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DE SOTO / WHISKEY / Thixton, Millet & Co. Inc. / Louisville, Ky. (both lines script). At left of "WHISKEY" is a shield with designs in four quadrants, topped by a phoenix or eagle. To left and right of shield are tiny letters TRADE MARK, below is a ribbon with DE SOTO RYE inscribed on it, and below that the word REGISTERED.
		ID#: PVV201



	Glass Category:	Liquor advertising
	Glass Type:	Thin-walled shot
	Label Type:	Usual white-etched label
	Dimensions:	2-1/4" x 1-7/8" x 1-3/8"
	Edmonson:	HSG, p. 53, entry #9
	State:	KY
	City:	Louisville
	Brand Registration:	1905

	Notes:
	Thixton, Millett & Co. listed from 1902-1919. "Distillers of Old Boone Nelson Co. whiskey, distillery Bardstown, KY" (1902) In 1889, John Thixton took over his father's banking and wholesale liquor businesses in Owensboro, KY. He later teamed up with E. P. Millett, who had recently sold his distillery to R. Monarch and created a wholesaler and distiller's agent concern. The best-known brand to result from the partnership was "Thixton's V.O". In 1903 they bought out the Boone & Bro. distillery together the "Old Boone" brand name. This distillery was located in Bardstown and was little more than a barn, buying local grain and using local materials to produce liquor that they sold to the local community. In 1912 they purchased the Old Saxton distillery in Chicago, KY and created a modern facility with a grain elevator, bottling house and cooperage shop. The distillery operated until prohibition with "Old Boone" and "Thixton's V.O." continuing as the most popular brands. Brand names used by this company include: "De Soto", "Finnegan's", "Hurdle", "Idlebrook", "Old Boone", and "Old Wagner." Company name timeline: Thixton, Millett & Co. Address timeline: 637 W Main (1902-1909), 631-633 W Main (1909-1915), 745 W Main (1916-1919) Find out more about Thixton, Millett & Co.







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