Pemberton’s Drugstores, 1857-69 - Columbus, GA
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N 32° 27.898 W 084° 59.583
16S E 688620 N 3593749
Marker is at the intersection of Broadway and East 10th Street, describes the drug stores opened by John Pemberton, the originator of Coca-Cola.
Waymark Code: WMV2AP
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 02/11/2017
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Marker text:
Side 1
Dr. John S. Pemberton, physician, pharmacist, and manufacturing chemist, was one of many druggists in Columbus. Pemberton was a partner in six firms from 1857-1869. His partners included Robert Carter, another druggist, and Nathaniel Nuckolls, a wealthy local businessman who supplied only capital for their store in Cook’s Hotel. All of Pemberton’s drug stores had a soda fountain dispensing sparkling drinks for ten fruit extracts with soda water. His French Wine of Coca, later Coca-Cola, was marketed as a tonic and a soda fountain drink.
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Side 2
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These ads reveal what patent medicines were being sold in drugstores at the time. The map shows the locations of Dr. Pemberton’s drugstores in downtown Columbus.
Type of Marker: Building
Marker #: N/A
Date: 2015
Sponsor: Historic Columbus Foundation, Inc. and the Historic Chattahoochee Commission.
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