Archive for the 'Beverage' Category
29
Dec
AN IDEA FOR BRINGING IN THE NEW YEAR
7up, circa 1950s
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17
Jun
FOR A COOL, SATISFYING DRINK
Kool-Aid is a brand of flavored drink mix owned by Kraft
Foods. The powder form was created by Edwin Perkins in
1927 based upon a liquid concentrate called Fruit Smack.
Edwin Elijah Perkins
(January 8, 1889 – July 3, 1961)
The building in Hastings, Nebraska, where Kool-Aid was invented.
Todays Kool-Aid look.
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10
Oct
NEWS HEADLINES THAT MADE HISTORY
TIM MAGUIRE
On October 10, 1973, after months of maintaining his innocence,
Agnew pleaded no contest to a single felony charge of tax evasion
and resigned from office. He was replaced by House Minority
Leader Gerald Ford (below).
Gerald Ford (center) was sworn in as Vice President Ford.
George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985)
Wells is best remembered for the legendary 1938 radio broadcast of “The
War of the Worlds’’, and in film, Citizen Kane (1941), consistently ranked
as one of the greatest films ever made.
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25
Jul
FOR THAT BIG THIRST IN 1946!
Road to Utopia is a 1946 comedy film directed by Hal Walker and starring Bing
Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour. Filmed in 1943 but not released until
1946, Road to Utopia is the fourth film of the "Road to …" series. Written by
Melvin Frank and Norman Panama,
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