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The Baumann liquor business employed three brothers who had all emigrated from Germany: Berthold (Bert) Baumann, Franz (Frank) Baumann, and Joseph Baumann. Joseph Baumann appears at far right in the photograph below (click on the thumbnail at the bottom of this page to view a high-resolution scan). Berthold remained in Pittsburgh until he died ca. 1918
Frank Baumann left the business and moved to Wooster, OH., where he became a farmer.
Joseph Baumann moved to Lonaconing, MD., where he operated a liquor store on Main Street and a second store in Cumberland, MD. The Lonaconing branch appears at far right in the photo below (click on the thumbnail at the bottom of this page to view a high-resolution scan). Joseph died in 1906 in Lonaconing.
Many thanks to Reed J Poderis, the great grandson of Joseph Baumann, for donating the images shown and for providing details of the family businesses. Business name timeline:
Berthold Baumann (1889-1890, 1895), Barthold Baumann (1891), Berthold Bauerman (1892), Berthold Bauman (1893)
Address timeline:
408-410 Ferry | | Business category timeline (abbreviations decoded below):
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Years that company appeared in directories
Years directories were consulted
Pittsburgh directory notes
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Appearance in
directories:
1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895
Directories
consulted:
1870, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1889, 1890, 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
Pittsburgh directory
notes:
V= Wine & Liquor (Wholesale), V-R = Wine & Liquor (Retail), W = Whiskey (Wholesale), L = Liquors (Wholesale) D = Distiller, DA = distiller's agent
Major street name renumbering in 1884 and again 1896, again in 1899 (Ohio Ave). Washington became Warrington in 1910. Just liquor dealer pages until 1899, except in 1874, 1878, 1880. 1875, 1887 are missing. 1877 and 1878 pages are identical, so one is missing. 1886, 1891, is partial listing. 1901 - started showing phone exchanges and numbers for all. 1907. No Distillers, Liquors begins with "Bigley". 1909, 1912, no distillers.
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