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RARE 1930's HIRES ROOT BEER SYRUP DISPENSER
RARE 1930's HIRES ROOT BEER SYRUP DISPENSER
RARE 1930's HIRES ROOT BEER SYRUP DISPENSER
RARE 1930's HIRES ROOT BEER SYRUP DISPENSER
RARE 1930's HIRES ROOT BEER SYRUP DISPENSER
RARE 1930's HIRES ROOT BEER SYRUP DISPENSER

RARE 1930's HIRES ROOT BEER SYRUP DISPENSER

$ 100.31

Availability: 47 in stock
  • Condition: Used
  • Brand: Fountain
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany

    Description

    RARE 1930's HIRES ROOT BEER SYRUP DISPENSER
    1930's HIRES ROOT BEER SYRUP DISPENSER, ORIGINALLY MANUFACTURED IN GERMANY.
    DOES HAVE A HAIRLINE CRACK BY THE LIP, THAT DOESN'T COME TO THE SURFACE, DOESN'T AFFECT THE PIECE AT ALL.
    PRIORITY SHIPPING FOR DOMESTIC U.S. RESIDENTS.
    ALL OTHERS, PLEASE CONTACT FOR A SHIPPING QUOTE.
    HIRES ROOT BEER HISTORY:
    Hires Root Beer was created by Philadelphia pharmacist Charles Elmer Hires. The official story is that Hires first tasted root beer, while on his honeymoon in 1875. By 1876, Hires had developed his own recipe and was marketing 25-cent packets of powder which each yielded five gallons of root beer. At Philadelphia's Centennial Exposition in 1876, he cultivated new customers by giving away free glasses of root beer. In 1884, he began producing a liquid extract and a syrup for use in soda fountains and was soon shipping root beer in kegs and producing a special fountain dispenser called the "Hires Automatic
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