Dr. E. C. Hydes Southern Stomach Bitters – New Orleans

16 November 2011 (R•021819)

In from advanced bitters collector Jeff Burkhard regard an extremely rare Dr. E. C. Hydes Southern Stomach Bitters from New Orleans. This is a tough bottle to get. Jeff’s email and pictures are represented below.

Hey Ferdinand – Just acquired a bottle that I’ve known about for a year. It is a Dr. E. C. Hyde’s Southern Stomach Bitters from New Orleans. Rated extremely rare in Bitters Bottles as H 222. I’ve heard of only one other.

It is s a 3″ w x 2-7/8 d” x 9″ h rectangle (almost looks square) that has architectural columned corners like a Dr. DeAndries Sarsaparilla Bitters (also New Orleans).

[PRG] I have posted a Dr. DeAndries from my collection for comparison.

Along with the arched-top, indented side panels and the fancy recess line at the top of the front panel, it’s quite a “looker.” The rounded “loaf-of-bread” shoulders add appeal as well. The bottle is an applied-top, smooth base, in a medium to dark amber and clearly an “attic” bottle with original content residue and cork with corkscrew attached. It was acquired by the seller at a Terre Haute, Indiana yard sale for FREE! I wish I’d paid that!

Of interest is that Dr. E. C. Hyde was listed in both the 1853 and 1861 New Orleans city directories as a druggist on Tchoupitoulas Street. Not far from the river, merchants on that street were said to cater to the river boat trade. I theorize that the similarity in design to the DeAndries is no coincidence. Perhaps the same mold maker did both bottles.

Enjoy pics (sorry they’re not better). Post to Peachridge if you think there’s interest. You might show other bottles with “columned corners” to add interest.

Regards,

Jeff (Froggy) Burkhardt

The Carlyn Ring and W.C. Ham listing in Bitters Bottles is as follows:

H 222  Dr. E. C. Hyde’s Southern Stomach Bitters

// sp // DR. E. C.  HYDE’S // SOUTHERN / STOMACH BITTERS // NEW ORLEANS //
9 x 3 x 2 3/4 (7 1/2)
Rectangular, Amber, LTC, 4 sp, Applied mouth, Rounded corners, Extremely rare

Dr. E. C. Hydes Southern Stomach Bitters – Burkhardt Collection

Dr. E. C. Hydes Southern Stomach Bitters – Burkhardt Collection

Dr. E. C. Hydes Southern Stomach Bitters – Burkhardt Collection

Dr. E. C. Hydes Southern Stomach Bitters – Burkhardt Collection

Dr. DeAndries Sarsaparilla Bitters – Meyer Collection

Read: Dr. De Andries Pure Sarsaparilla Bitters, E. M. Rusha – New Orleans

UPDATE

This bottle was eventually consigned to American Glass Gallery and was auctioned off by John Pastor in 2012. It made the cover of the catalog.

Dr. E. C. Hydes Southern Stomach Bitters – American Glass Gallery Auction #8 cover

Dr. E. C. Hydes Southern Stomach Bitters – American Glass Gallery Auction #8

Dr. E. C. Hydes Southern Stomach Bitters – American Glass Gallery Auction #8

“DR. E.C. HYDES – SOUTHERN / STOMACH BITTERS – NEW ORLEANS”, (Ring/Ham, H-222), Louisiana, ca. 1870 – 1875, deep amber, 9”h, smooth base, applied tapered collar mouth. In ‘as found’ condition having some internal and external areas of minor stain, but no form of damage. Very unusual squared off shoulder and vertical ‘column’ corners. A very rare southern bitters bottle! Sidney Genius Collection. – Glass Works Auctions | Auction #128

Dr. Edward Caleb Hyde

There is just not a whole lot of information on the Dr. E. C. Hyde’s Southern Stomach Bitters bottle. What we do know, is a little bit about the proprietor.

