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Walter E. Diemer

The Creator of Bubble Gum

Background

Walter E. Diemer was born in Philidelphia, Pennsylvania in 1904. He died in 1998. After highschool, he took a job at Fleer Corporation as a cost accountant.

When and Where

When and where

At the time Diemer created bubble gum, it was 1928 and he was 23 years old. He created it at the Fleer Chewing Gum Company in Philidelphia.

Fleer Corporation

Fleer Corporation

How he did it

When Diemer created bubble gum, it was by accident. He was working as an accountant for the Fleer Chewing Gum Company and on his free time he played around with new gum recipies. One day he ended up with something with bubbles.

How he did it and how people found out about it

How people found out about it

How people found out about it

Diemer saw the possibitities with the bubbly gum and decided to carry a five pound glop of it to the grocery store and try and sell it there. It sold out in a single afternoon. Before long, Fleer Chewing Gum Company was marketing Diemers creation.

What happened after he created it

What happened after he invented it

Bubble gum became very popular and other companies like Bazooka started to make it. Diemer eventually became the senior vice president of the Fleer company though he never recieved any royalties for his invention.

Fun facts

Fun facts and sources

  • Diemer had to teach salesmen how to blow bubbles in order to demonstrate it to customers.
  • The reason most bubble gum is pink is because that was the only color in the factory when Diemer first created it.
  • Diemer died in 1998 at the age of 95 because of a heart failure.

Sources

Sources

Information Sources:

  • http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/bubblegum.htm
  • http://www.nndb.com/people/422/000162933/
  • http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1998-01-13/news/9801130203_1_bubble-gum-chewed-fleer
  • http://www.anb.org/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-0700839

Picture Sources:

  • https://alchetron.com/Walter-Diemer
  • https://hiddencityphila.org/2016/02/dubble-bubble-baseball-cards-philadelphias-fleer-legacy/
  • https://prewarcards.com/2017/04/29/before-there-was-bowman-topps-and-goudey-there-was-fleer/
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