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Bobby's Coca-Cola Showcase and Exhibit
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Bobby's Coca-Cola Beans and Leaves |
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- Bobby's Coca-Cola Beans and Leaves
- Dates: March 1 - 31, 2010
- Location: Los Altos Main Library
- Address: 13 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos, California 94022 USA
- Hours: Monday - Thursday: 10AM - 9PM
Friday - Saturday: 10AM - 6PM
Sunday: 12PM - 6PM - Exhibit: This is the fourth in a series of Bobby's Coca-Cola Showcase exhibit at the Los Altos Library. The number one soft drink brand in Japan is not Coca-Cola but Georgia Coffee. The number one blended tea brand in Japan is Sokenbicha with sales exceeding $1 billion per year. Both Georgia and Sokenbicha are two of Coca-Cola's top global brands. Coca-Cola's partnership with Nestle for nearly 20 years also produced a large portfolio of ready-to-drink beverages made with coffee beans or tea leaves. In this exhibit, you will see a selection of bottles and cans of Coca-Cola's coffee and tea beverage brands: Georgia, Hajime, Seiryusabo, and Sokenbicha (Japan), Yuan Ye (China), Ten Ren (Taiwan), Chun Chashe, Nescafe (Hong Kong), Heaven and Earth (Singapore), Enviga, Fuze and Gold Peak (USA). Check out exotic flavors of Nestea with Honey Lychee, or Lemon with Aloe Vera Pulps. Compare the latest coffee creation by Coca-Cola and illycaffe in two stylish designs from Denmark and Japan. You will also see a complete set of Coca-Cola Blak (Coke+Coffee fusion) ever produced from France, Canada and the United States, and the latest green tea-flavored Coca-Cola from Japan.
- Bobby's collection consists of over 10,000 different Coca-Cola Company and Bottler artifacts from the 1890s to present. The collection includes 5,000 different bottles and cans from around the world.
- Website: http://www.7xpub.com
- Read more about Coca-Cola's Beans and Leaves in Bobby's Coca-Cola Blog online: http://7xpub.blogspot.com
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Bobby's Coca-Cola Greatest Hits |
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- Bobby's Coca-Cola Greatest Hits
- Dates: March 1 - 31, 2009
- Location: Los Altos Main Library
- Address: 13 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos, California 94022 USA
- Hours: Monday - Thursday: 10AM - 9PM
Friday - Saturday: 10AM - 6PM
Sunday: 12PM - 6PM - Exhibit: This is the third in a series of Bobby's Coca-Cola Showcase exhibit at the Los Altos Library. In this exhibit, Bobby discusses the highlights of the 110-year history of Coca-Cola's association with music and singers in its advertising from 1899 to 2009 in a 2000-word essay entitled "Coca-Cola's Greatest Hits." The showcase features a collection of Coca-Cola bottles, cans and ads featuring popular musical artists and promotions from the Supremes to the Rolling Stones and from the Grammy's to American Idol. Other international artists include David Bowie, Sting, Hebe of SHE (Taiwan), Xie Tingfeng (aka Nicholas Tse, Hong Kong), and Mos & Tata (Thailand). Original 1950s souvenir vinyl records from Coke Time with Eddie Fisher and sheet music for Rum & Coca-Cola, Look up America and Coca-Cola's greatest hit of all-time, I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing, are the highlights of this year's showcase.
- Bobby's collection consists of over 10,000 different Coca-Cola Company and Bottler artifacts from the 1890s to present. The collection includes 5,000 different bottles and cans from around the world.
- Website: http://www.7xpub.com
- Read the article online: Coca-Cola's Greatest Hits
- "Coca-Cola's Greatest Hits" article and photos published in The Coca-Cola Collectors Club News July-August 2009. Pages 10-12. First Place Winner of the 2009 Coca-Cola Collectors Club Memebership Newsletter Contest at the 35th Annual Convention in Denver, Colorado, USA.
