Jar

Object number99.62.4

Datec.1910

MediumGlass; Paper; Ink

Credit LineGift of Muriel R. Moreland

DescriptionLarge two-gallon display jar. Colorless molded hexahedron glass, with a short, wide, threaded neck-ring at top. A small full-color paper label featuring text and picturing various vegetables: cucumbers, pepper, onion, etc.Dimensions10.25 x 10 in. (26 x 25.4 cm)
Inscriptionsdiamond panel which reads: "L&S Trade Mark SWEET PICKLES Lutz & Schramm Co. Pittsburgh, Pa. U.S.A.". Smaller label overpasted at top reads: "TWO GALLONS".
Historical NotesRetail Date: Lutz & Schramm Company Retail Country: 1900-? Retail State: U.S.A. Retail City: PA anonymous donor; Lutz & Schramm was both a competitor & close neighbor to the H.J. Heinz Company, occupying the building which formerly housed the La Belle Tannery (A. Groetzinger and Sons) (opposite Herr's Island)Label TextThis 2-gallon glass sweet pickle jar is attributed to the Lutz and Schramm Company, which was both a business competitor and close neighbor to the H.J. Heinz Company during Pittsburgh’s early 1900s. During this time period, many German-Americans worked as food vendors, some even opening their own restaurants, breweries, and food manufacturing operations.

Previous owner Lutz and Schramm Company

Related person Jacob Lutz

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