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The iconic five-cent price for a glass of Coca-Cola lasted for an impressive 70 years, from 1886 to 1959. The price remained fixed due to various factors, including bottling contracts, aggressive marketing, and vending machine technology. However, by the late 1950s, inflation and other economic pressures made it unsustainable to maintain the nickel price, leading to the eventual increase.
[Sources: Wikipedia, and TheVintageNews.com]
“Join the Club Around the Corner . . . Admission 5¢”
The price of a glass of Coca-Cola at a soda fountain was last 5 cents in the 1950s. The price began to rise in the 1960s, and by 1969, the price had increased to 10 cents. As for today, the price of a glass of Coke can vary depending on location and venue, but it's typically around $1.50 to $2.00.
Blue-collar workers were the backbone of the war effort during World War II, working in factories, shipyards, and munitions plants to produce the weapons, vehicles, and supplies needed for the war. The labor market underwent a radical transformation, with millions of workers moving from low to high productivity jobs in industrial centers. This shift was essential for meeting the massive production demands.
Additionally, blue-collar workers played a significant role in supplying the war effort through volunteer efforts and by adhering to government-managed rationing and price controls. Their contributions were crucial to the success of the war effort and Allied victory. [Source: Wikipedia]
Edgar Bergen (1903-1978) and Charlie McCarthy left a legacy in the world of entertainment, particularly in the art of ventriloquism. The character of Charlie McCarthy was crafted by Chicago woodcarver Theodore Mack for $36 in 1919, and he became Bergen’s lifelong sidekick. Charlie McCarthy had a mischievous personality, often wisecracking and flirting in a way that Bergen himself could not.
The duo made their radio debut on NBC in 1936 and quickly became a hit, leading to their own show the following year. After a mock feud with comedian W.C. Fields, Charlie became a true icon, known for his top hat, tuxedo, and monocle. Post Bergen’s death, Charlie McCarthy found a home at the Smithsonian Institution. [Sources: Wikipedia and Encyclopedia.com]
"Sundblom’s Santa debuted in 1931 in Coke ads in 'The Saturday Evening Post' and appeared regularly in that magazine, as well as in 'Ladies Home Journal,' 'National Geographic,' 'The New Yorker' and others.
"From 1931 to 1964, Coca‑Cola advertising showed Santa delivering toys (and playing with them!), pausing to read a letter and enjoy a Coke, visiting with the children who stayed up to greet him, and raiding the refrigerators at a number of homes. The original oil paintings Sundblom created were adapted for Coca‑Cola advertising in magazines and on store displays, billboards, posters, calendars and plush dolls. Many of those items today are popular collectibles.
"Sundblom created his final version of Santa Claus in 1964, but for several decades to follow, Coca‑Cola advertising featured images of Santa based on Sundblom’s original works. These paintings are some of the most prized pieces in the art collection in the company’s archives department and have been on exhibit around the world, in famous locales including the Louvre in Paris, the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, the Isetan Department Store in Tokyo, and the NK Department Store in Stockholm. Many of the original paintings can be seen on display at World of Coca‑Cola in Atlanta, Ga. . ." [From the Coca-Cola Company's website]
"Sundblom’s Santa debuted in 1931 in Coke ads in 'The Saturday Evening Post' and appeared regularly in that magazine, as well as in 'Ladies Home Journal,' 'National Geographic,' 'The New Yorker' and others.
"From 1931 to 1964, Coca‑Cola advertising showed Santa delivering toys (and playing with them!), pausing to read a letter and enjoy a Coke, visiting with the children who stayed up to greet him, and raiding the refrigerators at a number of homes. The original oil paintings Sundblom created were adapted for Coca‑Cola advertising in magazines and on store displays, billboards, posters, calendars and plush dolls. Many of those items today are popular collectibles.
"Sundblom created his final version of Santa Claus in 1964, but for several decades to follow, Coca‑Cola advertising featured images of Santa based on Sundblom’s original works. These paintings are some of the most prized pieces in the art collection in the company’s archives department and have been on exhibit around the world, in famous locales including the Louvre in Paris, the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, the Isetan Department Store in Tokyo, and the NK Department Store in Stockholm. Many of the original paintings can be seen on display at World of Coca‑Cola in Atlanta, Ga. . ." [From the Coca-Cola Company's website]
Santa Claus got a new friend in 1942. Coca Cola introduced "Sprite Boy," a character who appeared with Santa in Coca Cola advertising throughout the 1940s and 1950s. Sprite Boy, who was also created by Haddon Sundblom, got his name because he was an elf, or sprite. By 1958 Sprite Boy had been phased out and, a few years later, Coca-Cola introduced the beverage Sprite which had first been developed in West Germany under the company’s global Fanta brand. [Source: The Coca-Cola Company Archives]
"Sundblom’s Santa debuted in 1931 in Coke ads in 'The Saturday Evening Post' and appeared regularly in that magazine, as well as in 'Ladies Home Journal,' 'National Geographic,' 'The New Yorker' and others.
"From 1931 to 1964, Coca‑Cola advertising showed Santa delivering toys (and playing with them!), pausing to read a letter and enjoy a Coke, visiting with the children who stayed up to greet him, and raiding the refrigerators at a number of homes. The original oil paintings Sundblom created were adapted for Coca‑Cola advertising in magazines and on store displays, billboards, posters, calendars and plush dolls. Many of those items today are popular collectibles.
"Sundblom created his final version of Santa Claus in 1964, but for several decades to follow, Coca‑Cola advertising featured images of Santa based on Sundblom’s original works. These paintings are some of the most prized pieces in the art collection in the company’s archives department and have been on exhibit around the world, in famous locales including the Louvre in Paris, the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, the Isetan Department Store in Tokyo, and the NK Department Store in Stockholm. Many of the original paintings can be seen on display at World of Coca‑Cola in Atlanta, Ga. . ." [From the Coca-Cola Company's website]
… based on the twelve major and minor notes in an octave in Western music as well as accompanying harmonic chords. But Beethoven would remind her about the power of dissonance–dissonance based on the Western music scale that is. How could the crazy complexities of the world's different music systems, tones, pitches, and rhythms–some quite ancient–possibly be harmonized?
If the world could sing in harmony it was only because the Western music system had spread in the modern world to just about everywhere.
She began to sing in a pop- jingle genre, “I’d like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony. I'd like to hold it in my arms and keep it company.”
The sentiment might have been born of naïveté but it was also brought forth from love.
1980s vintage
Wherever you're celebrating this year, have a Happy Christmas.
Today's airbrushed style pinup photo features Christina in this Coca Cola themed advertisement! From the 1930s into the 1940s, Coca Cola pushed the 'Coca Cola Girl' into their advertising quite heavily. Often doing some everyday task from working in a factory to playing at the beach these gals were always taking a break from their current task to have a Coke (in order to 'Refresh' themselves before continuing on with that task). This retro advertisement is part of the ongoing Coca Cola original ad recreations. The colors, fonts, language, and graphics of these have been very carefully researched and recreated to match the original style of the advertisements exactly.
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She has taken the shirt off his back, grabbed his helmet & even got his diet coke, with those cheeky eyes, what next ....
College Football Classic with Boston College ( Eagles ) versus Georgia Tech ( Yellow jackets ) at Lansdowne Rd on Saturday 3rd September 2016 & Coca Cola being the one of the main sponsors featured this special campaign ad around Dublin during the lead up to the game.
Final score
Georgia Tech 17 - Boston College 14
