Evidence receipt / observation
Published · transcript-backedDavid Rosenthal: observation
24 Nov 2025 Acquired Coca-Cola
“Blue, yellow. The point is, there was no standardization. All of a sudden now, Coke’s got this huge, industrial imagery machine of not only advertisements in the Saturday Evening Post, but all the billboards, the signs, the point of sale merchandise, et cetera.”
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- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Attribution
- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- observation
- Recorded
- 24 Nov 2025
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- Coca-Cola
Transcript context
…That’s right because sometimes Santa was red, sometimes Santa was green. Blue, yellow. The point is, there was no standardization. All of a sudden now, Coke’s got this huge, industrial imagery machine of not only advertisements in the Saturday Evening Post, but all the billboards, the signs, the point of sale merchandise, et cetera. They’re just plastering America with this big, beautiful color version of Santa. Which is funny because Pepsi also did do some Santa illustrations, but Coke ran away with it and it became clear pretty early Coke is just going to own Santa. David, do you know who had Sundblom also created or created the most famous illustration of?…
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