Chapter One: Fun Facts

Below are things you would have seen in 1900. The date beside each item indicates the year it was invented.

French Fries - 1700s by Thomas Jefferson

Bicycles - 1790

Graham Crackers - 1829

Lawn mowers - 1830

Chewing gum - 1848

Sewing Machines - 1851

Elevators - 1853

Dynamite - 1866

Cracker Jacks - 1872

Mail Order Catalogs - 1872

Ketchup - 1876

Telephones - 1876

Toilet Paper - 1880

Coca Cola by John Pemberton - 1886

Basketball - 1891

Fig Newtons - 1891

Zipper - 1893

Flashlights - 1898

Rubber soled shoes - late 1800s

Crayola Crayons in only blue, brown, black, green, orange, red and yellow - 1903

Pepsi Cola by Caleb Bradham - 1903

Teddy Bears - 1902

Pizza - 1905

Popsicle - 1905 by an 11 year old boy.

Bubble Gum - 1906

Cornflakes - 1906 by William Kellog

Model “T” Automobile - 1908