CCSI Cork Crowncap Database - Brewer/Bottler
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 Brewer/bottler #6822 | | | Name | Hicksville Bottling Company |
| | Address | 10-2 Lenox Avenue |
| | | | | | | | Extra info | Founded in 1873 by Edgar Davis.
In 1894, brothers-in-law William F. Staude and Charles Fassbender purchased the business from Davis.
Fassbender sold the business in 1921 to Jac. Friedman. In addition to Jac (Jak), 1930 census records indicate that Eli Friedman, likely his brother, as well as Jak’s two sons, Louis and William, were all involved in the business.
Census records in 1940 continued to associate the Friedman’s with the business.
It was the Friedman’s who, during Prohibition, began utilizing the name “Roxy.” They trademarked the name in 1930, but their application indicated that it had been in use since July 1, 1926.
After Prohibition they were back in the beer business as evidenced by a May 26, 1937 advertisement in the New York Daily News listing them as a Brooklyn and Long Island distributor for the Fidelio Brewery. By then the company had apparently moved, listing their address as 10-2 Lenox Avenue in Hicksville.
Another advertisement, this one published in the March 17, 1939 edition of the Nassau Daily Review named them as a distributor for New York City’s John Eichler Brewing Company as well.
The company, as well as the Roxy brand, endured well into the 1950’s and possibly longer. As late as 1957, a July 21 New York Daily News advertisement listed “Roxy – dietetic” |
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