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Drink BARQ\'S ROOT BEER It\'s Good ~ Large 28x20\" Original TIN ADVERTISING SIGN For Sale
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Drink BARQ\'S ROOT BEER It\'s Good ~ Large 28x20\" Original TIN ADVERTISING SIGN:
$375.00
Drink BARQ\'S ROOT BEER It\'s Good ~ Large 28x20\" Original TIN ADVERTISING MONTH, WE ARE PLEASED TO OFFER MANY FINE ANTIQUE AND COLLECTIBLE ARTIFACTS AND RARITIES FROM MISSISSIPPI AND LOUISIANA ESTATES AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
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IT\'S GOOD
CONDITON REPORT > STORED AWAY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, REMAINING A WELL PRESERVED EXAMPLE ~ PERHAPS SOME SETTLED DUST, ALONG WITH TYPICAL AND MINOR ELEMENTS RELATIVE TO AGE AND MATERIAL ~ NO OVERT ISSUES ~ OVERALL FINE, VINTAGE CONDITION, BEST NOTED BY EXAMINING THE IMAGES OFFERED.
HISTORY OF BARQ\'S ROOT BEER ~ OR IS IT ROOT BEER?
\"Barq\'s\" was long the name of the company\'s signature product, now known as Barq\'s Famous Olde Tyme Root Beer, a brand of root beer notable for being the first major North American root beer to contain caffeine. It has been bottled since the start of the 20th century and is currently sold by The Coca-Cola Company.
The Barq\'s Brothers Bottling Company was founded in 1890 in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, by Edward Charles Edmond Barq and his younger brother, Gaston. The Barq Brothers bottled carbonated water and various soft drinks of their own creation. Early on their most popular creation was an orange-flavored soda called Orangine, which won a gold medal at the 1893 World\'s Columbian Exposition World\'s Fair in Chicago, Illinois.
Edward Barq moved to Biloxi, Mississippi, in 1897 with his new wife. The following year he opened the Biloxi Artesian Bottling Works. 1898 is often given as the debut year for what was later to be known as \"Barq\'s root beer,\" but some sources say this particular product was not produced until some two years later.
For many decades Barq\'s was not marketed as a \"root beer.\" This was in part a desire to avoid legal conflict with the Hires Root Beer Company, which was attempting to claim a trademark on the term \"root beer.\" It was also due to differences from other root beers at the time. The base was a sarsaparilla drink of the style of the late 19th century, in a formulation with caffeine, less sugar, and higher carbonation than other brands, though with less of a foamy \"head.\" It was decided to market the soft drink simply as Barq\'s.
Another major change came for Barqs in 1938 when the federal government banned caffeine in root beer. Barq simply changed the name of his drink to ~ Barqs Sr. ~ and then set about developing a caffeine-free root beer.
When the government reversed its caffeine ban in 1960, Barqs Sr. disappeared and the original recipe once again appeared, as root beer. There was much confusion as to what to call the drink. Barqs Root Beer seemed the obvious choice, but it would not take long for Edward Barq to gracefully straighten anyone out by saying, The name is Barqs, son. Just Barqs.
The traditional slogan was the simple affirmation ~ Drink Barq\'s. It\'s good!
Barq\'s Red CrSoda. Long known in New Orleans as \"Barq\'s Red Drink was originally marketed as a somewhat colorless cr, or cream soda. A franchisee decided to add red color, which seemed to increase sales, so the red color was adopted by all bottlers. Colloquially, this new red soda was simply called Red Pop.
For a time it was marketed with the slogan \"Is it root beer?\" before the company decided to market the product as such.
In 1976, the Biloxi Barq\'s Company was purchased by two entrepreneurs, John Oudt and John Koerner. An aggressive television campaign was developed based on the \"Barq\'s Got Sparks\" theme. Their plans to market the brand nationally were partially complicated by the existence of the New Orleans based Barq\'s Beverages, Inc., and Barq\'s Beverages of Baton Rouge, Inc., which had long been marketing Barq\'s and Barq\'s Creme\' Soda in Southern Louisiana. The New Orleans firm was largely independent of the Biloxi firm dating back to early 20th century oral agreements between Barq family members and friends. Those who traveled back and forth between Mississippi and Louisiana noted subtle but distinct differences between the Barq\'s sold in the two places, as the Biloxi and New Orleans plants each made their own syrups, and some partisans considered one or the other \"better.\" There were extended legal conflicts over who exactly had the rights to the Barq\'s name and formula and in which markets. These differences were not fully resolved until The Coca-Cola Company acquired both branches in 1995.
Before the purchase, Barq\'s produced other sodas, such as lime green and grape, in the 1970s and early 1980s.
In recent years Barq\'s has been marketed with the slogan \"Barq\'s has bite!\", a reference to both its caffeine content and its crisper taste as compared to most commercial root beers.
Regular Barq\'s has 22.5 mg of caffeine per 12 ounce serving, while Diet Barq\'s has no caffeine.
According to biographer Charles R. Cross, rock musician Kurt Cobain\'s last drink before he committed suicide was a can of Barq\'s Root USE THE \"CONTACT SELLER\" FUNCTION TO CONTACT US AND RESOLVE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE offerDING
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