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R SCHREIBER & CO.
Chicago, IL.
1916-1918
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According to a descendent, "the distillery was their [Schreiber Bros.] first business. They made a cherry liqueur up in Michigan and then brought it down to Chicago. But the cherry liqueur wasn't made with the right amount of fruit to meet the quality standards, so eventually that business was forced to close. However, by that point, they had the infrastructure to get the liquor from Michigan to Chicago, and by then, they also owned bars and real estate in Chicago. So they rebranded as Schreiber Brothers Distributors. Eventually, they closed all their liquor businesses in the city and made their money (mostly) in real estate. " (thanks to hewrote@***.*** for providing the information).

Business name timeline:
R Schreiber & Co. (1916-1917), Schreiber Bros Co. (1917-1918)

Address timeline:
901 W 14 th (1916), 828 W 14 th (1917-1918)

Business category timeline (abbreviations decoded below):
W


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



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Appearance in directories:
1916, 1917, 1918

Directories consulted:
1860, 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, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918

Chicago directory notes:
V= Wine & Liquor (Wholesale), V-R = Wine & Liquor (Retail), W = Whiskey (Wholesale), L = Liquors (Wholesale) D = Distiller, DA = distiller's agent

1860 - distillers page v difficult to read, 1872 unreadable, 1873 much missing, 1875 partial no DR, 1900 missing, 1903 no Wine & Liquor, 1904 J-S is unreadable, 1909: Major street renumbering with relocation of the E/W divide, 1911: minimal listing, another street renumbering, 1912 is missing, 1914: half distillers missing, 1915 no street addresses for distillers, 1917 no distillers in the business database, but includes the Telephone directory listings, 1918 no distillers and based on telephone directory only. There is some confusion on the dates of the directory - there were 4 sets variously labeled 1916-1919 but there were multiple xing out and inaccuracies. 1917 is a good bet, 1918 could be later. 1918: 5 th Ave becomes Wells

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