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MONDAMIN (frosted on a tsp rectangle) / (next 4 lines tsp on a frosted circle) THE / FRIEND / OF / MAN (to left appears: Hand / Made and to right: Sour Mash) / (next 2 lines in outline) KENTUCKY / WHISKEY / (remaining lines tsp) STITZEL DISTILLING CO. / DISTILLERS / LOUISVILLE, KY. Text appears etched on a frosted corn ear and is capped by a frosted American Indian head.

ID#: PVV110
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Glass Category:Liquor advertising
Glass Type:Tall, flared thin-walled shot
Label Type:Usual white-etched label
Dimensions:2-11/16 " x 2 " x 1-5/16"
Edmonson:HSG, p. 113, entry #6
State:KY
City:Louisville
Brand Registered:1902
Notes:
Stitzel Distilling Co. listed from 1873-1919.

According to HSG, Mondamin appears as a young spirit in Longfellow's poem "Hiawatha". After being "bested" and buried, he is reborn as maize, the friend of man.

Their distillery was at Broadway, SE cor 26 th (1873-1902). See the distillery listing for more details.

Stitzel Distillers operated under various guises from 1870-1918.

Brand names used by this company include: "Billy Burke", "Champion", "Friend of Man", "Glencoe", "Lock Horn", "Merryland Rye", "Mondamin", "Parkland", "Parkwood", "Pomona Rye", "S. B. Co.", and "Stitzel."

Company name timeline:
Dominio Stitzel (1873), Stitzel Bros. (1877-1887), Stitzel Bros. Co. (1889-1891), Stitzel Bro. Co. (1892-1897), Stitzel Bros. Co. (1902), Stitzel Distilling Co. (1904-1919)

Address timeline:
Office: 133 W Main (1890), Story Ave, NW cor Buchanan (1904-1905), 1033 Story Ave (1906-1909), 1033-1033-1035 Story Ave (1909-1919)

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