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Est. 1858.
Holmes was listed under various guises in the city directory from 1874 to 1912. Originally as just W.H. Holmes, then added a son in 1885 and incorporated as the Wm H. Holmes Co. in 1901. In 1911, company letterheads were showing the owners to be G E Crone (President), G A Beerman (Vice President), and J L Crone (Secretary & Treasurer).
The company used the brand names:
"Black & Tan", "Conestoga", "Holmes", and "Holmes Best." |  | Business name timeline:
Wm H Holmes (1876-1884), Wm H Holmes & Son (1885-1890), The Wm H Holmes Co. (1892-1911)
Address timeline:
117 Water & 154 1st Ave (1876-1889), 120 Water (1889-1911), & (1893 -1895), 158 1 st Ave, 332 1 st Ave (1896-1911) | | Business category timeline (abbreviations decoded below):
W, D (1878)
Years that company appeared in directories
Years directories were consulted
Pittsburgh directory notes
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Appearance in
directories:
1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1887, 1889, 1890, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911
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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