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SUNRISE / PURE RYE (tsp on a frosted panel) / L Sonnenschein (script) / CHICAGO. (Between first and second lines is a detailed picture of a sunrise with the rays spreading out over a cloud bank, mountains and a lake. Flowers are seen in the foreground).

         ID#: DKW205

Glass Category:Liquor advertising
Glass Type:Thin-walled shot
Label Type:Usual white-etched label
Dimensions:2-3/16" x 1-15/16" x 1-1/2"
Edmonson:Not listed
State:IL
City:Chicago
Brand Registration:1903, 5-12
Notes:
Leopold Sonnenschein listed from 1880-1918.

This glass is not listed, although another glass from this company ("Sunrise Old Reserve") is in both HSG and OASG.

Leopold Sonnenschein (German for "sunshine") was a wholesaler, 1880-1918. His main brands were "Sunrise" and "Sunshine Old Reserve" (1903, 1907). "Sunshine" was used by G & B Gerdes Co of Cincinnati, OH., and the Wolff Distilling Co., Louisville, KY.

Brand names used by this company include: "Mechanic's Delight", "Sunrise", "Sunshine Old Reserve", and "Sunshine Old Reserve Rye."

Company name timeline:
Leopold Sonnenschein

Address timeline:
52 5 th Ave (1880-1881), 47 5 th Ave (1882-1883), 223 Randolph (1884-1893), 127 Market (1894-1895), 90 Market (1897-1910) 20 N Market (1911), 2141-2143 Lincoln Ave (1913-1918)

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