Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages
Coca-Cola Naughty Nun Belt Buckle
The Coca-Cola Company released this bronze, cigar-cutting belt buckle as a promotional item for the 1915 Trans-Pan Exposition in San Francisco. This was evidently before the company had begun cultivating its wholesome image.There must have been quite a few of these buckles created, because you can find a number of them for sale on auction sites (such as here, here, and here). They range in price from $48 to $125.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Mar 14, 2020 -
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Category: Kitsch and Collectibles, Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages, 1910s
Nancy Sinatra for RC Cola
Nancy tries to escape the all-white dystopia of George Lucas's THX 1138.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Dec 13, 2019 -
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Category: Architecture, Business, Advertising, Surrealism, Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages, 1960s
Using Coca-Cola to dissolve phytobezoars
Coca-Cola isn’t just for drinking. It also has a medical use: to dissolve gastric phytobezoars (masses of indigestible material in the gastrointestinal system). Doctors administer the Coca-Cola via a tube threaded through the nose down into the intestines. As noted in a 2015 article in the World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, "An administration of Coca-Cola® is believed to be the primary choice for phytobezoar treatment because it is safe, inexpensive, and effective."The same article further explains:
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jun 26, 2019 -
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Category: Medicine, Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages
Nutrimato
According to wikipedia:Nutrimato would have been a good name for a robot. Not so much for a juice drink.
Green Bay Press Gazette - Nov 8, 1972
Posted By: Alex - Mon Nov 05, 2018 -
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Category: Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages, Vegetables, 1970s
Follies of the Madmen #393
Our soft drink is equivalent to a life-endangering catastrophic event.
Source of B&W ad here (scroll right).
Posted By: Paul - Sat Nov 03, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Disasters, Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages, 1960s, Weather
Follies of the Madmen #388
Dress so as to resemble a soda can.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Oct 08, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Fashion, Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages, 1970s
Follies of the Madmen #382
Associating your product, even in jest, with reviled aristocrats: not the smartest move.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Sep 11, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Royalty, Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #376
A quick hit of sugar at bedtime will send those kiddies straight to slumberland!
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 25, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Children, Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages, 1930s
Follies of the Madmen #371
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jun 25, 2018 -
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Category: Animals, Business, Advertising, Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages, 1950s, Head
With real lemon juice!
In 1982, the Maryland Poison Center reported almost 80 cases of people who had suffered nausea and diarrhea after drinking Sunlight dishwashing liquid. They had received free bottles of the stuff in the mail as part of a promotional campaign. The source of the confusion was a picture of lemons on the label as well as the phrase "with real lemon juice." This led many to conclude that the bottle contained some kind of lemonade. Or a lemon-flavored drink mixer. A lot of people added it to iced tea.A spokesman for Lever Brothers, the manufacturer of the product, noted that the bottles also clearly said, "Sunlight dishwashing liquid."
Sunlight no longer uses the phrase "with real lemon juice." Apparently they learned their lesson. But they've still got a picture of a lemon on their bottles.
Muncie Evening Press - July 15, 1982
Indianapolis Star - July 15, 1982
The bottle that caused the confusion
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Posted By: Alex - Sat Jan 20, 2018 -
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Category: Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages, 1980s
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