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LARGE DISTILLING CO.
Pittsburgh, PA.
1796-1918
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Est. 1796.
This was the Pittburgh office for the Large distillery located in West Elizabeth, PA.

Business name timeline:
Large Distilling Co.

Address timeline:
Ferguson Blk., Room 216 (1890), 121 Third Ave, Room 216 (1892-1894), Carnegie Bldg. Room 921 (1895), 203 Water, Room 9 (1899), 713 Empire Building (1900), 237 4 th Ave (1901), Elizabeth 18 Peters Creek, Pa (1901), 1308 Macheaney Bldg. (1908), 223 4 th Ave (1914-1915), 1408 Benedum-Trees Bldg (1916-1918)

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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1890

1894

c. 1909

c. 1913

c. 1917

Appearance in directories:
1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1908, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918

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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