Glass Category: | Liquor advertising | Glass Type: | Thin-walled shot | Label Type: | Usual white-etched label | Dimensions: | 2-1/8 " x 1-7/8 " x 1-3/8" | Edmonson: | HSG, p. 87, entry #4 | State: | KY | City: | Owensboro | Brand Registered: | 1905 | | | Notes: | |
Rock Spring Distilling Co. listed from 1881-1918.
Rock Springs Distilling Co. (Reg. #18, 2 nd Dist). Alexander Hill and W. H. Perkins operated a small distillery on the Ohio River a mile below Owensboro. In 1881 they sold out to J. H. Welch. By 1889 the owners were A Rosenfield and Abe Hirsch. In 1906 they leased their distillery to Silas Rosenfield for a 10-year period, and by 1917 was operating as Rock Springs Distilling Co.
Branch offices can be found in Chicago and St. Louis.
Brand names used by this company include: "Annapolis Pure Rye", "Courtland", "Hill and Hill", "J. T. Welch", "Kentucky Climax", "Ky Climax", "Ky Colonel", "Old Kaintuckee Kernel", "Old Kentucky Colonel", "Rock Springs", and "Tip Top."
Company name timeline: Rock Spring Distilling Co.
Address timeline: 211 Frederica (1886), 126 Frederica (1889), 120-122 Frederica (1909-1918)
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