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Even all these years later, I can still close my eyes and envision the warm summer days of my idyllic youth, when all you needed to enjoy yourself was a bike, a local swimming hole and a cold Coca-Cola drunk straight from the glass bottle. I guess it’s no secret why I remain an avid collector of soda tin signs: Coke memorabilia reminds me of a simple, carefree time that will never be seen again.

My husband and I have acquired so much Coke merchandise over the years, in fact, that we’ve been forced to devote the entire spare bedroom to the tin signs. There’s a special nook for the company’s famous holiday campaigns. I especially like looking at the way Coca-Cola advertising has morphed over the years to appeal to different trends and demographics.

With the economy being what it is today with a lot of people out of work and incomes down. I know how that is right know I’m on the unemployment line myself. I’ve been looking for different ideas I can use to change things in my own house. Money is tight out there for a lot of people even us, but you still you want to do something different to your house that you can afford to do and not break the budget.

Well I’ve been looking at this blank wall that we have in our house for a long time and not knowing what to do with it. Well I found a few Coca-Cola tin signs that I can put up on the wall and give it some color to match my decor. You don’t know how good it feels to be able to change one thing and make it fit in. Even thought it wasn’t a lot of money it made me believe that things will get better for this country. We all have to keep the faith.

The first Coca-Cola recipe was invented in Columbus, Georgia at a drugstore owned by John Pemberton, originally as a cocawine called Pemberton’s French Wine Coca in 1885. He may have been inspired by the formidable success of Vin Mariani, a  European cocawine.  By the time of its 50th anniversary, the drink had reached the status of a national icon for the USA.

Coca-Cola was not the first soft drink company to utilize the modern image of Santa Claus in its advertising – White Rock Beverages used Santa in advertisements for its ginger ale in 1923 after first using him to sell mineral water in 1915. Before Santa Claus, however, Coca-Cola relied on images of smartly-dressed young women to sell its beverages. Coca-Cola’s first such advertisement appeared in 1895 and featured a young Bostonian actress named Hilda Clark as its spokesperson.  These retro soda pop signs are still available today

Pepsi has been around for more than a century. This name has been synonymous to that thirst-quenching carbonated drink that everyone loves. Who can forget the Pepsi challenge back in the 70s?

It is a drink made of sugar, vanilla, carbonated water, oils, and kola nuts. Throughout the years the logo of Pepsi has stayed the same. But the Pepsi posters have evolved to attract new markets. Those vintage Pepsi signs are a memory of those days when Pepsi was still a new name in the market.

Even all these years later, I can still close my eyes and envision the warm summer days of my idyllic youth, when all you needed to enjoy yourself was a bike, a local swimming hole and a cold Coca-Cola drunk straight from the glass bottle. I guess it’s no secret why I remain an avid collector of soda tin signs: Coke memorabilia reminds me of a simple, carefree time that will never be seen again.

My husband and I have acquired so much Coke merchandise over the years, in fact, that we’ve been forced to devote the entire spare bedroom to the tin signs. There’s a special nook for the company’s famous holiday campaigns. I especially like looking at the way Coca-Cola advertising has morphed over the years to appeal to different trends and demographics.

Moving into your first college dorm room or apartment away from home is a great opportunity to assert your independence. And if you’re looking for a creative way to show the world what makes you unique, one of the first things you should look into is a complete redecoration of your room. (Just make sure you aren’t stepping on your roommate’s toes when you fill the room with these various decorations and ornamentations.)

For the old soul, one of the easiest ways to give your room a shot of throwback nostalgia is by putting up any number of retro soda pop signs. Depicting classic advertisements of Coca-Cola, A&W, and more, these signs make fun and quirky additions to any room. Place one prominent sign in your room or pair several together. Whatever look you’re going for, you’re sure to be the envy of the dorm floor with all your retro decorations.

 At 16 inches high and nearly 13 inches wide, tin signs are well-made, yet inexpensive ways to decorate dorm rooms, bars, offices, and nearly every room in the home. They come with two holes pre-drilled for easy hanging, but can also be propped in bookshelves or on ledges to make eye-catching vintage décor.  You can even put them in grouping in picture frames or matting to create a custom look.

