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Paul / Jones (in slanted script, surrounded by a wreath and ribbon design)

ID#: RRP2029
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Glass Category:Liquor advertising
Glass Type:Thin-walled shot, 13 ground flutes around base
Label Type:Usual white-etched label
Dimensions:2-5/16 " x 1-15/16 " x 1-7/16"
Edmonson:Not listed
State:KY
City:Louisville
Notes:
Paul Jones & Co. listed from 1887-1922.

Paul Jones began making whiskey in Georgia in 1865. In 1866 he moved to Louisville and acquired Four Roses, among other brands.

In 1889, Jones purchased the J G Mattingly & Bro. distillery (RD #2, 5th District) in Louisville for $125,000 at public auction. It ran as J G Mattingly Co., with Jones as President, until the plant was sold to the Trust in 1902.

In 1922, Paul Jones & Co. bought out Frankfort Distillery Inc. The latter controlled a distillery in Frankfort but, more importantly, was one of the few companies granted a permit to sell liquor for medicinal purposes during Prohibition. Paul Jones & Co. now assumed the Frankfort Distilleries Inc. name to retain the valuable medicinal sales license.

By 1928, stocks of pre-Prohibition whiskey had dwindled and the company contracted the Louisville-based A Ph. Stizel distillery to supply them with spirits.

When Prohibition was repealed in 1933, Frankfort Distilleries Inc. took over the old Stitzel plant and built a new one (Four Roses) in Shively. By the late 1940's, the distilleries and brands had been taken over by Seagrams.

Brand names used by this company include: "Four Roses", "Frankfort Rye", "Jones Four Star", "Old Cabinet", "Old Cabinet Rye", "Red Star Gin", "Small Grain", "Swastika", and "West End."

Company name timeline:
Paul Jones (1887-1893), Paul Jones & Co. (1894-1919)

Address timeline:
136-140 E Main (1887-1909), 118-120 E Main (1909-1919)

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