HIRES ROOT BEER ~ vs ~ VERNOR'S GINGER ALE

[SODABOB]

ponygirl

Welcome to the Forum ... :welcome:

I'll take a look and see what I can find. If I do find something helpful, I'll post it on your new thread. In the meantime, please feel free to choose a number for the acl book. Its open to all members.

Bob

 

[ACLbottles]

I'm gonna go with 13. Thanks Bob!

 

[SODABOB]

I'm gonna go with 13. Thanks Bob!

ACL

Thanks - Not the exact number but saved for later

 

[SODABOB]

Just for the record ...

I printed this grid - Cut it into pieces ...



Then drew the winning number from my baseball cap ...

 

[Eric]

Thanks Bob... I'll pick the number 86

 

[SODABOB]

Thanks Bob... I'll pick the number 86

Eric

Thanks - Not the exact number but saved for later

(We'll have a winner at Midnight, Eastern Time. That's 9:00 PM my time, so I'll post the winner then)

 

[SODABOB]

In the meantime ...

Back to 1876

I recently came across numerous references that claim James Tufts and Charles Lippincott had "exclusive rights to sell fountain drinks at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial, and that they paid $50,000 for that right."

If this is true, then how is it possible that Charles Hires was able to sell his root beer at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial?

I have researched this question and will post more of what I found later on. But for now, here are just a few of the references I found about the Tufts and Lippincott exclusive rights ...


Tufts & Lippincott Exclusive Rights ~ Jane Shadel Spillman ~ First Page / Right Column / 3rd Paragraph


http://www.aihv.org/en/pdf/16-70.pdf


Donald Yates Article ~ Page 3 (74) ~ Top of Center Column


http://www.fohbc.org/PDF_Files/JohnMatthews_DYates.pdf


Tufts & Lippincott ~ "Outside the Exhibition"

https://books.google.com/books?id=9...ppincott 1876 philadelphia centennial&f=false










(To be continued)

 

[SODABOB]

The winning number is ...



Congratulations Canadacan ~ Your #51 was the closest!

Please send me your mailing address via a PM and I will ship your book A.S.A.P.

Thanks to everyone who participated. Hopefully I'll be able to do this again in the future. In the meantime, please stay tuned for more Hires' vs Vernor's

Bob

 

[Canadacan]

Whoo Hooo!!!!....I chose 51 because it was the last 2 digits from the year of Charles E. Hires Birth date..

 

[iggyworf]

Congrats to Canadacan!!