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07/12/2024
Found in Putnam County, GA, this jar lid came from the Hero Fruit Jar Company that was founded just after the Civil War by Salmon B. Rowley and William A. Leavitt who partnered to make fruit jars in Philadelphia. The name is in reference to the heroes of the American Civil War.