E. C. Hyde or Edward Caleb Hyde was born in either New York in 1805 or Connecticut in 1804 according to his 1850 and 1860 United States Federal Census Report data which can be sketchy at times. Hyde family records actually say he was born on June 27, 1804 in Lisle, Broome, New York, so we will say New York.

Edward’s father was Calvin Hyde (1770-1844) who was born in Lenox, Mass. on February 9, 1770, he being the fourth son of General Caleb Hyde. Calvin Hyde married Elizabeth Sacket. Edward’s mother was Amney Stanley (1768-1841) who was born in East Hartford, Connecticut. The family settled in Lisle, New York where his farther was a farmer. For some reason, the family moved to Illinois in 1835.

Edward Caleb Hyde married Clarissa Keith in January 1833 in Tennessee. Clarissa was born in 1815. They had five children in 18 years (Frederick K., Thomas, Josephine, Madora and Lillian). Clarissa died on July 30, 1888 in New Orleans, Louisiana at the age of 73. Their first child, Frederick K. Hyde, was born on October 1, 1837 in Natchez, Mississippi while their second child was born in New Orleans in 1841.

“the slave women were forced to labor from pregnancy to maternity. I have known of births between the cotton rows; they were compelled to hoe out their row, and then given an hour to recover.”

In his early years, E.C. Hyde lived and practiced among the planters of North and South Carolina and in the Valley of the Mississippi. He once declared that “the slave women were forced to labor from pregnancy to maternity. I have known of births between the cotton rows; they were compelled to hoe out their row, and then given an hour to recover.”

We next see reference of E. C. Hyde as a druggist and physician in New Orleans in 1840. It is interesting that I have not found any records of Dr. Hyde obtaining a medical degree. Not too surprising. Over the years, his primary address for his drugstore and doctors office was 219 Tchoupitoulas Street in New Orleans were he is usually listed alternatively as a physician, surgeon, seller of medical prescriptions and proprietor of a drug store.

The Dr. E. C. Hyde’s Southern Stomach Bitters bottle was probably made and sold for only a short run in 1867 or 1868. By 1869, Pickles & Albers (Thomas Pickles and Dr. F. B. Albers) were running the drug store at 219 Tchoupitoulas Street as Hyde must have retired. Pickles had previously worked for Hyde.

Dr. Edward Caleb Hyde would die in March 1870 at his residence on 87 Constance Street in New Orleans. Dr. Hyde’s Celebrated Remedies would continue to be advertised until 1872, so I suppose his medicines were sold until the stock ran out. Thomas Pickles was the remaining proprietor at 219 Tchoupitoulas Street selling a Zinc Iron Disinfectant. He would become quite prominent in New Orleans.

Select Listings:

1804: Edward Caleb Hyde birth 27 June 1804, Lisle, Broome, New York, Father: Calvin Hyde (1770-1844), Mother: Amney Stanley (1768-1841).

1833: Edward Caleb Hyde married Clarissa Keith in January 1833. Clarissa Keith was born in 1815 in Tennessee. They had five children in 18 years (Frederick, Thomas, Josephine, Madora and Lillian). She died on July 30, 1888, in New Orleans, Louisiana, at the age of 73.

1837: Birth of son Frederick K. Hyde (1837-), 1 Oct 1837, Natchez, Mississippi

1841: Birth of son Thomas Hyde (1841–), abt 1841, New Orleans, Louisiana

1842: Birth of daughter Josephine Hyde (1842–), 28 August 1842, New Orleans, Louisiana

1844: Birth of daughter Medora Hyde (1844–1909), 15 Jul 1844,  New Orleans, Louisiana

1850: E C Hyde [Edward Caleb Hyde], Druggist, Age: 45, Birth Year: abt 1805, Birthplace: New York, Home in 1850: New Orleans Municipality 2 Ward 1, Orleans, Louisiana, Household Members: Thomas Fackner 40, E C Hyde 45 – 1850 United States Federal Census

1855: Birth of Daughter Lillian Hyde (1855–), 29 Oct 1855, New Orleans, Louisiana

