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 Walrus machines. Surviving model records include production information spanning 1920 to 1930. 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.
Walrus company history
Preserved background
Historical material places Walrus in Decator, Illinois and built coolers in the 1920's.
Little is known about the Walrus Company at this time.
What the machine archive shows
Evidence by model and date
The dated archive currently runs from The Blizzard (Late 1920's into the early 1930's) through The Walrus (Late 1920's into the early 1930's). It contains 2 model records, 2 with recorded production dates and 2 with surviving model-specific photography.
The documented production footprint is distributed across 1920s (2). These totals describe this archive—not necessarily the company’s complete output—and will change if additional period records are recovered.
Walrus 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.