United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798Price, Francis E., ?-19281950View of employees at a Coca-Cola bottling plant filling bottles at a Coca-Cola bottling plant in Atlanta, Georgia.The Coca-Cola Company originated in Atlanta, Georgia in 1886 when druggist John Pemberton and his partners invented and patented a new soda fountain tonic. Businessman Asa Griggs Candler purchased the formula in 1887, and he and his successors grew the company into the world's largest manufacturer, distributor, and marketer of nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups.image/jpegVIS 87.13.10ahc087013010a.jpgMSS 164, Arthur S. Montgomery Papers, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Centerhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/Arthur S. Montgomery Photographs, Atlanta History CenterBusiness enterprises--Georgia--AtlantaBottling industry--Georgia--AtlantaEmployees--Georgia--AtlantaAfrican Americans--1950-1960Coca-Cola CompanyCoca-Cola Bottling Company (Atlanta, Ga.)Bottling Plants (Interiors)StillImage