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Charles E. Hires portrait, 1920
Portrait of Charles Elmer Hires. A pharmacist from Philadelphia, Hires was the first person to brew root beer commercially. Though he did not invent the root beer, Hires reduced roots and herbs to powder concentrate that could be mixed with water, sugar, and yeast to the drink. Hir...
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| Collection: | Philadelphia Record photograph morgue (#V07) |
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| Date: | 1920 |
| Box Number: | Box Box 89 (Hillhouse-Hirst) |
| Format: | Electronic |
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| Copyright: | Please contact Historical Society of Pennsylvania Rights and Reproductions (rnr@hsp.org) |
| Online Access: | https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/4633 |
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Portrait of Charles Elmer Hires. A pharmacist from Philadelphia, Hires was the first person to brew root beer commercially. Though he did not invent the root beer, Hires reduced roots and herbs to powder concentrate that could be mixed with water, sugar, and yeast to the drink. Hires’ Root Beer was introduced at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial exhibition. By 1890, the Charles E Hires Company was established and selling root beer. |
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