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Fred Waring mixing a drink in a Waring Blender on top of his travel trunk, circa 1940.
Credit: Courtesy of Fred Waring's America Collection, The Pennsylvania State University.
After purchasing the rights to an electric blender invented by Fred Osius during the heart of the Great Depression, Fred Waring poured $25,000 into the redesign and improvement of what he in 1938 renamed the "Waring" blender. Waring then promoted his blender at the restaurants and hotels he visited on tour with his band.