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1945 "Refreshingly Yours" New York Coca-Cola Bottling Newsletter | Newspapers26 of 123 |  |  |
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Another interesting piece. This is a 16-page newsletter produced by the New York Coca-Cola Bottling Company. These regional publications are harder to find than the national employee magazines like the Red Barrel, Bottler and Refresher magazines.
I collect all in-house Coca-Cola bottling plant newsletters and have them from Asheville, NC, Minnesota, Los Angeles and other cites but this is my first one from the Big Apple.
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The cover is very interesting considering it pictures a man working, with his arm around what appears to be a young Phillipino worker in 1945.
Or is the kid in fact a Japanese?
You were right the first time.
Cover photo: Our cover this month is Melvin Murton of Abeline Texas, one of our tough Seebees stationed in the Philippines, and his young hero-worshiping friend Manuel Oliviera, each enjoying an ice cold bottle of Coca-Cola.