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