Coca-Cola Comes to France

A series from LIFE capturing the French as they first meet Coke, 1950. (no product endorsement intended, haha). 

Photographs by Mark Kauffman, from the LIFE archives. 

Mark Kauffman, LIFE © Time Inc.

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Mark Kauffman, LIFE © Time Inc.

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Mark Kauffman, LIFE © Time Inc.

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On Golden Sand

Finally! I'm settled and Interneted once more, in a shiny new city ready to start a masters--in Photographic Preservation and Collections Management, no less! 

But, more importantly, time for some photographs! How about starting with another visit to the beach?

From various archives-- see source links.

State Library and Archives of Florida

Kids playing on the beach, Sarasota, Florida, 1953. Source

National Library of New Zealand

People doing their best with a silver of beach, Oriental Bay, Wellington, NZ, c. 1930s. Source

State Library and Archives of Florida

A woman on Palm Beach, Florida, 1896. Source