1954
From an estimated 40,000 cases sold in
1950, the vodka category increased to
somewhere around 1.1 million cases sold
in 1954; sales increased over fourfold
the following year.
1958
The Seagram Building, a skyscraper
commissioned by the drinks giant
Seagram's, is finished and opened in New
York City at 375 Park Avenue between
52nd and 53rd Streets. Designed by
German architect Mies van der Rohe in
collaboration with American Philip
Johnson, the building is 538 feet tall
with 38 stories and considered to be a
masterpiece of corporate modernism.
Pictured right: Mark A. Frassrand,
Jr. at the A&M
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