Coca-Cola Company
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: The Coca-Cola Company is an American multinational corporation, and manufacturer, retailer, and marketer of nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups. The company produces Coca-Cola, invented in 1886 by pharmacist John Stith Pemberton in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1889 the formula and brand were sold for $2,300 to Asa Griggs Candler, who incorporated The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta in 1892. The Coca-Cola Company is the single largest plastic polluter in the world, producing over 3 million tonnes of plastic packaging each year including 110 billion plastic bottles
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
David Geffen Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 252
Abstract
The Geffen Family played a significant role in the Jewish spiritual life in Atlanta during the 20th century. The papers include certificates, calendars, correspondence, invitations, receipts, and writings.
Dates:
1906 - 2005
Found in:
William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum
Harold Hirsch Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 071
Abstract
Harold Hirsch was born in 1882 the son Henry and Rosalie Hutzler Hirsch. He began practicing law in Atlanta in 1904 and rapidly assumed a position of prominence in the legal, business, civic and social life in both the Jewish and general communities of this city. As an attorney he specialized in law relating to trade marks, unfair competition, income taxes and corporations, and for more than thirty years represented the Coca-Cola...
Dates:
1915 - 1935
Found in:
William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum
Israel Expo ’85 (Atlanta, Ga.) Records
Collection
Identifier: Mss 287
Abstract
Records pertaining to Ruth Singer's responsibilities as visual arts chairman, including correspondence, newsletters, invitations, financial reports and newspaper clippings.
Dates:
1984 - 1985
Found in:
William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum
Joseph Jacobs Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 028
Abstract
Joseph Jacobs was raised in Jefferson, Georgia. After the war, he started a pharmaceutical company. His pharmacy at the Five Points location became the first place Coca Cola was served. The papers include records from the Jacobs Pharmacy Company such as issues of Jacobs' Monthly Magazine, 1914-1918. It also contains articles written and collected by Joseph Jacobs, as well as correspondence. Researchers examining the Joseph Jacobs Family Papers will gain greater insight into Jewish life in...
Dates:
1879 - 1985
Found in:
William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum
Rabbi Tobias Geffen Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 105
Scope and Contents
Researchers studying the Rabbi Tobias Geffen Papers will gain insight into orthodox Jewish life during the 20th century. All materials arranged in alphabetical order by subject and chronically within each folder.
Dates:
1924 - 1984
Found in:
William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum
