Shrewsbury Tomato Ketchup

[jysk]

Hi,

I haven't posted in a while but I've caught the "Bottle Bug" again and I have to share my new finds. I need help digging up some history.

Does anyone know if Edward C. Hazard continued to make ketchup after he sold his patent to Heinz? E.C. Hazard & Co. was based in New York when this bottle was made.

I will follow-up my question with a photo later today.

Mike

 

[jysk]

I'm hoping to put a chronological limit to this bottle's age.

Appearently, a nearly bankrupt Heinz bought the patent for the Ketchup from Edward Hazard in 1875 and I wonder if the terms of that deal ceased Hazard's Ketchup production.

Mike

 

[cowseatmaize]

a nearly bankrupt Heinz bought the patent for the Ketchup from Edward Hazard in 1875

I'm not sure where you got that but to my knowledge it's false. EC Hazard was a drugist, importer, store owner and who knows what else. As such he labled a wide range of products, much like the store brands of today.
http://www.monmouth.com/~chairman/hazard.html
Henry Heinz started a bit before him but if you could direct me to where you get that I'd be interested in reading it.

 

[jysk]

Good morning Cowseatmaize,

I got that version of the story straight off the inter-web, so it must be true.

Mike

 

[cowseatmaize]

Sorry, the drugist chemist was a different Hazard. EC was a food distributer but I also read cigars, bluing and other stuff.

 

[jysk]

I had pieced the history together like this;

Hazard bought his tomato farm in 1869. He developed his ketchup recipe.

I then found this site. The family tree of the late Mr. Lawence Russle Dewey.

http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/lrdewey.htm

Skip down to to the fourth last paragraph which talks about the Hazard family and the patent aquisition by Heinz.

However,

The dates no longer add up since I seem to have been mistaken about when Hazard bought his farm. Rather then the purchase occurring 1869, it is actually reported to be 1883. Heinz would have been in the Ketchup business for 7 years already.

Now I'm very puzzled.

By the way Cowseatmaize, you've found the bottle. It's picture is in the link you provided.

Mike

 

[LC]

Here is a Heinz I dug years ago.

Heinz Brother's Catsup - Embossed HEINZ BROS. & CO.PITTSBURG, PA.; TRADE MARK (Maltease iside of shield). Embossed on the bottom - HEINZ BROS. & CO. IO.

 

[LC]

Here is a T. A. Snider Catsup.

HOME MADE CATSUP PREPARED FROM FRESH-RIPE-TOMATOES without fermentation T. A. SNIDER PRESERVE CO. Check the threaded top on this one , quite crude.

 

[jysk]

Finally, some pics of it. It is potentially a very pretty little bottle.

Mike

 

[capsoda]

Great top LC. You don't see them very often.