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The company apparently had close ties to the Commonwealth distillery (RD &12, 7th Dist.) in KY: there was a Strauss and 2 Pritz' on the Commonweath Distilling Co and the Commonwealth was dba Durham Distilling Co. and Cream of Anderson.
The 64th annual report of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce lists Sidney E Pritz, Carl E Pritz and Wallace Holzman as being associated with this company in 1912. By 1914, the roster has changed to Sidney E Pritz, Carl E Pritz and Albert I Strauss. Read more about this company in the following article:
Picturing those pre-Pro Whiskey Men, by Jack Sullivan
The company used the brand names:
"1875", "A. Lewis & Sons Pure Hand Made Sour Mash", "Bon Ton Rye", "Boquet Rye", "Cream of Anderson", "Durham Distilling Co. Rye", "Durham Rye", "Edge Cliff", "Flower of Kentucky", "Flower of Maryland", "Fountain Run", "J. M. Walker's Anderson County Hand Made Sour Mash Distilled Spring 1868", "Lewis 66", "Mercer Co. Kentucky Pure Small Grain Bourbon", "Mountain Brook", "Old Bon Ton", "Old Winchester", "Planet Rye", "Roanoke Rye", "Small Grain Bourbon", "The Celebrated Longfellow", "The Famous Lewis 66", "Winchester ", "Winchester Rye", and "X & S P Co. X." | | Business name timeline:
Strauss, Pritz & Co.
Address timeline:
58 W 2 nd (1875-1879), 114 W 2 nd (1880-1883), 32-34 Main (1884-1895), 52 Main (1896-1898), Office: 909-911 Sycamore (1899-1917), 703 Union Trust Building (1918) | | Business category timeline (abbreviations decoded below):
V (1875), D (1876), W (1887)
Years that company appeared in directories
Years directories were consulted
Cincinnati directory notes
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c. 1908 | 
c. 1909 | 
c. 1912 | 
c. 1912 | 
c. 1912 |
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Appearance in
directories:
1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 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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