October 7, 2011

Trucks such as the one shown here were used to deliver the soft drink Grapette to customers throughout the United States. The drink, which was developed in 1939 in Camden (Ouachita County), became one of the bestselling non-cola drinks in the nation. It virtually disappeared by the 1990s and, as of 2011, can be purchased only at Wal-Mart stores.

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