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===20th century=== The first outdoor wall advertisement that promoted the Coca-Cola drink was painted in 1894 in [[Cartersville, Georgia]].<ref>[http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM2DK6 First painted wall sign to advertise Coca-Cola : Cartersville, GA] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100324232658/http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM2DK6 |date=March 24, 2010 }} β Waymarking</ref> Cola syrup was sold as an over-the-counter [[dietary supplement]] for upset stomach.<ref>Staff, The Doctors Book of Home Remedies. [http://www.guidetohealth.com/library/the-doctors-book-of-home-remedies/nausea/ Nausea: 10 Stomach-Soothing Solutions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524174753/http://www.guidetohealth.com/library/the-doctors-book-of-home-remedies/nausea/ |date=May 24, 2013 }}</ref><ref>Example: [https://web.archive.org/web/20110224015437/http://www.drugstore.com/flents-cola-syrup/qxp80274 Flent's Cola Syrup] Label says "For Simple Nausea associated with an upset stomach.* *These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease."</ref> By the time of its 50th anniversary, the soft drink had reached the status of a national icon in the US. In 1935, it was [[Kosher certification|certified kosher]] by Atlanta rabbi [[Tobias Geffen]]. With the help of Harold Hirsch, Geffen was the first person outside the company to see the top-secret ingredients list after Coke faced scrutiny from the American Jewish population regarding the drink's kosher status.<ref name=JewsandCocaCola>{{cite web |title=Atlanta Jews and Coca-Cola |work=Beit Hatfutsot |url=https://www.bh.org.il/atlanta-jews-and-coca-cola/ |access-date=June 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180821062611/https://www.bh.org.il/atlanta-jews-and-coca-cola/ |archive-date=August 21, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> Consequently, the company made minor changes in the sourcing of some ingredients so it could continue to be consumed by America's Jewish population, including during [[Passover]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ajhs.org/scholarship/chapters/chapter.cfm?documentID=270|title=Beyond Seltzer Water: The Kashering of Coca-Cola|publisher=American Jewish Historical Society|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100917045652/http://www.ajhs.org/scholarship/chapters/chapter.cfm?documentID=270|archive-date=September 17, 2010|access-date=February 26, 2007}}</ref> A yellow cap on a Coca-Cola drink indicates that it is [[kosher for Passover]].<ref>{{cite web |title=If You See a Yellow Cap on Coca-Cola, This Is What It Means |author=Melany Love |date=August 31, 2023 |website=Reader's Digest |url=https://www.rd.com/article/coca-cola-yellow-cap/}}</ref> [[File:1BILLIONTHgallonCOCACOLAowner.jpg|thumb|Original framed Coca-Cola artist's drawn graphic presented by the Coca-Cola Company on July 12, 1944, to Charles Howard Candler on the occasion of Coca-Cola's "1 Billionth Gallon of Coca-Cola Syrup"]] [[File:FLEEMANSpharmacyCOKErwLIPACKowner.jpg|thumb|Claimed to be the first installation anywhere of the 1948 model "Boat Motor" styled Coca-Cola soda dispenser, Fleeman's Pharmacy, Atlanta, Georgia. The "Boat Motor" soda dispenser was introduced in the late 1930s and manufactured until the late 1950s. Photograph {{circa|1948}}]] The longest running commercial Coca-Cola soda fountain anywhere was Atlanta's Fleeman's Pharmacy, which first opened its doors in 1914.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bellystore.com/BELLYSTORE/history.htm|title=Fleeman's Pharmacy (now the Belly General Store)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031217184412/http://www.bellystore.com/BELLYSTORE/history.htm|archive-date=December 17, 2003}}</ref> Jack Fleeman took over the pharmacy from his father and ran it until 1995; closing it after 81 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ajc.com/news/local/jack-fleeman-owner-landmark-drugstore/BXly9zmIFesfhJRMYnt0qM/|title=Jack Fleeman β 86 β Owner|date=August 17, 2009|work=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]|location=Georgia|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110115403/http://www.ajc.com/news/jack-fleeman-86-owner-117848.html|archive-date=November 10, 2012}}</ref> On July 12, 1944, the one-billionth gallon of Coca-Cola syrup was manufactured by the Coca-Cola Company. Cans of Coke first appeared in 1955.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://home.comcast.net/~collectiblesodacans/Cokepg1.htm |title=Coke Can History |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120530045557/http://home.comcast.net/~collectiblesodacans/Cokepg1.htm |archive-date=May 30, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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