Thomas Adams (chewing gum)
American
Thomas Adams was a notable American scientist and inventor who began manufacturing chewing gum when the industry was in its infancy. - AsNotedIn
Lineage
- Daughter: Florence Adams Ellis
Thomas Adams was a notable American scientist and inventor who began manufacturing chewing gum when the industry was in its infancy. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1818/05/04 | Thomas Adams is born in New York City. | Born | |||||
| 1861/00/00 | Thomas Adams is appointed a Government photographer. Assisted by his son Thomas, he will serve with the Army of the Potomac for three years. | Military | |||||
| 1865/00/00 | While working as a secretary to exiled Mexican leader Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. Santa Anna suggest to Adams that he might be able to make a fortune off chicle, a gummy substance Mexicans had been extracting from sapota trees and chewing on for centurie | Genesis | |||||
| 1869/00/00 | Thomas Adams engages in the manufacturing of Chewing Gum. Adams New York No 1, a pure chicle gum without flavoring, sells poorly. | Inventor | Invention of Chewing Gum | ||||
| 1884/00/00 | Adams' introduces Licorice-flavored Black Jack gum. | Work | |||||
| 1888/00/00 | Thomas Adams establishes a large factory on Sands Street. | Work | |||||
| 1888/00/00 | Designed in the Romanesque Revival style by C P H Gilbert, the Thomas Adams Residence is built as a double house with one entrance on 8th Avenue and the other on Carroll Street. | Home | Thomas Adams Double Residence, NYC | New York City | |||
| 1888/00/00 | Adams Gum Co begins selling Tutti-Frutti chewing gum from vending machines located in a New York City elevated stations. | Work | Invention of Chewing Gum | ||||
| 1897/00/00 | Thomas Adams Jr sells the family residence for $75,000 and moves to Manhattan, New York City. | Work | Thomas Adams Double Residence, NYC | New York City | |||
| 1898/00/00 | Thomas Adams Sr retires from the business, leaving control to his sons. | Work | |||||
| 1899/00/00 | American Chicle Company establishes a new brand: Chiclets. | Work | |||||
| 1905/02/17 | Thomas Adams dies of pneumonia at his Brooklyn home. | Died | Thomas Adams House, NYC | New York City |
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