Coca-Cola Bottling Company Employees and Vehicles
Image
Title
Coca-Cola Bottling Company Employees and Vehicles
Identifier
17165
Source
Tom Stanger Collection, 1989
Description
Outdoor group photo of the employees of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company at 2314 Thompson Blvd. in Ventura. Employees are standing next to automobiles outside of the bottling building. The workers are somewhat spread out, with one or two standing between each vehicle. Names written in pen above each person.
Left to right: Jim Clark, Lum Swenson, Bud Riley, Ray Smith, Happy ----, Jack Larson, Don Reeder, Truman Blanton, Tom Stanger, Alvin "Red" Smith, Bob Swartz.
Museum records include note: Carlos Grigg was manager. Justine Grigg married Truman Blanton. Betty Grigg married Jack McKiney who is not pictured but worked for Coca-Cola.
Left to right: Jim Clark, Lum Swenson, Bud Riley, Ray Smith, Happy ----, Jack Larson, Don Reeder, Truman Blanton, Tom Stanger, Alvin "Red" Smith, Bob Swartz.
Museum records include note: Carlos Grigg was manager. Justine Grigg married Truman Blanton. Betty Grigg married Jack McKiney who is not pictured but worked for Coca-Cola.
Creator
Unknown
Date
No date
Format
Black and white photograph
12.5 x 16 cm
Subject
Bottling
Coca-Cola Company
Employees
Automobiles
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
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Type
Image
Language
English
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Coca-Cola Bottling Company Employees and Vehicles,” Research Library at The Museum of Ventura County, accessed June 14, 2026, https://photographs.venturamuseum.org/items/show/10515.

