pre-Pro Shot Glass: "Pure Old Sour Mash Whiskey"

Original artwork and Greeting cards
by JuliaJaneArt

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PURE / OLD (tsp and slanted down on a picture of a bird -- species questionable -- with a worm in its beak) / SOUR MASH (slanted up with the bird between the two words) / WHISKEY (reverse arched) / W.A.GAINES CO. / DISTILLERS.
	ID#: KWS695

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Glass Category:	Liquor advertising
Glass Type:	Thin-walled shot
Label Type:	Usual white-etched label, gold rim
Dimensions:	2-1/16" x 1-13/16" x 1-1/2"
Edmonson:	HSG, p. 151, entry #6
State:	KY
City:	Frankfort
Brand Registered:	1882, 1898, 1904, 1909

Notes:
W A Gaines & Co. listed from 1868-1919. Gaines & Co. owned and operated the Hermitage and the Old Crow distilleries. Brand names used by this company include: "Hermitage", "Hermitage", "Hermitage", "Old Crow", "Old Crow", "Old Crow", "Old Crow", "Old Crow", "Old Crow Distillery", "Old Crow Distillery Woodford Co., Ky.", "Old Hermitage Bourbon", "Old Hermitage Rye", and "W. A. Gaines." Company name timeline: Gaines, Berry & Co. (1868), W A Gaines & Co. (1884-1919) Address timeline: Main, SW cor Ann (1868), office: 313-315 Main (1884-1908), 231 W Main (1910-1919) Find out more about W A Gaines & Co.







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