Tuesday Treasures

 Perhaps this building, at 254 Locke Street South in Hamilton ON, was Duncan Garson’s shop back when soda fountains in drug stores were common.

Hamilton ON

The soda fountain was 'born' in the 1850’s, when people would seek fountain drinks from their local drugstore to cure physical ailments. At the time, many fountain drinks were concoctions or extracts of flavored, effervesced drugs.

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Car and Collectibles Museum Russell's New Mexico

Cocaine and caffeine were among such popular drugs found in pharmacy drinks—this combination was used for headache treatment. As patients began to suffer rebound headaches, they would return again and again for more drinks to treat their pain.

Mount Airy North Carolina

Patients enjoyed visiting the soda fountain to get some 'pep—at the time, it was widely believed that stimulants were safe and effective. Many pharmacists (called druggists at the time and chemists to this day in the UK) even made and marketed their own secret formulas.


Pharmacies also began to offer milkshakes (the original recipe was carbonated water, sweetened flavored milk, and a raw egg) and ice cream sodas (flavored soda water with a scoop of vanilla ice cream) at their fountains.

Frankenmuth Michigan

Selling cocaine-derived drinks was completely legal, as every drug was over the counter. However, in 1914, the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act became law under President Woodrow Wilson, and it banned the use of cocaine and opiates in OTC products.

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Roanoke Virginia

Almost every drugstore had a soda fountain by the early 1920’s. Due to prohibition, which began in 1919, bars were closing and people needed a place to socialize. At the time, ice cream parlors were usually standalone businesses and not part of a soda fountain.

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Mackinac Island Michigan

Pharmacist Jacob Baur started the Liquid Carbonic Company in 1888, where he manufactured carbon dioxide in tanks, and then the real soda fountain was born. His Liquid Carbonic soda fountains were manufactured and marketed in the early 1900’s.1 A potential soda jerk (one who serves and sells from a soda fountain) could purchase a Liquid Carbonic soda fountain, an operations and recipe manual, and enter the soda fountain business. The soda fountain was seen as a valuable and profitable business.
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Charlotte North Carolina

Pepsi was invented by pharmacist Caleb Bradham, at his own drugstore, Bradham’s, in New Bern, North Carolina, in 1893. At the time, the drink was coined 'Brad’s Drink,' and it was renamed as Pepsi in 1898.4 Bradham believed that the drink was not only refreshing but would aid in indigestion, or dysPEPSIa, hence the name Pepsi.

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New Bern North Carolina

That's me, taking a photo!

Preservative-free soda syrup, with flavorings extracted from natural fruits, such as Orange Crush and Cherry Smash, became common in the local drugstores. The soda jerk would add carbonated water and phosphate to the syrup to make a unique beverage. Syrup companies began to provide the pharmacist with free syrup dispensers in exchange for advertising.

Winnipeg Manitoba

Soon, soda dispensers came along, replacing syrup dispensers, and changed the market. Pharmacists no longer had to mix their own concoctions. Instead of having to mix syrup with carbonated water and phosphate, the soda dispenser mixed the syrup and carbonated water, eliminating any additional steps to prepare a fountain drink. Soon, companies like Coca Cola and Pepsi began making soda dispensers, which they supplied to the pharmacies free of charge. The pharmacist simply had to hold the glass and turn the handle to dispense a drink.

Calgary Alberta

Although this advancement freed up the pharmacist, the pharmacist also lost some uniqueness because the drinks became the same at every drugstore. According to the virtual Soderlund Drugstore and Pharmacy Museum, “As wonderful as these soda dispensers were, they hastened the demise of the soda fountain. They contributed to the homogenization of drugstores.”

Toronto ON - sadly now gone

A bonus for the soda companies: most people were already loyal to the brand from drinking these sodas at the pharmacy. Once the sodas were available in bottles, the brands were already recognizable and in demand.

Sydney Australia (click link to learn more)

Today, soda fountains are seen as old-fashioned yet charming, but are few and far between. Many customers enjoy the egg creams, soda floats, sundaes, and milkshakes that these soda fountains have to offer.

