Stokely-Van Camp Pineapple Drinks: Ping, Pong, Pi-Li — 1959

I’m trying to imagine the taste combination of pineapple and grapefruit (Ping) and of pineapple and lime (Pi-Li), and neither seems particularly inviting. And a product called “Pong” wouldn’t last long (at least in the UK).

Squirt — 1953

Summer so hot….

Nesbitt’s Orange Drink — 1950

The King Ranch brand! (In a soft drink ad?!)

C&C Super Coola in Cans — 1955

“Safety thirst” — get it?

Coca Cola — 1952

Great ad.

Welch’s Grape Juice — 1947

I predict tears and deeply-embedded purple stains on EVERYthing in five minutes.

Royal Crown Cola — 1942 (Irene Dunne)

I do not want to imagine the elegant Irene Dunne sipping an RC Cola. Despite the fact that she seems to have some sort of fancy sterling silver RC bottle caddy.

Nesbitt’s Orange Drink — 1956

I believe it!  I’ve never had it, but I believe it!

Royal Crown “RC” Cola — 1955

Great!

7-Up — 1948

This suburban idyll may well be situated near a secret atomic research facility.