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Pepsi Advertising

Pepsi, like many other soft drinks, began as a series of experiments at a drugstore soda fountain. By 1898, pharmacist Caleb Bradham had decided on the best of his concoctions, and dubbed his potion, "Pepsi-Cola." The company grew steadily, if not always smoothly (the firm went belly-up in 1923 and again in 1931), changing hands, merging, and being bought out. By the 1940s, Pepsi was a going, national concern (and a patriotic one, using red, white, and blue for its bottlecap colors). In the early 1950s, the company switched its print ad focus from one using black and white cartoons to a sophisticated campaign using many of the best young (though often similar in style) illustrators. It's a credit to this campaign and its artists that the ads from this era still have a fresh, up-to-date appeal and look. Most of these ads could be successfully republished by Pepsi today.

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Robert Levering (1953) Pepsi - 001

Unsigned (1957) Pepsi - 002

Roy Besser (1958) Pepsi - 003

Unsigned (1956) - 004

Joe Bowler (1956) Pepsi - 005

Joe Bowler (1957) Pepsi - 006

Unsigned (1958) Pepsi - 007

Bernard D'Andrea (1953) Pepsi - 008

Lynn Buckham (1954) Pepsi - 009

Unsigned (1956) Pepsi - 010

Robert Levering (1958) Pepsi - 011

Unsigned (1958) Pepsi - 012

Unsigned (1954) Pepsi - 013

Unsigned(1957) Pepsi - 014

Unsigned (1957) Pepsi - 015

Unsigned (1955) Pepsi - 016

Unsigned (1960) Pepsi - 017

Unsigned (1958) Pepsi - 018

Unsigned (1956) Pepsi - 019

Unsigned (1957) Pepsi - 020

Unsigned (1957) Pepsi - 021

Unsigned (1954) Pepsi - 022

Joe DeMers (19??) Pepsi - 023

Joe Bowler (1958) Pepsi - 024

Lynn Buckham (1954) Pepsi - 025

Joe Bowler (1953) Pepsi - 026

Joe DeMers (19??) Pepsi - 027

Unsigned (1958) Pepsi - 028

Unsigned (1957) Pepsi - 029

Unsigned (1958) Pepsi - 029