Contour Coca-Cola Bottle
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Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia at the bottlers’ convention, judges determined the Root bottle was the best design submitted. The bottling equipment then in use, however, would not operate with the bottle’s large center bulge. The Root team devoted most of the summer to redesigning the bottle to the slimmer bottle we know today. It has been called the most recognized container in the world.
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Birthplace of the Coca-Cola Contour Bottle
In 1915, Earl R. Dean of the Root Glass Company sketched out his idea for a Coca-Cola bottle design contest. His design was inspired by an image of a cocoa pod, which he found in a book at the Emeline Fairbanks Library. Dean managed to create a…