Click here to visit the Coca Cola Museum in Las Vegas

Weekend Reflections

    
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October 2011 - New Bern North Carolina

The timeshare we stayed in Windjammer Fairfield at sunset.

Song-ography

Song-ography is hosted by You'll Shoot Your Eye Out, a fantastic photographer and funny lady.

Love this song, makes me smile.

John Cougar John Deere

I'm a 45 spinning on an old Victrola

Photos taken April 2015 Nashville TN

I'm a two strike swinger, I'm a Pepsi cola

Photo taken October 2011 New Bern NC

I'm a blue jean quarterback saying "I love you" to the prom queen in a Chevy

Photo taken April 2015 somewhere in Kentucky

I'm John Wayne, Superman, California
I'm a Kris Kristofferson Sunday morning

Photo taken April 2015 Nashville TN

I'm a mom and daddy singing along to Don McLean at the Levy

And I'm a child of a backseat freedom, baptized by rock and roll
Marilyn Monroe and the Garden of Eden, never grow up, never grow old

                                                      Photo taken March 2013 Russell NM


Just another rebel in the great wide open on the boulevard of broken dreams
And I learned everything I needed to know from John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16

Photo taken March 2013 Russell NM

Hey, hey
Everything I needed
That's right

I'm Mark Twain on the Mississippi

Photo taken 2008 Hannibal Missouri

I'm Hemingway with a shot of whiskey
I'm a TV dinner on a tray trying to figure out the Wheel of Fortune
I'm a Texaco star, I'm a Gibson guitar

Photo taken March 2013 Tucumcari NM

I'm still a teenage kid trying to go too far
I'm a jukebox waiting in a neon bar for a quarter

And I'm a child of a backseat freedom, baptized by rock and roll
Marilyn Monroe and the Garden of Eden, never grow up, never grow old
Just another rebel in the great wide open on the boulevard of broken dreams
And I learned everything I needed to know from John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16

I spent a lot of years running from believing, looking for another way to save my soul
The longer I live, the more I see it: there's only one way home

Weekend Reflections on Skywatch Friday

    
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October 2011 - New Bern North Carolina

Whimsical Windows and Delirious Doors

I'm posting over here this week!

September 2011 - New Bern North Carolina

Places We've Stayed - New Bern NC

We use a lot of timeshare for our trips.
In October 2011 we stayed at Windjammer Fairfield Harbor Condos near new Bern, North Carolina.

According to RCI's website:
Nestled along the Neuse River, Fairfield Harbour/Windjammer Villas I is a resort within a resort. Here you can enjoy three outdoor pools, tennis courts, a recreation center with an indoor pool, a miniature golf course, two 18-hole golf courses, and boat slips that can accommodate boats up to 60 feet in length. You'll also find rental boats available in Morehead City and New Bern. Of course no vacation would be complete without relaxing accommodations, and this resort doesn't disappoint, offering spacious two-bedroom units with full kitchens, washer/dryers and Jacuzzi tubs.

They don't mention that only one of the golf courses is available for use. 

I do love a condo that is a "house", with no one above or below you. The furnishings were a little dated but spotless.

 I loved the closed-in porch along with another deck off the master bedroom.

This tub had a huge skylight over it.

 The view from the deck.

We were told not to feed the geese but who could resist helping out this little guy who is missing his wings. I wonder how that happened. However, he kept up with the rest of his gang.

Scenic Sunday and SOOC

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These photos were taken at Tryon Palace in New Bern, North Carolina in October 2011. Who would have thought there would be a palace in North Carolina!!!

We joined our tour guide and were lucky that there were only six of us on his tour.

Royal Governor William Tryon and his family brought architect John Hawks from London to design and build the Georgian-style structure. Completed in 1770, Tryon Palace served as the first permanent capitol of North Carolina and home to the Tryon family.

Tryon Palace was the site of the first sessions of the general assembly for the State of North Carolina following the revolution and housed the state governors until 1794. In 1798, fire destroyed the original Palace building. An extensive 30-year campaign to rebuild the Palace and restore the grounds was launched by the people of New Bern, state leaders, world craftsmen, and generous, dedicated citizens such as Mrs. James Edwin Latham. Their efforts led to the triumphal reopening of the Palace in 1959.