Benn-Hubb Candy Company Embossed Peanut Butter Jar. Bennett Hubbard Company. Chatanooga, TN.

 

Embossed Benn-Hubb Peanut Butter Jar.

Here is a different kind of bottle find.  It is profusely embossed as follows.

PENN-HUBB.

PEANUT BUTTER

MADE WITH PEANUTS AND SALT

NET WT.  1 LB.

BENNETT HUBBARD

CANDY COMPANY

CHATTANOOGA, TENN.

UNION MADE

There is also a grid embossed all the way around the jar.

Sanford Bennett and Stephen Hubbard were veterans of the confectionery industry by the time that they formed Bennett-Hubbard Candy. Mr. Bennett had been a partner with Albert Aull in a bakery/candy wholesale operation on Carter Street. Mr. Hubbard had moved to Chattanooga in 1893 from Chicago, where he had been employed by a large candy manufacturer. He had worked at other sweets factories in Chattanooga, including one at 7th and Market which also housed a saloon, and was a supervisor at the Brock Candy Company. Arthur Lazenby joined Bennett-Hubbard as its city sales manager, and had previously worked with Mr. Hubbard.

Bennett-Hubbard operated in a building on Eleventh Street which was next door to the Shubert Theater, later known as the Albert Theater. Their first candy was produced on March 18, 1919. In addition to hard candy and chocolates, the firm made chocolate marshmallows and peanut butter. Occasionally, the decorative peanut butter jars of Bennett-Hubbard are found at antique malls and shows. Bennett-Hubbard’s business increased during the 1920’s, and distributed its products throughout the South, Southwest, and Midwest. In those years, most candy was sold around Christmas, and candy manufacturers would have layoffs after the holidays. An advertisement for Bennett-Hubbard during the Christmas shopping season of 1928 read, “For unexpected guests! Candy about the house solves the problem of refreshments when guests arrive.”...

While Bennett-Hubbard prospered during the Great Depression, World War II presented a different set of challenges. During the war, the government rationed sugar, and candy manufacturers were each given a quota. However, if a business acquired another, it received that company’s allotment. On March 11, 1943, it was announced that the 100-employee Bennett-Hubbard Candy Company would be sold to the Topps Chewing Gum Company – the baseball card people - of New York. Topps had only been in business since 1938, but had begun buying out smaller companies for their sugar quotas starting in 1942. In acquiring Bennett-Hubbard, Topps envisioned expanding their business into the South...

Here is the link.

What Did That Building Used To Be? Bennett-Hubbard Candy - Chattanoogan.com

Embossed Frank Fehr Brewing Company Beer Bottle, Louisville KY.

 

Embossed Frank Fehr Brewing Company Bottle.

Embossed:    FRANK FEHR BREWING CO, LOUISVILLE KY.

Frank Fehr Brewing Co. opened in 1890 and closed in 1901 it was open for 11 years. Items from breweries of this age tend to be more common and less valuable than some breweries. Early items can still be valuable as can rarer types of items. As a Pre-Prohibition Brewery, any advertising items or collectibles are likely to be valuable and desirable to collectors as they tend to be hard to find. Frank Fehr Brewing Co. was in an active brewing city. Louisville, KY was listed as having 37 breweries, which is quite a few. Sometimes a large number of breweries can lead to an active collecting community that will be willing to pay more for breweriana items than other collectors.

Source: Frank Fehr Brewing Co. – KY 36d | Old Breweries Information | Breweriana Values

Below is the embossed bottom of the bottle.

Embossed S B and C (or G) Co.

I am not sure of the glass manufacturer.

If it is SB & G, here is what glassblottlemarks.com says.

• S.B.& G.CO…………………….Streator Bottle & Glass Company, Streator, Illinois (1881-1905).  The Streator plant eventually became part of the American Bottle Company, then later Owens Bottle Company, and finally part of the Owens Illinois Glass Company (Plant #9).  “S.B.& G.CO.” is one of the most commonly seen marks on handblown beer bottles from the late 1800s and early 1900s.  Many, many private brewers and bottlers from the Midwest and eastern United States had bottles specially made for them by Streator.  The mark is also seen on other bottles of the period, including pickle bottles, soda bottles and other containers.

This bottle is broken and badly hazed but still tells a lot.

Embossed Old Innisbawn Whiskey Bottle, Boyd and Co., Belfast Imperial Pint.

INNISBAWN WHISKEY Bottle.

This green bottle is embossed as follows.

Front shoulder: OLD INNISBAWN.

Middle front: WHISKEY.

Bottom frront; BOYD and Co.

Distillers

BELFAST.

Back shoulder: IMPERIAL PINT.

Bottom: J L and G Co. or something.  Maybe John Lumb and Co.

There are a couple more marks on the bottom after J L and G Co., which I couldn't decipher for sure.  There are several sizable bubbles in the glass.

On the internet I found many examples of ads from Boyd and Co.  Below is one.

Source: Boyd & Co. Old Irish Whisky Belfast, Ireland (rareirishstuff.com)

Here is some information I found.

For about a decade Samuel Wilson Boyd (1860-1932) was Chairman of The Old Bushmills Distillery Company having been the founder and owner of Boyd & Co. Distillers, Belfast. Born in Belfast, his latter years were lived at Fairbourne, Fortwilliam Park in Belfast. He was a member and 'liberal subscriber' at Fortwilliam Presbyterian Church (which closed its doors in 2018).

His first job was with the Belfast spirits firm Mitchell & Co, who also had interests in Glasgow.  Their founder, William Charles Mitchell, was born in Glasgow in 1834 but came to Belfast in the 1860s to manage the 'crowned king' of Ireland's distilleries, Dunville & Co.. Mitchell was a founder of the St Andrew's Society in Belfast.

Around 1902 Boyd bought Thomas Quinn & Co of Hill Street, which later became Boyd & Co. He was chairman of the Ulster Anti-Prohibition Council and also of the Distillers and Wholesale Wine and Spirit Merchants Association.

Source: Presbyterian whiskey - Samuel Wilson Boyd (1860–1932) "... bottled-up happiness, it drives away the heartache..." | Bloggin fae the 'Burn: <i>Ulster-Scots thoughts</i> (clydesburn.blogspot.com)

From that I would guess the bottle shown above would have been manufactured between 1902 and 1932.

M. N. Porter and Co., Prescription Druggists, Chicago, Embossed Old Pharmacy Bottle.

Bottle Embossed
M. N. PORTER and CO,,  PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS, CHICAGO

I'm trying to go through my bottle finds, get them researched and posted.  I just got started on that, and  I haven't learned anything about the history of the company yet.  With the amount of information on the  bottle, it shouldn't be difficult.  

If you can find some history on the M. N. Porter and Co., it would be much appreciated.  

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