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Ad – 1936: Beeman’s Pepsin Chewing Gum

Posted on March 4, 2021

Author: Steve Silverman

Categories: Food

Beeman’s Pepsin Chewing Gum Ad, Cosmopolitan, August 1936, page 117.

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