Hilda Kathryn Clark ad for Coca Cola in the late 1890's/Joyful226

Hilda Clark was an actress in the late 1800's but became very famous when Coca Cola hired her in 1895 to be the "face" of Coca Cola. She was the first to appear on their serving trays and then was used on all advertising including calendars. Hilda remained the "face" of Coca Cola until her Marriage in New York State during the month of Feb. 1903 to Fredrick Stanton Flower a Millionaire making his fortune through banking concerns and the director of several railroads. When she married Mr. Flower she took the name Hilda Clark Flower. Fredrick was the nephew of a governor of NY Roswell P. Flower. Hilda and her husband had a very good marriage. She was born in 1872 to Lydia and Milton Edward Clark in Leavenworth, KS. Her beloved husband Fredrick died in December 1930. Hilda Clark died just one year and five months later on May 5, 1932, in Miami Beach, Florida. She was buried next to her husband at Brookside Cemetery, in Watertown, New York.

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