John Bacon Curtis

  • American

John Bacon Curtis (10 October 1827 - 13 June 1897) was an American businessman from Maine notable for commercializing chewing gum. - AsNotedIn


Timeline

Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1848/00/00 John B Curtis invents his State of Maine Pure Spruce chewing gum on top of a Franklin stove at his home in Bangor Maine. The first commercial production of chewing gum was sold in sticks 1 cm wide and 2 cm long. Inventor Bangor, ME Maine Invention of Chewing Gum
1850/00/00 John B Curtis and his father's gum factory, "Curtis and Son" at 291 Fore Street employs 200 workers who produced 1800 boxes of chewing gum in a day. In 1850, they added paraffin gums to their product line. Owner Portland Waterfront Portland, ME Invention of Chewing Gum
1915/00/00 John B Curtis Free Public Library is built in 1914-15, with funding from a bequest by John Bacon Curtis. Benefactor Curtis, John B, Free Public Library Bradford
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