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Coca-Cola bottle top

Coca-Cola celebrates centenary of the curvaceous Coke bottle

Dame Margaret Sparrow writes about the Coca-Cola bottle top on display in Te Papa’s exhibition Contraception: Uncovering the collection of Dame Margaret Sparrow (Illott Room, level 4). The Coca-Cola flavour was introduced by an American pharmacist in 1886 and sold in bottles from 1894. In 1915 a competition was heldRead more

2015-07-29
By: Stephanie Gibson
On: 29 Jul 2015
In: History, Science

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