Did they have chewing gum during the industrial revolution?

Answer 1

YES. 1848 John Curtis made and sold the first commercial chewing gum called Maine Pure Spruce Gum.

1850,Curtis started selling flavored paraffin gums becoming more popular than spruce gums.

1869 Patent # 98,304 issued December 28 to William Finley Semple for rubber based Chewing Gum

1850 Mexican General Santa Anna introduces chicle to Thomas Adams

1870 Adams and his sons opened the first chewing gum factory making Adams New York No. 1.

1970 Patent # 107,883 issued September 27 to Weaton W. Kilbourn for a tobacco substitute gum.

1871 Patent # 111,798 issued February 14 to Thomas Adams for a process to manufacture gum

1871 Adams created a licorice-flavored gum called Black Jack.. The first flavored gum

1880 John Colgan invented a way to make chewing gum taste better for a longer period of time

1888 Adams' chewing gum called Tutti-Frutti became the first chew to be sold in a vending machine

1891 Wrigley Chewing Gum founded by William Wrigley Jr..

1899 Adams and Sons merged with 6 other manufacturers and renamed the American Chicle Co.

1906 Frank Fleer invented the first bubble gum called Blibber-Blubber gum. However, was never sold.

1914 William Wrigley, Jr. and Henry Fleer create the Wrigley Doublemint brand

1928 Walter Diemer invents Double Bubble from the original Frank Fleer formula