It's very nice to be able to annonce that the documentary film about the man on the patent for probably the worlds most famous packaging is selected to attend CHAIN NYC FILM FESTIVAL. This mail arrived this morning with the good news! I would like to thank you for your...
Interview with Brian G Andersson
Great interview today with Brian G Andersson! He has been the Commissioner NYC Deparment of records! But not only that, he has as the name reveals, Swedish roots! Brian took us on several exciting stories about New York at the time when Alexander Samuelson came here to New York 1883....
Intervju at South Street Seaport Museum, New York
Now we are in New York. Alexander and his brother Otto came to New York and had to go through the emigrant control at Castle Garden. To find out more about what New York looked like in the late 19th century, we visited the South Street Seaport Museum. Here we...
A visit in the archive at Coca-colas head office in Atlanta!
On Sunday we visited the world of Coca Cola in Atlanta and on Monday morning we got into Coca-Cola's archive and shot some film. Ted Ryan, Coca-Cola's director-heritage communications at The Coca-Cola Company, welcomed us and showed us around in a giant archive where everything that we could imagine was...
The Daytona Beach News Journal writes!
From our stay in Daytona Beach, The newspaper writes! http://www.news-journalonline.com/news/20180415/swedish-filmmaker-visits-daytona-beach-to-document-iconic-coca-cola-bottle
Living at Preston Root’s
It feels almost unreal to get the opportunity to live at Preston Root's home. His great grandfather owned The Root Glass Company, the glass mill where the bottle was created. It feels a bit like going around in a movie. Preston has a fantastic accommodation and in the Indiana Jones-inspired...
A visit at the Swedish-American museum!
In Chicago we visited the Swedish American Museum where we met Karin Moen Abercrombie. We interviewed Karin who told us what Chicago looked like when Alexander came to the United States. He never came to Chicago even though Chicago was in his emigrant ticket. But Karin's stories made us...
Terre Haute Indiana
The day before yesterday we were in Terre Haute! This was where the bottle was created! To see how it all was done, we visited the Vigo County Historical Society & Museum. We were received by Susan Tingley! In an amazing house there were environments and objects from this time....
Newark, Ohio
After a nice movie day in Stretor, Illinois, we drove to Newark, Ohio! It's about 700 kilometers to go and I'm glad we do not have to go by horse and wagon. Steam train would work though!Our hired car was really nice to drive and we had a booked meeting...
The Times is writing!
During our interview at Streator, we were interviewed by The Times! Really nice that there is such an interest in the United States for the subject! Here you can read more about what the magazine is writing!