This was a popular time for all things Old West, as seen by the Oregon Trail computer game, Old West movies, and Old West kids' toys. Today, you can find vintage Gold Rush Bubble Gum for sale from ...

Walter Diemer, a 23-year-old accountant for Fleer Co. of Philadelphia, invented bubble gum in 1928. The secret formula had defied the best food scientists for decades.

Bubblegum’s story begins in 1928, when 24-year-old Walter Diemer decided to do some tinkering. He was an accountant at the Fleer Chewing Gum Company and had a habit of experimenting with gum ...