1857: Newspaper advertisement (below) Dr. E.C. Hyde gives a reference for Dr. Wingard – The Times Picayune, Friday, February 20, 1857

1860: Ed C Hyde [Edward Caleb Hyde], Physician, Age: 56, Birth Year: abt 1804, Birth Place: Connecticut, Home in 1860: New Orleans Ward 1, Orleans, Louisiana, Dwelling Number: 787, Family Number: 1112, Personal Estate Value: 1500, Household Members: Ed C Hyde 56, Clarissa Hyde 42, Josephine Hyde 17, Madora Hyde 16, Lillian Hyde 4 – 1860 United States Federal Census

1861: E C Hyde, Physician, 219 Tchoupitoulas, New Orleans, Louisiana – New Orleans, Louisiana, City Directory, 1861

1864: From: The Mastership and Its Fruits: The Emancipated Slave Face to Face with His Old Master. A Supplemental Report to Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War, James McKaye, Loyal Publication Society, 1864

Another witness, Dr. E. C. Hyde, an old physician who had lived and practiced more than thirty years among the planters of North and South Carolina and in the Valley of the Mississippi, upon his examination declared, ” that the slave women were forced to labor from pregnancy to maternity. I have known of births between the cotton rows; they were compelled to hoe out their row, and then given an hour to recover.”

1865: E. C. Hyde, Apothecaries, 219 Tchoupitoulas, New Orleans, Louisiana – Duncan and Co´s New Orleans Business Directory, 1865

1866: Dr.  E. C. Hyde, physician and surgeon, medical prescriptions and drug store, 219 Tchoupitoulas, New Orleans, Louisiana – Louisiana State Gazetteer, Shipping Guide, and Classified Business Directory, 1866-1867

1867: Dr. E. C. Hyde, Physician, 219 Tchoupitoulas, New Orleans, Louisiana – New Orleans, Louisiana, City Directory, 1867

1868: Dr. E. C. Hyde, Drug Store, Physician, office and drug store at 219 Tchoupitoulas, New Orleans, Louisiana – New Orleans, Louisiana, City Directory, 1868

1869: E C Hyde, Druggist, 219 Tchoupitoulas, New Orleans, Louisiana – New Orleans, Louisiana, City Directory, 1869

1869: Newspaper advertisement (below) Dr. Hyde’s Remedy for Rheumatism, For Sale at Pickles & Albers, 219 Tchoupitoulas Street – The Times Democrat, Friday, October 1, 1869

1870: Edward C Hyde, Physician, 87 Constance, New Orleans, Louisiana – New Orleans, Louisiana, City Directory, 1870

1870: Death: E C Hyde, Dr. [Edward Caleb Hyde] Gender: Male, Race: White, Estimated birth year: abt 1802, Age: 68, Death Date: 12 March 1870, Cause of Death: Paralysis, Census Year: 1870, Census Place: New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana – U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885

1870: Newspaper notice (below) Dr. E.C. Hyde Died, resident of this city for the last thirty years, last residence No. 87 Constance  – New Orleans Republican, Sunday, March 13, 1870

1870: Edward C. Hyde Will and Testament, 18 March 1870 – Louisiana, Wills and Probate Records, 1756-1984

1870: Newspaper advertisement (below) Dr. F.B. Albers also at 219 Tchoupitoulas Street. – New Orleans Republican, Friday, May 13, 1870

1871: Newspaper advertisement (below) Dr. Hyde’s Celebrated Remedies, Dr. E. C. Hyde, 219 Tchoupitoulas and 31 Canal Street – The Times Picayune, Wednesday, October 11, 1871

1872: Newspaper advertisement (below) Dr. Hyde’s Celebrated Remedies, Dr. E. C. Hyde, 219 Tchoupitoulas Street and Glass Box 1369 – The Times Picayune, Sunday, January 7, 1872

1872: Newspaper advertisement (below) Zinc Iron Disinfectant, Thomas Pickles, No. 219 Tchoupitoulas Street – New Orleans Republican, Thursday, July 18, 1872