Hilda Clark, shown here in an 1890s
advertisement for
Coca-Cola, was an American model and actress. She was born in 1872 in
Leavenworth, Kansas, and moved east to
Boston to become a popular
music hall songstress and actress. However, Clark became famous as a model in 1895 when she became the first woman to be featured on a tin Coca-Cola tray. She remained the advertising "face" of Coca-Cola until February 1903.
Image credit: The Coca-Cola Company