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VAN DER GRIFT DISTILLING CO.
Pittsburgh, PA.
1890-1914
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Business name timeline:
Van der Grift Distilling Co. (1890, 1893-1914), Van der Grift & Co. (1892-1914)

Address timeline:
134 Water, Room 20 (1890-1895), 408(3)(5) Water, Room 20 (1896-1900), 329 Water (1901-1908), 403 Columbia Bk Bldg. (1910), 248 4 th Ave (1911-1913), 704 Columbia Bk Bldg (1914)

Business category timeline (abbreviations decoded below):
W, D


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

Appearance in directories:
1890, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1908, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1914

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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