50th Anniversary 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. 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 87.21.10 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: ahc087021010a Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center 2004 Black-and-white photographs StillImage http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/store/Products/79135-50th-anniversary.aspx image/jpeg 1 photograph : b&w ; 3 x 5 in. Arthur S. Montgomery Photographs, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, GA. MSS 164, Arthur S. Montgomery Papers, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center 1950 Atlanta (Ga.) Fulton County (Ga.) 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.