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Type: Black-and-white photographs
Title: 50th Anniversary
Date: 1966
Description: View of (l-r) Georgia Governor Herman Talmadge, an unidentified woman, and Coca-Cola President Robert W. Woodruff at the 50th Anniversary party for the Coca-Cola Bottling Company in Atlanta, Georgia.

Local identification number: VIS 87.21.11

The Coca-Cola Company originated in Atlanta, Georgia in 1886 when druggist John Pemberton and his partners invented and patented a new soda fountain tonic. Businessman Asa Griggs Candler purchased the formula in 1887, and he and his successors grew the company into the world's largest manufacturer, distributor, and marketer of nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups.

Local identification number: ahc087021011a

Subjects: Business enterprises--Georgia--Atlanta | Soft drink industry--Georgia--Atlanta | Bottling--Georgia--Atlanta | Advertising--Beverages--Georgia--Atlanta | African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta | Governors--Georgia | Waiters--Georgia--Atlanta | Woodruff, Robert, 1889-1985 | Talmadge, Herman Eugene, 1913-2002 | Coca-Cola Bottling Company (Atlanta, Ga.) | Coca-Cola Company | Coca-Cola Company--Anniversaries, etc. | Atlanta (Ga.) | Fulton County (Ga.)
Online Publisher: Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center, 2004
Original Material: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. | Arthur S. Montgomery Photographs, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, GA.
Rights and Usage: This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U. S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
Related Materials: MSS 164, Arthur S. Montgomery Papers, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
Persistent Link to Item: http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/store/Products/79138-50th-anniversary.aspx

Related Institutions: Atlanta History Center
Collection Information: Arthur S. Montgomery Photograph Collection