[GrandMoM]

....and us girls would have to wear hats and gloves to church and the boys, white shirts and ties.

....oh, and when cokes were finally bottled in 8 oz bottles, nothing tasted greater than an ice cold coke.

....Does anyone remember how long before Pepsi came out?

[eeriegeno]

Caleb Bradham of New Bern, North Carolina was a pharmacist. Like many pharmacists at the turn of the century he had a soda fountain in his drugstore, where he served his customers refreshing drinks, that he created himself. His most popular beverage was something he called "Brad's drink" made of carbonated water, sugar, vanilla, rare oils, pepsin and cola nuts. "Brad's drink", created in the summer of 1898, was later renamed Pepsi Cola after the pepsin and cola nuts used in the recipe. The name was trademarked on June 16th, 1903. After seventeen years of suceess, Caleb Bradham lost Pepsi Cola He had gambled on the stock market, he believed sugar prices would raise but they fell instead. Pepsi Cola went bankrupt in 1923. In 1931, Pepsi Cola was bought by the Loft Candy Company Loft president, Charles G. Guth reformulated the popular soft drink. In 1940, history was made when the first advertising jingle was broadcast nationally. The jingle was "Nickel Nickel" an advertisement for Pepsi Cola that refered to the pepsi price and the quantity for the price. "Nickel Nickel" became a hit record and was recorded into 55 languages. In 1964, Diet Pepsi was introduced.