Coca-Cola Mural - Orange VA - Coca Cola Memorabilia on Waymarking.com

A Coca-Cola mural featuring Sprite Boy is on the side of the old Rohr Building in downtown Orange, Virginia. The 2-story commercial brick building was built in 1915 and originally housed the Wilbur Theater. Grymes Drug Store occupied it from the 1930s through the 1970s which is most likely when the ad was painted. Sprite Boy was used in Coke advertising from 1942 to 1953. He only appeared with a head and hands. He wore a bottle cap for a hat and had stars around his hand representing his sparkling personality and the bubbles in Coke.

Today, J. S. Mosby Antiques & Artifacts occupies the ground floor of the building, but Sprite Boy is still on the west side facing the railroad tracks with a bottle of Coca-Cola urging passers-by to "Take some home today". Located at 125 E. Main St., the building sits directly across the street from the Orange Visitor's Bureau in the old train station.

References:

• A Walking Tour of the Downtown Orange Commercial Historic District pamphlet (available at Visitor's Bureau)
• Coke Lore: Sprite Boy

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