United States, Georgia, Atlanta Metropolitan Area, 33.8498, 84.4383Alston, Cotten (Robert Cotten), 1945-1980Aerial view looking northwest at the Coca-Cola Company Headquarters 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 247.004.268ahc0247004268http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Cotten Alston photographs, Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, GeorgiaBuildings--Georgia--AtlantaOffice buildings--Georgia--AtlantaAerial photographsAerial viewsCoca-Cola CompanyAtlanta, DowntownStillImage