Vin Mariani
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Vin Mariani was a coca wine and patent medicine created in the 1860s by Angelo Mariani, a French chemist from the island of Corsica. Mariani became intrigued with coca and its medical and economic pot
Advertising bill for the wine Mariani, lithograph of Jules Chéret, 1894
Pope Leo XIII purportedly carried a hipflask of Vin Mariani with him, and awarded a Vatican gold medal to Angelo Mariani.
Vin Mariani medal by Louis-Oscar Roty
Medal of Coca Mariani wine
Coca-Cola
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Coca-Cola, or Coke, is a cola soft drink manufactured by the Coca-Cola Company. In 2013, Coke products were sold in over 200 countries and territories worldwide, with consumers drinking more than 1.8
Vin Mariani
…prohibition legislation, Pemberton responded by developing a carbonated, non-alcoholic version of his French Wine Coca. He called the reformulated beverage Coca-Cola, for its stimulant ingredients coca leaves and kola nuts. Angelo Mariani failed to pass his recipe down to subsequent Mariani family generations, so…
Coca-Cola has retained many of its historical design features in modern glass bottles.
John Pemberton, the original creator of Coca-Cola
Believed to be the first coupon ever, this ticket for a free glass of Coca-Cola was first distributed in 1888 to help promote the drink. By 1913, the company had redeemed 8.5 million tickets.
This refurbished Coca-Cola advertisement from 1943 is still displayed in Minden, Louisiana.