In 1919, Archie Lee left his job as a newspaper reporter to join the St. Louis agency producing ads for Coca-Cola.
“Like most advertisers of that time, Coca-Cola published a variety of statements in newspapers and magazines and used billboards with varying appeals,” the St. Louis Globe-Democrat wrote. “Lee introduced a practice now basic in advertising: …
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