Postcard Memories is a weekly series of historic postcard views and photos submitted by Marcel Rousseau.
Some were previously published by the Orillia Museum of Art and History and in the book Postcard Memories Orillia.
In The History of Soda Water Manufacturers, Volume 11 of the East Georgian Bay Historical Journal, Lorna Wager tells us that in 1871, at the age of 20, Adam H. Fralick moved from Uxbridge to settle in Orillia.
In 1876, he opened his soda water manufacturing facility on part of Lot 1, South Tecumseth Street.
In 1885, he also operated a hotel called the Franklin House and engaged Nicholas Rooney to manage the soda water business. Rooney left in 1888 to start his own pop factory in Midland and Joseph Hill took over the management for a short time, producing soda in his own J. Hill bottles.
In 1889, Adam Fralick again operated the factory in addition to the hotel.
In 1900, the business was moved to part lot 14 and 15 Front St. The assessed value at that time was $1,300. Adam Fralick continued to operate the factory until his death on May 26, 1904, at the age of 62.
