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By Daniel Barnum-Swett May 10, 2010 11:45 AM

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Carbonated Cosmic Consciousness

Psychedelic abstractions and bubbly fantasies from 7UP's early 1970s "See the Light" ad campaign make one wonder just what was in the so-called "Uncola".

Carbonated Cosmic Consciousness

Carbonated Cosmic Consciousness

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