Oscar Mayer, President of Association of Commerce and Dr. William F. Snow, Chairman of Executive Committee of American Hygiene Association, chat a the 27th annual meeting of the American Social Hygiene Association held at the Palmer House.German immigrant Oscar F. Mayer (1859–1955) began working at a meat market in Detroit, Michigan, and later in Chicago, Illinois. In 1883 in Chicago, Oscar Mayer, along with his brother Gottfried, leased the Kolling Meat Market, on the near-northside of Chicago. The two sold bratwurst, liverwurst, and weißwurst and were popular in the predominantly German neighborhoods of Chicago around the market.[1]As the meat market's popularity grew, it expanded its storefront and sponsored local events including the Chicago World's Fair in 1893.[citation needed] By 1900, the company had 43 employees and Chicago-wide delivery service. In 1904, Oscar Mayer began branding its meats to capitalize on their popularity, beginning an industry-wide trend. In 1906, Oscar Mayer became one of the first companies to voluntarily submit to the newly-created Food Safety Inspection Service (part of the United States Department of Agriculture) for testing the purity of their products.[citation needed]Wienermobile, downtown Lexington, KYOscar Mayer is also famous for their Wienermobile, which has toured the United States for over 70 years. The first Wiener mobile was created in 1936, and nine have since been built.Oscar Gustave Mayer, grandson of the founder and the third Oscar Mayer to head the company until he retired in 1977, remarried in 1999, at the age of 85.The classic 1989 hip-hop song Funky Cold Medina performed by Tone L?c includes the line 'I don't fool around with no Oscar Mayer weiner'.In 2007, the company was subject to an email hoax which claimed that Oscar G. Mayer did not support the United States military.[2][3] On July 6, 2009, Oscar G. Mayer died of old age at 95 in Hospice Care in Fitchburg, Wisconsin.The "Oscar-Mayer-Platz" in the village of Kösingen, now in the Federal German state of Baden-Württemberg, is named after him.[edit]Source: Wikipedia
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