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TIPHAINE & MENGE
Buffalo, NY.
1840-1913
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Est. 1840.
"E. R. Menge, Proprietor" (1913). The business apparently was taken over by former partners in 1913 or 1914 and continues under the name Schreiber & Snyder.

The company used the brand names:
"Menge's Club Special", and "Menge's Hermitage."

Business name timeline:
Leon V Tiphaine (1870), Victor L. Tiphaine (1873-1895), Tiphaine & Menge (1897-1913)

Address timeline:
245 Main (1870-1881), 13 Swan (1883-1908), 285 Washington (1906-1913)


Washington & Swan, ca. 1913

Business category timeline (abbreviations decoded below):
V-R, W (1875), V (1879), I (1897)


Years that company appeared in directories
Years directories were consulted
Buffalo directory notes

Appearance in directories:
1870, 1873, 1875, 1877, 1879, 1881, 1883, 1885, 1887, 1889, 1891, 1893, 1895, 1897, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1903, 1906, 1908, 1911, 1913

Directories consulted:
1870, 1873, 1875, 1877, 1879, 1881, 1883, 1885, 1887, 1889, 1891, 1893, 1895, 1897, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1903, 1905, 1906, 1908, 1911, 1913, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918

Buffalo directory notes:
V-R = Liquors (1870) R D = Rectifiers, Distillers (1870) W = Liquors, Wholesale (1875) D= Distillers, V = Wines, Wholesale (1879), I = Wine & Liquor Importer (1897)

1875 directory identifies Liquors listings as Wholesalers. No Distillers/Rectifiers for 1877, 1887 and 1889, wholesale liquors missing for 1889. 1891, 1893, 1895. Display ads start showing up in 1895. 1897 - Wines & Liquor Wholesale merge into one category. 1908: no distillers/rectifiers., Importer listings end after 1908. Distiller only for 1916., no distiller for 1917 (possible that 1916 and 1917 listings were confused)

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