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A billhead dated July 3, 1905 gives their address as 229-231 Walnut St & 31-35 E Pearl St. and identifies them as "Proprietors of The Oakwood Distillery (Inc.), 7th District, KY". The distillery has a separate listing.
The 64th annual report of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce lists E M Harris and Emil M Mayer as being associated with this company in 1912. By 1914, Harris has been replaced by E Millard Mayer (66th annual report). Read more about this company in the following article:
Picturing those pre-Pro Whiskey Men, by Jack Sullivan
The company used the brand names:
"Alhambra", "Ante-Bellum", "Hudson", "Hudson X X X X Rye", "Oakwood", and "Original Frazier." |  | Business name timeline:
Isaac Mayer & Co. (1882), Isaac Mayer & Sons (1883), Mayer, Harris & Co. (1884-1885), The Mayer Bros. & Co. (1886-1904), The Mayer Bros Co. (1905-1918)
Address timeline:
38 Main (1882), 30 Main (1883), 34 Main (1884-1886), 5 W Pearl (1887-1891), 53 W Pearl (1892-1895), 23 E Pearl (1896-1902), 231 Walnut (1903), SW cor Pearl & Walnut (1904-1917), 7 Masonic Temple (1918) | | Business category timeline (abbreviations decoded below):
V, W (1884), DA (1887), D (1891)
Years that company appeared in directories
Years directories were consulted
Cincinnati directory notes
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Appearance in
directories:
1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918
Directories
consulted:
1866, 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873. 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918
Cincinnati directory
notes:
V= Wine & Liquor (Wholesale), V-R = Wine & Liquor (Retail), W = Whiskey (Wholesale), L = Liquors (Wholesale) D = Distiller, DA = distiller's agent
1879: Wines & Liquor listings not available, now just Whiskey, Wholesale, 1882: new business directory, 1884, 1885, 1886, partial wines, 1887, 1888 no wines, 1889 partial wines, 1890-1918 no wines, 1896: major street renumbering affecting all addresses
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