The 17 Most Iconic American Products of All Time

Objects an American household recognises in silhouette. A guitar body, a burger, a pair of jeans.

1. 1
   Coca-Cola contour bottle

   A 1915 bottle designed to be recognised by touch alone, in the dark.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Apple iPhone

   The 2007 handset that folded the phone, the camera and the computer into one slab.
   709pts
3. 3
   Levi's 501 jeans

   Riveted work trousers from 1873 that became the default trouser of the world.
   682pts
4. 4
   KitchenAid stand mixer

   A 1919 commercial mixer shrunk for the kitchen and barely restyled since.
   558pts
5. 5
   Barbie

   The 1959 fashion doll that became one of the most-sold toys in history.
   447pts
6. 6
   Gibson Les Paul

   The solid-body guitar that gave rock its heavier half.
   446pts
7. 7
   Harley-Davidson motorcycle

   A Milwaukee V-twin whose sound is a registered part of its identity.
   378pts
8. 8
   Polaroid instant camera

   A camera that developed the picture in your hand, decades before phones did.
   378pts
9. 9
   Fender Stratocaster

   The 1954 electric guitar that shaped most of what rock music sounds like.
   378pts
10. 10
    Apple Macintosh (1984)

    The beige box that put a mouse and a desktop in front of ordinary buyers.
    298pts
11. 11
    Converse Chuck Taylor All Star

    A 1917 basketball shoe that outlived the sport it was built for.
    298pts
12. 12
    Big Mac

    A two-patty burger with a memorised ingredient list and a global price index named after it.
    298pts
13. 13
    Ford Mustang

    The pony car Ford launched in 1964 and has kept in production ever since.
    203pts
14. 14
    Ford Model T

    The 1908 car that made the assembly line, and mass car ownership, real.
    203pts
15. 15
    Louisville Slugger bat

    The wooden bat that has been standard equipment in American baseball since 1884.
    203pts
16. 16
    Zippo lighter

    A windproof brass lighter from 1932, sold with a lifetime guarantee.
    203pts
17. 17
    Jeep Willys MB

    The wartime runabout that turned into a civilian vehicle category of its own.
    89pts