Swampy’s #Florida Historic Photos: Coca Cola Man in Fort Myers.
At the wheel of his delivery truck is B.B. Hawkins, the first distributor of Coca Cola in Fort Myers. Apparently he also sold Cherokee Ginger Ale. The child sitting beside him is his son, who took over after B.B.’s death. They’re at the Fort Myers City Docks where they’d just picked up a mess of Coca Cola around 1912. B.B.’s business is now called ‘Florida Coca-Cola Bottling Company’ and is located off US75 and Alico Road.
This photo is from ‘Yesterday’s Fort Myers’ by Marian Godown and Alberta Rawchuck.
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Years ago I could see the coca cola building off I 75…..what is there now,,, I know it was prior to Naples going south on the left