Glass Category: | Liquor advertising | Glass Type: | Heavy rocks glass, 9 molded flutes around base | Label Type: | Usual white-etched label | Dimensions: | 3-3/16" x 3" x 2" | Edmonson: | OASG, p. 129, entry #3 | State: | KY | City: | Louisville | | | | | Notes: | |
John T. Barbee & Co. listed from 1893-1919.
Jno. T. Barbee had formerly been associated with Jno. G. Roach & Co., but in 1892 bought the J & F Laval distillery 4-1/2 miles west of Versailles, Kentucky.
The output of the still was sold as "Old Barbee" under the firm name of Jno. T. Barbee & Co.
Barbee died in 1900 after which the company was renamed Jno. T. Barbee Co. and the brand "Watterson Club" added.
In 1912, Hermann Volkerding, the company's president, died, leading to a reorganization merging with the John C. Weller Co. of Louisville, with John C. Weller, President and Ed. M. Babbitt, Vice President. (Coyte Papers).
Brand names used by this company include: "Forest Rose", "Jeff Clark", "Kentucky Knight", "Major Hughes", "Old Barbee", "Old Mask Lee Rye", "Paul Barbee Rye", "Tip Tyler", "True Hand", and "Watterson Club."
Company name timeline: John T Barbee & Co.
Address timeline: 132 2 nd (1893-1897), 317 W Main (1902-1909), 313 W Main (1909-1912), 726-730 W Main (1913-1919)
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