{"id":8185,"date":"2011-03-15T00:00:59","date_gmt":"2011-03-15T00:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fadingad.com\/fadingadblog\/?p=8185"},"modified":"2011-03-14T22:12:44","modified_gmt":"2011-03-14T22:12:44","slug":"fletchers-castoria-east-williamsburg-brooklyn-2005","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fadingad.com\/fadingadblog\/2011\/03\/15\/fletchers-castoria-east-williamsburg-brooklyn-2005\/","title":{"rendered":"Fletcher&#8217;s Castoria &#8211; East Williamsburg, Brooklyn 2005"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fadingad.com\/blog\/brooklyn\/williamsburg_fletchers.jpg?resize=570%2C760\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"760\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Circa 1901 - In Use for Over 30 Years \u00a9 Frank H. Jump<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>1868, May 12: The &#8220;U.S. Patent Office grants patent to Dr. Samuel Pitcher of Barnstable, Massachusetts for a cathartic composed of senna, sodium bicarbonate, essence of wintergreen, taraxicum, sugar and water.&#8221; There is a copy of the Patent here, it is somewhat large.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>1871 &#8211; The Centaur Company is formed by Charles H. Fletcher at 80 Varick Street, New York, New York to manufacture Pitcher&#8217;s Castoria after purchasing the rights and formula from Dr. Pitcher. It was renamed Fletcher&#8217;s Castoria. He partnered with with Joseph B. Rose who had, in the same year, purchased forumla for Centaur Liniment. They had financial backing from Demas Barnes [he was later U.S. Congressman from New York 1867-1869]. <\/em>&#8211; <a title=\"Centaur Company\" href=\"http:\/\/www.centaur.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Centaur Company<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fadingad.com\/blog\/brooklyn\/3castorias.jpg?resize=570%2C644\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"644\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy of Centaur Company website<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Also see <a title=\"Fletcher's Castoria\" href=\"http:\/\/www.frankjump.com\/009.html\" target=\"_blank\">Fading Ad Campaign website!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1868, May 12: The &#8220;U.S. Patent Office grants patent to Dr. Samuel Pitcher of Barnstable, Massachusetts for a cathartic composed of senna, sodium bicarbonate, essence of wintergreen, taraxicum, sugar and water.&#8221; There is a copy of the Patent here, it is somewhat large. 1871 &#8211; The Centaur Company is formed by Charles H. 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