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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.
The ice pop was invented by 11-year-old Frank Epperson in 1905. Living in San Francisco, California, Epperson had left a fruit drink out overnight, with a stirrer in it, thus making it freeze. In 1923, Epperson got a patent on his "frozen ice on a stick". Epperson also invented the twin ice pop, with two sticks so it could be shared by two ...
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 ...
The first recorded ice pop was created in 1905 by 11-year-old Frank Epperson of San Francisco, who left a glass of soda water powder and water outside in his back porch with a wooden mixing stick in it. In the United States and Canada frozen ice on a stick is generically referred to as a popsicle due to the early popularity of the Popsicle brand.
Good Humor is a Good Humor-Breyers brand of ice cream started by Harry Burt in Youngstown, Ohio, United States, in the early 1920s with the Good Humor bar, a chocolate-coated ice cream bar on a stick sold from ice cream trucks and retail outlets.
Frank Epperson – popsicle inventor [153] Lloyd N. Ferguson – first African American to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley [ 154 ] Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat – biochemist and virologist; died in Oakland [ 155 ]
The Food That Built America is an American nonfiction docudrama series for the History Channel, that premiered on August 11, 2019.Each episode outlines the development of a popular type of food or restaurant in the United States, typically focusing on the rise of two major companies that become rivals.