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~ Coca Cola ~
1886. Atlanta, Georgia. Created by John Styth Pemberton (1831-1888). Considered an improvement of his earlier product “French Wine Cola.†Coca Cola contained cocaine but no alcohol and was intended to qualify as an acceptable beverage because of the “Temperance†regulations set in 1885. First sold at Jacobs’ Pharmacy in Atlanta in 1886.
John Pemberton was born in 1831 in Knoxville, Georgia. He attended pharmacy school, and owned an apothecary and soda fountain in Columbus, Georgia at 11 7th Street. He'd fought for The Confederacy during the Civil War, and appears to have become addicted to morphine after being wounded in the war. After the war, Pemberton moved to Atlanta and started making and selling patent medicines such as Globe Flower Cough Syrup, Extract of Stillingia, Triplex Liver Pills, and Lemon & Orange Elixer. One of Pemberton's biggest selling items was French Wine of Coca.
　
Various Links:
1. Coca Cola Wikipedia Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola
2. Coca Cola History Link: http://members.fortunecity.com/jungleman382/id6.htm
3. "Golden Age" Coca Cola Link: http://www.digitaldeliftp.com/LookAround/advertspot_cocacola2.htm
4. Coca Cola Ads 1886 to 1899 ... (Special interest must see).
http://www.adbranch.com/coca-cola-advertising-1886-1899/
5. John Styth Pemberton: http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/pemberton.htm
[ John Styth Pemberton 1831-1888 ]
　
1886. Atlanta, Georgia. Created by John Styth Pemberton (1831-1888). Considered an improvement of his earlier product “French Wine Cola.†Coca Cola contained cocaine but no alcohol and was intended to qualify as an acceptable beverage because of the “Temperance†regulations set in 1885. First sold at Jacobs’ Pharmacy in Atlanta in 1886.
John Pemberton was born in 1831 in Knoxville, Georgia. He attended pharmacy school, and owned an apothecary and soda fountain in Columbus, Georgia at 11 7th Street. He'd fought for The Confederacy during the Civil War, and appears to have become addicted to morphine after being wounded in the war. After the war, Pemberton moved to Atlanta and started making and selling patent medicines such as Globe Flower Cough Syrup, Extract of Stillingia, Triplex Liver Pills, and Lemon & Orange Elixer. One of Pemberton's biggest selling items was French Wine of Coca.
　
Various Links:
1. Coca Cola Wikipedia Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola
2. Coca Cola History Link: http://members.fortunecity.com/jungleman382/id6.htm
3. "Golden Age" Coca Cola Link: http://www.digitaldeliftp.com/LookAround/advertspot_cocacola2.htm
4. Coca Cola Ads 1886 to 1899 ... (Special interest must see).
http://www.adbranch.com/coca-cola-advertising-1886-1899/
5. John Styth Pemberton: http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/pemberton.htm
[ John Styth Pemberton 1831-1888 ]
　
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