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Historical Article (1896)
Soda Water
Luther F. Stevens
American Druggist and Pharmaceutical Record: A Semi-monthly Illustrated Journal of Practical Pharmacy. Volume 29. July 1896. p. 3
In the late nineteenth-century, before photographs became the standard images used in advertising, illustrators frequently made the figures in their advertising artwork look as much like celebrities as was possible while still avoiding outright libel. The lady in this Hires' Root beer ad resembles First Lady Frances Cleveland, and is even wearing the same dress Mrs. Cleveland wore in official portraits!
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Other Soda Articles:
The American Drink (1897)
Evils of Encouraging the Ice Cream Soda Trade (1897)
How to Draw A Glass of Ice Cream Soda (1893)
Serving Ice Cream Soda (1901)
Soda Water (1896)
Soda resources:
Acid Phosphate (for adding to sodas): Extinct Chemical Company http://www.artofdrink.com/shop
Tonic (for adding to sodas): Bradley's Tonic Co. http://kinatonic.com/about-us/
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