Happy #ThrowbackThursday from the JMM Collections! Proclamation by Mayor Theodore R. Mckeldin designating the week of November 1 through November 8, 1966 as Horseradish week in Baltimore. JMM 1998.18.8
Enjoy a few other items from the collections to celebrate a week of horseradish!:
Baltimore City street sign for "Horseradish Lane," removed when the street was renamed Salisbury Alley, JMM 1985.160.1
Rabbi Max checking Tulkoff's horseradish plant on Lombard Street for kosher certification; Martin Tulkoff stands to the right, c. 1981, JMM 1990.41.4
Unused labels for Tulkoff's famous "Tiger Sauce," c.1960s, JMM 1998.18.7
And a little business history: Harry Tulkoff, born in Bobroisk, Russia, emigrated to the United States as a teenager and founded Tulkoff's in Baltimore as a produce stand, specializing in supplying caterers with frest fruits and vegetables.
By 1930, their horseradish became so popular that the Tulkoffs made it their exclusive product, under the name Tulkoff Horseradish Products Company. Claiming up to 75% of market share for horseradish products in the United States, and run by many members of the Tulkoff family, Tulkoff's expanded its product line to include prepared white and red horseradish, Tiger Sauce, and horseradish mustard.
Most of Tulkoff's horseradish is grown in Maryland!