Art Deco Vault
by Steve Gass
Title
Art Deco Vault
Artist
Steve Gass
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
A colorful tile wall surrounds the vault in the old Coca Cola bottling plant in Indianapolis, Indiana. The former Coca Cola bottling plant in Indianapolis, Indiana is about to be reclaimed for a hotel, apartments, and other retail space.
Ames Yuncker built the bottling plant in 1931, in the depths of the Great Depression, in a style that was lavish by factory standards, especially at the time. It was a testimony to his faith in the growth trajectory of his core product, Coca-Cola. He commissioned the design from Rubush and Hunter, a firm known for prominent structures that are now listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
As business boomed, the plant expanded with additions in 1941 and 1951, as well as additional garages. By 1950, the facility was considered the world’s largest bottling plant, with 260 employees and a fleet of 110 delivery trucks. After Yuncker died in 1964, Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner Tony Hulman bought the Coca-Cola franchise and moved bottling operations to Speedway. He stored his collection of vintage automobiles in the Massachusetts Avenue building until he sold it to Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS) in 1968.
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February 17th, 2018
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Gary F Richards
Outstanding capture, lighting, shading, color and artwork! F/L …voted for this piece in the ART DECO ARCHITECTURE contest!
William Tasker
What Tami said! Love it! Your beautiful and identified bird image has been featured by Wild Birds Of The World, a nature photography group. L/F
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