Hazard Powder Co. “Blue Ribbon” Smokeless
1895 introduction
http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrar.../SL2513025.pdf
“The Hazard Powder Company gave $50 for average for all using Hazard "Blue Ribbon" smokeless…”
http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrar.../SL2605014.pdf
http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrar.../SL2806013.pdf
http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrar.../SL2815022.pdf
http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrar.../SL3011022.pdf
The Blue Ribbon Gun Club will shortly offer a handsome silver cup for competition among the trap shooters of Delaware County. The cup has been presented to the club by one of its popular members, Mr. Eben McLaughlin, of the Hazard & Du Pont Powder Company, who hopes by this means to encourage trap shooting in this county.
http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrar.../SL3018022.pdf
“Hazard “Blue Ribbon” has been on the market less than 3 years…”
http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrar.../SL3110023.pdf
1899 Sportsmen’s Show
http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrar.../SL3225012.pdf
http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrar.../SL3307015.pdf
http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrar.../SL3515015.pdf
The last “Blue Ribbon” ad in
Sporting Life was in 1902, but it was still offered by DuPont in 1908
http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrar.../SL3817014.pdf
It was discontinued prior to 1912 when under the Sherman Antitrust Act, Laflin & Rand was dissolved and DuPont was split into DuPont Powder Co. (which retained DuPont Bulk, Ballistite, Empire and “Schultze” and was later DuPont American Industries), Hercules Powder Co. (which retained “Infallible” and “E.C.”) and Atlas Powder Co.