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MELROSE / WHISKEY

ID#: RRP4920
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Glass Category:Liquor advertising
Glass Type:Thin-walled shot, 10 inside panels
Label Type:Usual white-etched label
Dimensions:2-1/16" x 1-13/16" x 1-1/4"
Edmonson:Not listed
State:MD
City:Baltimore
Notes:
Records & Goldsborough listed from 1885-1919.

George J Records and Harry P Goldsborough (1898, 1899).

Listed 1888-1919 first at 56 and then at 118 Light St. OASG gives a nice history: "Henry Paul Goldsborough was a son of a family that claimed 11 generations of residence in MD, an ancestory that produced 6 governors and a background of European nobility. He spent a few years in TX as a youth and then returned to Baltimore in the late 80's. He married and bought out Matthews' interest in the firm of Records, Matthews and Co., rectifiers, distillers and wholesalers. Goldsborough is credited with introducing the "Melrose" blend of rye whiskies in 1885. The name is supposed to be that of the road upon which the ancestoral home (Goldsborough Hall) sat in York County, England. He died in 1917 but the business continued until Prohibition under the management of one of his sons. His sons re-established the business after Repeal. Bready (pers. comm) believes that they became distillers only in 1897 by taking over the Canton distillery, from which Edwin Walters produced Orient Pure Rye until his death in that year.

Brand names used by this company include: "Happy Days", "Happy Days Choice Old Baltimore Rye", "Kentucky Crown", "Maryland Golden Age", "Maryland Pride", "Melrose", "Melrose Rye", "Old Melrose", "Old Record Rye", "R and G", and "Records & Goldsborough."

Company name timeline:
Records, Matthews & Co. (1885-1887), Records & Goldsborough (1888-1919)

Address timeline:
56 Light (1885-1886), 118 Light (1887-1889), 120 Light (1892-1904), 36 Light (1905-1919), NW cor Light & Lombard (1909)

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