records. Dates and model counts refer to documented examples in this collection, not an assertion that the catalog is complete.
Bradley company history
Preserved background
Archive documentation notes that Bradley according to literature, the company may be listed as: Sherwood C.
Ide and Associates, Inc. located at 34 Eaton St. , Buffalo, N. Y. Additionally, the company jas been in the automatic merchandising industry since 1926.
What the machine archive shows
Evidence by model and date
The dated archive currently runs from Bradley Deluxe (Mid 1940's – 1949) through Bradley Junior (1949). It contains 2 model records, 2 with recorded production dates and 2 with surviving model-specific photography.
The documented production footprint is distributed across 1940s (2). These totals describe this archive—not necessarily the company’s complete output—and will change if additional period records are recovered.
Bradley machines
2 model records
Research note: Profile scope is 2 archived machine records. Company background was independently restated from the site’s preserved manufacturer overview; view the archived source. Dates, photographs, and model counts come from the linked records. Where the preserved evidence is incomplete, the page says so instead of filling gaps with conjecture.