Signs like these have been around for many years with some of the earliest advertising products such as Coca-Cola. Many of our most popular licensed tin signs feature not only Coca-Cola, but also Chevrolet, Ford, Buick, Budweiser, and many more popular brands.  They make best gift and not all that expensive too.  It even suprises people  when they recieve one as a gift and I no how hard it is to suprise certain people.

Having a room for all manner of vintage paraphernalia from the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s is a great idea to add aesthetic appeal to your home.  To get started creating a vintage room in your home, first address the walls.  Think about what people would see on the walls in the mid 1900s; whether it’s a vintage Pepsi sign or an advertisement for Pan-American airlines, create the right aesthetic beginning with the walls.  Next address the furniture: consider items like a jukebox, a vintage diner set, or a worn leather chair.  For the carpet, consider fun black and white tiles or even shag carpet. 

Once you’ve got the essential items down, make sure to add lots of little sculptures, figurines, and pieces of art that represent the era.  When the room is completed, you’ll have an excellent space to lounge, relax, and travel to the past.  Vintage rooms are great for guests as well; you might even think about adding a bed to make it a vintage guest room!

During the Great Depression, Pepsi gained popularity following the introduction in 1936 of a 12-ounce bottle. Initially priced at 10 cents, sales were slow, but when the price was slashed to five cents, sales increased substantially. With a radio advertising campaign featuring the jingle “Pepsi cola hits the spot / Twelve full ounces, that’s a lot / Twice as much for a nickel, too / Pepsi-Cola is the drink for you,” Pepsi encouraged price-watching consumers to switch, obliquely referring to the Coca-Cola standard of six ounces a bottle for the price of five cents (a nickel), instead of the 12 ounces Pepsi sold at the same price. Coming at a time of economic crisis, the campaign succeeded in boosting Pepsi’s status. In 1936 alone 500,000,000 bottles of Pepsi were consumed. From 1936 to 1938, Pepsi-Cola’s profits doubled. They advertised on tin signs to show there drop in price.

Pepsi’s success under Guth came while the Loft Candy business was faltering. Since he had initially used Loft’s finances and facilities to establish the new Pepsi success, the near-bankrupt Loft Company sued Guth for possession of the Pepsi-Cola company. A long legal battle, Guth v. Loft, then ensued, with the case reaching the Delaware Supreme Court and ultimately ending in a loss for Guth.

Pepsi is a carbonated beverage that is produced and manufactured by PepsiCo. It is sold in retail stores, restaurants, cinemas and from vending machines. The drink was first made in the 1890s by pharmacist Caleb Bradham in New Bern, North Carolina. The brand was trademarked on June 16, 1903. There have been many Pepsi variants produced over the years since 1898, including Diet Pepsi, Crystal Pepsi, Pepsi Twist, Pepsi Max, Pepsi Free, Pepsi AM, Pepsi Samba, Pepsi Blue, Pepsi Gold, Pepsi Holiday Spice, Pepsi Jazz, Vanilla Pepsi, Pepsi X (available in Finland and Brazil), Pepsi Next (available in Japan and South Korea), Pepsi Raw, Pepsi Retro in Mexico, Pepsi One, Pepsi Ice Cucumber and Pepsi White in Japan. Yes, but we can still treasury all the old soda pop tin signs designed by Pepsi.

In October 2008, Pepsi announced they would be redesigning its logo and re-branding many of its products by early 2009. In 2009, Pepsi, Diet Pepsi and Pepsi Max began using all lower-case fonts for name brands, and Diet Pepsi Max was re-branded as Pepsi Max. The brand’s blue and red globe trademark became a series of “smiles,” with the central white band arcing at different angles depending on the product. As of January 2009, Pepsi’s newer logos have only been adopted in the United States. Currently, Pepsi Wild Cherry and Pepsi ONE are the only two Pepsi products that continue to use the 2003 design. Diet Pepsi Wild Cherry, Diet Pepsi Lime, and Diet Pepsi Vanilla received the redesign.