Hicksville Branch Factory

1902

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Hicksville Branch Factory
  • Title
  • Hicksville Branch Factory
  • Identifier
  • MSP57.B002.I01
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP57.B002.I01
  • Description
  • By the 1880’s Hicksville’s population had reached 850 people. Most farmed, especially tomatoes and cucumbers that were shipped to the H.J. Heinz Pickle Factory in the village. Thanks in part to the significant German population, several pickle works were built in Hicksville in the 1890’s. One, owned by H.J. Heinz Company, also produced ketchup, vinegar and sauerkraut. The pickle plants died when blight hit the cucumbers before World War I and Hicksville farmers turned instead to potatoes. Pictured is the Heinz Salting Station 5, which pickled cucumbers.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • H.J. Heinz Company.
    H.J. Heinz Company.Hicksville Branch Factory.
    Cucumbers--New York--Hicksville.
    Food processing plants--New York--Hicksville.
  • Source
  • H.J. Heinz Company, Photographs, 1864-1991, MSP 57, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • H.J. Heinz Company Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • In Copyright. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).. Rights Holder: Senator John Heinz History Center
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  • Rights Holder
  • Senator John Heinz History Center