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Old McBrayer / Bourbon / (design) / "FROM THE BLUEGRASS REGION / OF OLD KENTUCKY." (Text is contained within a linear etched border design).

         ID#: PVV163

Glass Category:Liquor advertising
Glass Type:Thin-walled shot, 13 inside panels
Label Type:Usual white-etched label
Dimensions:2-5/16" x 1-7/8" x 1-3/8"
Edmonson:HSG, p. 136, entry #5
State:KY
City:Louisville
Brand Registration:1892, 1906, 1914
Notes:
M Rosenfield & Co. listed from 1887-1902.

Snyder shows that the "Old McBrayer" brand passed from the estate of W H McBrayer of Lawrence KY (they registered it in 1892) to W.W. Johnson Co. of Cincinnati, OH. (listed 1893-1914; they registered the brand in 1906) and then the Rosenfield Bros. (Louisville, registered in 1914).

This was a Chicago-based company that owned two distilleries in Louisville: see the main listing for more details on the history of this company.

Brand names used by this company include: "C. S. G.", "Eureka", "Old Mc Brayer", and "Willow Creek."

Company name timeline:
M Rosenfield & Co. (1887-1892), Rosenfield Bros & Co. (1893-1902)

Address timeline:
Lexington, NW cor 14 th (1887-1888), 156-158 E Main (1889-1892), 205 W Main (1893), 147 3 rd (1894-1895) & ES 28 th, S of Broadway (D: 1894-1902)

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