Coca-Cola was first produced by the Coca-Cola Company of Atlanta, Georgia and was initially intented to be a medicine when it was invented in the late 19th century by John Pemberton.
Businessman Asa Griggs Candler bought out Coca-Cola and his marketing tactics led Coke to its dominance of the world soft-drink market throughout the 20th century.
The first bottling of Coca-Cola occurred in Vicksburg, Mississippi, in 1891 and the original bottles were Biedenharn bottles, very different from the much later hobble-skirt design.
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