The American Soda Machine Archive Manuals, history & restoration

Manufacturer archive

Peninsular

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 Peninsular machines. 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.

2Models documented
2Models photographed
Not establishedRecorded date span
0Dated records

Peninsular company history

Preserved background

Archive documentation notes that Peninsular built coolers out of Detroit, MI and Chicago, ILL.

What the machine archive shows

Evidence by model and date

It contains 2 model records, 0 with recorded production dates and 2 with surviving model-specific photography.

Peninsular 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.