Crawford Johnson Sr was a prominent Birmingham Businessman and purchased the exclusive rights to bottle & distribute Coca-Cola in Birmingham in 1902. In 1915 Birmingham served as the test market for the now-familiar contoured bottle which became Coca-Cola's trade mark. By 1916 Birmingham Coca-Cola was the largest Coca-Cola bottler in the world, and it was said that, "the firm employed 6 men who did nothing but count the money and take it to the bank". Measures approximately 2 CMS