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The '''Budlong Pickle Company''' was an American company that made and marketed [[Pickled cucumber|pickle]]s from its own [[cucumber]]s. |
The '''Budlong Pickle Company''' was an American company that made and marketed [[Pickled cucumber|pickle]]s from its own [[cucumber]]s. |
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== Background == |
== Background == |
Revision as of 16:16, 28 July 2020
The Budlong Pickle Company was an American company that made and marketed pickles from its own cucumbers.
Background
Budlong was based in Chicago, a center of the pickle industry in the late 19th century.[1] Among the reasons for Chicago's pickle prominence were ample supplies of salt and a robust rail infrastructure.[2]
Early history
In the late 1850s, Lyman A. Budlong started a large farm in Chicago—in an area now named Budlong Woods—called the Budlong Nursery.[3] The Budlong family, originally from Rhode Island, were established picklers on the East Coast, with a large operation in Cranston, Rhode Island.[4] The Chicago farm, nicknamed the "village of glass" after its many greenhouses, produced large quantities of cucumbers, onions, and other vegetables.[3] It also grew flowers.[5]
The Budlong Pickle Company sold approximately 100,000 bushels of pickled cucumbers during the late 19th century.[6] The Budlong farm was approximately 500 acres (2.0 km2) in size and the center of the farm was at what is now the intersection of California and Foster Avenues in the Budlong Woods section of Chicago's Lincoln Square community area.[7] In 1899, Joseph J. Budlong—Lyman's brother—patented a vegetable sorting device "particularly applicable to the sorting or grading of pickles according to size".[8]
The Budlong Pickle Company, founded in 1857 or 1859, was part of the Nursery, and later eclipsed it in size.[7][6][9] The Pickle Company was the largest pickle farm in the world by 1903;[10] as of 1928, it was described as "one of the largest pickle factories in the world".[11] The factory was located at the intersection of Lincoln and Berwyn avenues.[5]
The Nursery property was a golf course by the late 1920s, but the Pickle Company continued operations thereafter.[2]
Mid-century and sale
George L. Hathaway was Budlong's longtime president.[12] In 1945, Hathaway was presented with an award by the National Pickle Packers Association for demonstrating "outstanding fairness … in procuring pickles for the armed forces".[13]
Budlong also had offices elsewhere, including Fulton County, Indiana[citation needed] and, as of 1936, Columbia, Mississippi.[14] In 1958, it merged with a Green Bay, Wisconsin–based food company specializing in pickles, which was later acquired by Dean Foods.[12][15][16]
Present day
Although the Nursery and Pickle Company no longer exist, a Chicago-based hot dog restaurant and food truck has taken on the Budlong name.[17][18]
References
- ^ Busch, Mary; Mayse-Lillig, Tim (2013). Morton Grove. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-7385-9881-9.
- ^ a b Eng, Monica (2017-08-20). "City of Big Ag: The Crops Chicago Was Famous For". WBEZ. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Budlong, Lyman A." Chicago Public Library.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Rapoza, Lydia L.; Miller, Bette (June 1999). Cranston. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. pp. 7, 53–54. ISBN 978-0-7385-0158-1.
- ^ a b "Community Area #4: Lincoln Square". Chicago Historic Resources Survey (PDF). Preservation Chicago. pp. III-23–III-24.
- ^ a b Atkinson, Eleanor Stackhouse (1903). The Story of Chicago and National Development, 1534–1910. Chicago: Little Chronicle Publishing. p. 105. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b Fuller, Ernest (1954-01-22). "Picklers Take Jokes, Bear Up Under Profits: Chicago Packers Lead in Volume". Chicago Tribune. ProQuest document ID 178612951.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ US 621788A, Joseph J. Budlong, "Vegetable-sorter", published 1899-03-28.
- ^ Nickerson, Matthew (2014). Lake View. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. p. 88. ISBN 978-1-4671-1119-5.
- ^ "14 Skeletons found under a Pickle Farm". Chicago and Cook County Cemeteries. August 9, 2017.
- ^ Chase, Al (1928-07-04). "Budlong Buys Site for New Pickle Plant". Chicago Tribune. ProQuest document ID 180957190.
- ^ a b Heise, Kenan (1997-01-11). "George L. Hathaway, 97; Former President of Budlong Pickle Co". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "NPPA Honors Army Buyers". Canning Trade. 68 (18): 12. 1945-11-26.
- ^ "Facts about Columbia, Mississippi". The Baptist Record. 1936-01-16. p. 11.
- ^ "Green Bay Foods Company". Food Production/Management. 101 (3): 8. September 1978.
- ^ "Budlong Pickle to Merge with Green Bay Food". Chicago Tribune. 1958-12-26. ProQuest document ID 182182995.
- ^ Woodard, Benjamin (2015-01-12). "Budlong Pickle Shop, Restaurant to Revive Lincoln Square's Pickling History". DNAinfo. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Treon, Rebecca (April 11, 2018). "Chicago-based Budlong bringing its Nashville Hot Chicken to Denver". The Denver Post.
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