DC’s Mysterious Coca-Cola Machine With 75-Cent Soda

DC’s Mysterious Coca-Cola Machine With 75-Cent Soda

A vintage Coca-Cola sign and Coke machine outside the John E. Piedt & Sons Antique Store in Benton Harbor, Michigan. Photograph by Carol M. Highsmith via Library of Congress. Seventy-five cents goes far in the press room on the US Capitol’s south side. Coca-Cola Original, Coke Zero, Cherry Coke Zero, Diet Coke. Toss in a Fresca, Sprite, or a Seagrams Ginger Ale, each for less than a dollar.  This is quite the deal. A 12-ounce can will set you ba…