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- Steam Engine Used on Popcorn Wagon, 1910-1920 - Charles Cretors helped popularize a classic American snack when he operated a popcorn wagon at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Wagons built by C. Cretors & Company used small steam engines to run their popcorn poppers and peanut roasters. Steam engines could be used anywhere, unlike electric motors which required connections to generators or outside power lines.
- 1910-1920
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Steam Engine Used on Popcorn Wagon, 1910-1920
Charles Cretors helped popularize a classic American snack when he operated a popcorn wagon at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Wagons built by C. Cretors & Company used small steam engines to run their popcorn poppers and peanut roasters. Steam engines could be used anywhere, unlike electric motors which required connections to generators or outside power lines.
- Popcorn Wagon, 1914 - Charles Cretors helped popularize a classic American snack when he operated a popcorn wagon at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. His company built this horse-drawn popcorn wagon in 1914. It features a popcorn popper and a Tosty Rosty peanut roaster "hand cranked" by a mechanical clown figurine. The appliances were powered by a small steam engine.
- 1914
- Collections - Artifact
Popcorn Wagon, 1914
Charles Cretors helped popularize a classic American snack when he operated a popcorn wagon at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. His company built this horse-drawn popcorn wagon in 1914. It features a popcorn popper and a Tosty Rosty peanut roaster "hand cranked" by a mechanical clown figurine. The appliances were powered by a small steam engine.