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Original framed Coca-Cola artist's drawn graphic presented by the Coca-Cola Company on July 12, 1944, to Charles Howard Candler on the occasion of Coca-Cola's "1 Billionth Gallon of Coca-Cola Syrup" Claimed to be the first installation anywhere of the 1948 model "Boat Motor" styled Coca-Cola soda dispenser, Fleeman's Pharmacy, Atlanta, Georgia ...
Coca-Cola inventor John Pemberton is known to have shared his original formula with at least four people before his death in 1888. [1] In 1891, Asa Candler purchased the rights to the formula from Pemberton's estate, founded the Coca-Cola Company, and instituted the shroud of secrecy that has since enveloped the formula. He also made changes to ...
John Stith Pemberton (July 8, 1831 – August 16, 1888) was an American pharmacist and Confederate States Army veteran who is best known as the inventor of Coca-Cola.On May 8, 1886, he developed an early version of a beverage that would later become Coca-Cola, but sold the rights to the drink shortly before his death in 1888.
In April 1985, Coca-Cola announced a change to the original recipe, proudly naming the soda New Coke. The company claimed the new formula was "smoother and sweeter." The company claimed the new ...
Coca-Cola, often referred to simply as Coke, is produced and manufactured by The Coca-Cola Company. It is one of the most popular cola brands in North America and worldwide, as well as being the original cola. Pepsi, produced and manufactured by PepsiCo, is also one of the most popular cola brands in North America and worldwide. Pepsi is the ...
Both Coca-Cola and Pepsi can trace their origins back to the 1890s, and the two sodas seemed to be able to peacefully co-exist until nearly a century later. But in the 1980s, the companies began...
Coca-Cola sponsored the 1965 airing of the television special "A Charlie Brown Christmas". [163] Coca-Cola also sponsored the popular Fox singing-competition series American Idol from 2002 until 2014. [164] Coca-Cola was a sponsor of the nightly talk show on PBS, Charlie Rose in the US. [165]
In 1899 Benjamin Thomas and Joseph Whitehead traveled from Chattanooga to Atlanta, Georgia, to meet with Asa Griggs Candler, the owner of Coca-Cola, in hopes of securing the rights to bottle the beverage. At the time bottling Coca-Cola was seen as an untested industry, and Candler had concerns over maintaining the quality of his product.