By Katherine Jackson
The Coca-Cola mural on Main Street was restored and debuted to the public in 2015.
Images courtesy of the Isaac Martin Gordon Business Collection via the Surry County Digital Heritage/Mount Airy Museum of Regional History
A “ghost sign” was revealed after the demolition of the adjoining building in the 1980s, located at 185 N. Main Street in Mount Airy.
Images courtesy of the Isaac Martin Gordon Business Collection via the Surry County Digital Heritage/Mount Airy Museum of Regional History
A postcard of Mount Airy Bottling Works, located on Moore Avenue, circa 1898. Pictured, from left, are an unknown gentleman, B.E Herman, founder of Mount Airy Bottling Works, and delivery horse Snowball. After 1900, the name of the company changed to Mount Airy Coca-Cola Bottling Company.