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Yankee (script) / (picture of a US flag, with a flower design off to the left) RYE / WHISKEY / O.B.COOK & CO. (reverse arched, tsp on frosted panel) / DETROIT, MICH. (ital)

         ID#: DKW193

Glass Category:Liquor advertising
Glass Type:Thin-walled shot
Label Type:Usual white-etched label
Dimensions:2-1/16" x 1-13/16" x 1-3/8"
Edmonson:OASG, p. 199, entry #2
State:MI
City:Detroit
Brand Registration:1905
Notes:
O B Cook & Co. listed from 1871-1916.

Olney B Cook and Geo Darling (1899).

In 1892, the company was drawing liquor from warehouses of the J B Wathen & Bro. Co. distillery (RD #363, 5th District of KY) and the R P Pepper distillery (RD #368, 5th Dist.).

Snyder (WB) records several brands used by a C.B. Cook from Cynthiana KY. Is this the same company?

Brand names used by this company include: "Export Brand Whiskey", "Knickerbocker Whiskey", "Olco Whiskey", "Vallonia Whiskey", and "Yankee Rye."

Company name timeline:
O B Cook & Co.

Address timeline:
54-60 Jefferson Ave (1890-1905), 53-57 Jefferson Ave (1908-1916)

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