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 6 Glascock machines. Surviving model records include production information spanning 1920 to 1930. Model-specific archive photography survives for 6 of the 6 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.
Glascock company history
Preserved background
Archive documentation notes that Glascock became the first company to manufacture standardized coolers officially approved by the Coca-Cola Company.
Because of this status, Glascock Brothers Manufacturing Company is considered the "Grandfather" of Coca-Cola coolers. Glascock Brothers Manufacturing Company was located in Muncie, Indiana and many of their early coolers have become very collectible.
What the machine archive shows
Evidence by model and date
The dated archive currently runs from Glascock Standard (Late 1920's into the early 1930's) through Glascock Portable Cooler (Early 1930's). It contains 6 model records, 6 with recorded production dates and 6 with surviving model-specific photography.
The documented production footprint is distributed across 1920s (2), 1930s (4). These totals describe this archive—not necessarily the company’s complete output—and will change if additional period records are recovered.
Glascock machines
6 model records
Glascock photo archive
12 general collection photos
Research note: Profile scope is 6 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.