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Frank Henry Fleer

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Frank Henry Fleer

Birth
Germany
Death
31 Oct 1921 (aged 64)
Thomasville Township, Davidson County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Belmont 58
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was an American confectioner whose developed the first bubble gum. Fleer founded the Frank H. Fleer Corporation in 1913 as a gum manufacturer. Fleer's original formulation, called Blibber-Blubber, was never marketed to the public. It was not until 1928 that Walter Diemer, an accountant in Fleer's company, was able to refine the formulation and became marketed by Fleer's company as Dubble Bubble.

Fleer's company also went on to be innovators in the baseball card business, adding trading cards in 1923.


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was an American confectioner whose developed the first bubble gum. Fleer founded the Frank H. Fleer Corporation in 1913 as a gum manufacturer. Fleer's original formulation, called Blibber-Blubber, was never marketed to the public. It was not until 1928 that Walter Diemer, an accountant in Fleer's company, was able to refine the formulation and became marketed by Fleer's company as Dubble Bubble.

Fleer's company also went on to be innovators in the baseball card business, adding trading cards in 1923.


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THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATED INFO:
Kandor Archives #51606880

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  • Maintained by: R.C.
  • Originally Created by: Graves
  • Added: Jun 6, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91486740/frank_henry-fleer: accessed ), memorial page for Frank Henry Fleer (9 Jul 1857–31 Oct 1921), Find a Grave Memorial ID 91486740, citing West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by R.C. (contributor 47303570).