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Exploring a 1906 Coca-Cola Ad and the Dreyfus Affair

We love old ads here at Ghosts of DC and this is a great one from The Evening Star, printed on June 24th, 1906. Three weeks later, Alfred Dreyfus was exonerated, bringing an end to the Dreyfus Affair.

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We love old ads here at Ghosts of DC and this is a great one from The Evening Star, printed on June 24th, 1906.

1906 Coca-Cola advertisement
1906 Coca-Cola advertisement (Library of Congress)

Three weeks later, Alfred Dreyfus was exonerated, bringing an end to the Dreyfus Affair.

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