| Company type | private Corporation |
|---|---|
| Industry | Beverages |
| Founded | 1871 Waukesha, Wisconsin |
| Founder | H.M. Colver |
| Headquarters | , United States |
| Products | Seltzer, soft drinks |
| Owner | Morgan Family |
| Website | www |
White Rock Beverages (White Rock Products Corporation) is an American beverage company located in Whitestone, Queens, New York City. The company was established in 1871 by pharmacist H.M. Colver in Waukesha, Wisconsin. The Potawatomi Indians and settlers believed that the nearby White Rock natural spring had special medicinal powers, so White Rock Beverages started out as a destination for vacationers and health seekers. By 1876, the company was bottling and distributing the natural spring water throughout the country. [1]
Coca-Cola is frequently credited with the "invention" of the modern image of Santa Claus as an old man in red-and-white garments; [2] however, White Rock predated Coca-Cola's usage of Santa in advertisements for soft drinks. In 1923, the company used Santa to advertise its ginger ale after first using him to sell mineral water in 1915. [3] [4]
By 1923, White Rock Beverages was one of the largest producers of mineral water in the United States. The company also produced ginger ale and other soft drinks. Its property value was then calculated at $7,311,767 ($130,754,958 today). This included land holdings and bottling plants. [5]
In 1941, the company which manufactured White Rock soft drinks was called White Rock Mineral Springs Company. [6]
The company has used the image of Psyche as its logo for over 120 years. The company purchased the rights to a painting titled Psyche at Nature's Mirror, by Paul Thumann, at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893. [7] [8] [9] [10]
| Type | Soft drink |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | White Rock Beverages |
| Variants | Diet |
| Related products | Coca-Cola Pepsi Cola |
| Website | www |
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The beverage was widely used in speakeasies during Prohibition. In the 1927 mystery "The Egyptian Lure", author Carroll John Daly has his hard-boiled detective Race Williams enter one during an investigation. Race is worried about both the possibility of getting bad liquor, and that someone might slip him a Mickey Finn. He speaks to a waiter:
"Bring me a split of White Rock," I told him. "And be sure the cap's tightly on. I carry my own opener." The hurt expression of his fat face when he thought I'd questioned the honest intention of the house, lifted when I slipped him a five-case note—which was good pay for the water, but not too much if the cap was securely fastened. No—I didn't suspect the joint, but I hate to put anyone in the way of temptation."
In 1929's "The Tag Murders", Race questions a girl in another speakeasy: "The girl took coffee. I did myself a White Rock. Saw that the cap was tightly fastened, then knocked it off on the table lamp. I trusted that joint—but why put temptation in the way of high-moraled waiters?"
In the pre-Code film Men Call It Love , Norman Foster's character tells his butler "Say, look here, Brandt. Haven't you been with us long enough to know to always keep a supply of White Rock handy?" The butler stutters, "Why—why sir..." and then opens the fridge to reveal an ice box full of bottles of White Rock, with the Psyche logo clearly visible.
In another pre-Code film, 1931's Lonely Wives , Edward Everett Horton's characters ask Andrews, the butler, several times for a White Rock.
In Brad Strickland and John Bellairs' 1994 novel The Drum, the Doll, and the Zombie, Dr. Coote is described as crouching on his bed "like the White Rock girl on her stone."
In James M. Cain's novel The Postman Always Rings Twice , the narrator Frank Chambers mixes a drink with bourbon, White Rock and a couple of pieces of ice.
In Rex Stout's 1935 novel The League of Frightened Men , Archie Goodwin offers Hibbard a White Rock as a chaser with his whiskey.
In Wallace Thurman's novel The Blacker the Berry , a party of three, including the heroine Emma Lou, orders three bottles of White Rock in a Prohibition-era cabaret in Harlem.
In Paul Auster's novel 4321, "the girl on the White Rock bottle" plays a central role in the protagonist's early sexual awakening. [11]
An ad for White Rock Sparkling Water was the very first ad to appear in Gourmet magazine (January 1941).
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