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In 1923, Epperson began selling the frozen pops to the public at Neptune Beach, an amusement park in Alameda, California. [3] [4] By 1924 Epperson had received a patent for his "frozen confectionery" which he called "the Epsicle ice pop". [2] He renamed it Popsicle, supposedly at the insistence of his children. [1]
In 1922, Epperson, a realtor with Realty Syndicate Company in Oakland, [8] introduced the Popsicle at a fireman's ball. [9] [10] [11] The product got traction quickly; in 1923, at the age of 29, Epperson received a patent for his "Epsicle" ice pop, [12] and by 1924, had patented all handled, frozen confections or ice lollipops.
Frank Epperson, inventor of the Popsicle in the 1920s; Harold G. Epperson (1923–1944), American Medal of Honor holder; Jay E (Jason Lee Epperson, born 1973), American record producer and DJ; John Epperson (born 1955), American drag artist; Lia Epperson (fl. from 1999), an American civil rights lawyer and professor; Sharon Epperson, American ...
At the time, Epperson’s death was the city’s third homicide; there have been six so far this year. There was one homicide through Jan. 6 of last year, but 12 by this time in 2022.
Dan Dorfman (was a columnist for the New York Sun until its September 2008 demise; died June 16, 2012) Morton Downey Jr. (died in 2001) Charles Gasparino (now with Fox Business) Garrett Glaser (retired from broadcasting and started his own firm, Glaser Media, in 2007) Alexis Glick (later joined Fox Business and no longer in the cable news industry)
Frank Epperson – popsicle inventor [158] Lloyd N. Ferguson – first African American to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley [159] Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat – biochemist and virologist; died in Oakland [160]
Astronaut Frank Borman, who commanded Apollo 8's historic Christmas 1968 flight that circled the moon 10 times and paved the way for the lunar landing the next year, has died. Borman died Tuesday ...
Frank Stella, a painter, sculptor and printmaker whose constantly evolving works are hailed as landmarks of the minimalist and post-painterly abstraction art movements, died Saturday at his home ...