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Bobby's Coca-Cola Olympic Celebration |
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- Bobby's Coca-Cola Olympic Celebration
- Dates: May 1 - 31, 2008
- Location: Los Altos Main Library
- Address: 13 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos, California 94022 USA
- Hours: Monday - Thursday: 10AM - 9PM
Friday - Saturday: 10AM - 6PM
Sunday: 12PM - 6PM - Exhibit: This is the second in a series of Bobby's Coca-Cola Showcase exhibit at the Los Altos Library. In this exhibit, Bobby's Coca-Cola Olympic Celebration showcases 108 limited edition Coca-Cola bottles and cans featuring the Olympic Games over the past century. The collection includes a complete set of 19 cans from Germany featuring the host cities of the Modern Olympic Games from 1896 to 1992; a complete set of 8 tall bottles commemorating the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympic Games; a set of 3 mascot cans commemorating the 2000 Sydney Games from Singapore; official torch bearer and torch escort bottles from the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Torch Relay; and a bottle from the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland celebrating 110 years of Coca-Cola in 1996. In total, 26 host cities and 26 sports of the Olympic Games are featured in this exhibit.
- The Coca-Cola Company has been a sponsor of the Olympic Games since 1928 in Amsterdam. The latest agreement signed in 2005 with the International Olympic Committee extends Coca-Cola's sponsorship through 2020. In addition, Coca-Cola has helped the USOC established the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 1979 and the IOC with the opening of the Olympic Museum in Lausanne in 1993 by becoming its first sponsor in 1987.
- Bobby's collection consists of over 10,000 different Coca-Cola Company and Bottler artifacts from the 1890s to present. The collection includes 5,000 different bottles and cans from around the world.
- Website: http://www.7xpub.com
- Related News: Bobby's Coca-Cola World 2008-05-16 on The Coca-Cola Company Heritage Blog
- "Coca-Cola and the Olympic Torch" article and photos published in The Coca-Cola Collectors Club News July/August 2008 page 19
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Los Altos Collects! |
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- Los Altos Collects!
- Dates: June 7 - December 30, 2007
- Location: Los Altos History Museum
- Address: 51 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos, California 94022 USA
- Hours: Thursday - Sunday : 12Noon - 4PM
- Exhibit: Museums are all about collections: their care, interpretation, and preservation. What do people collect, and why? See the many interesting passions of collectors on display, which will change through the exhibit period, and be accompanied by special programs.
- Bobby's Coca-Cola Contour Couture: a collection of 24 Coca-Cola glass bottles of varying sizes and origins from Africa, Asia, Europe and America is part of the museum special exhibit. These contour-shaped bottles have become an internationalized icon. Also known as "script bottles", Coca-Cola trademark appears in the different local languages on the red and white labels. No matter which language script you recognize, the silhouette is unmistakenly Coca-Cola. June 7 - November 4.
- Bobby's Coca-Cola Holiday Celebration: a collection of Coca-Cola bottles and cans from around the world celebrating Christmas and New Year holidays will be showcased from November 8 - December 30 as the Los Altos Collects! Exhibit gets a holiday makeover.
- September Program: Bobby talks about his vast collection, how he got started, its history, and how he manages his collection of approximately 10,000 items spanning 120 years. Sunday, September 23, 2007, 4PM - 6PM.
- Website: http://www.losaltoshistory.org
- Announcement: City of Los Altos Recreation Department Activity Guide Fall/Winter 2007/2008
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Bobby's Coca-Cola Family Reunion |
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- Bobby's Coca-Cola Family Reunion
- Dates: March 1 - 31, 2007
- Location: Los Altos Main Library
- Address: 13 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos, California 94022 USA
- Hours: Monday - Thursday: 10AM - 9PM
Friday - Saturday: 10AM - 6PM
Sunday: 12PM - 6PM - Exhibit: This is the first in a series of Bobby's Coca-Cola Showcase exhibit at the Los Altos Library. In this inaugural exhibit, Bobby's Coca-Cola Family Reunion showcases 87 members of the world's best known beverage family including the original Coca-Cola, Diet Coke and other flavored Coke offsprings, the infamous New Coke from 1985, and Coca-Cola Blak, the youngest member born in 2006. In addition, 110-year-old Coca Mariani is featured in the showcase. All together 15 bottles and 73 cans from 30 cities and towns spanning a century are in this Great Get Together. Bobby's Coca-Cola Family Tree also makes its debut at the exhibit illustrating the lineage of America's 121-year-old Megabrand Clan. This is the first Coca-Cola Family Reunion where nearly every Coke member is in town.
- Website: http://www.7xpub.com
- Related News: Los Altos Town Crier 2007-03-21
- "Bobby's Coca-Cola Showcase and Family Tree" article and photos published in The Coca-Cola Collectors Club News April 2007 page 10
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