Read more about this company in the following article: Tally Ho, The Whiskey!, by Jack Sullivan
The company used the brand names: "Fountain Run Still", "Gincocktail", "Gold Finch", "Hunter's Own Bourbon", "Jefferson Pure Old Rye", "May Bloom Pure Copper", "Old Wheat", "Shield's Mountain Rye", "Shields", and "Shields Gin ." | | Business name timeline: Shields, May & Co. (1875-1877), J Shields & Co. (1878-1903)
Address timeline: 17 Sycamore (1875-1878), 28 E 2 nd (1879-1881), 55 E 2 nd (1882-1887), 34 E 2 nd (1888-1889) 97 Main (W: 1889-1895), 226 Main (1896-1902), 117 E Pearl (1903) | | Business category timeline (abbreviations decoded below): V (1875), DA (1878), W (1880), D (1884)
Years that company appeared in directories
Years directories were consulted
Cincinnati directory notes
Appearance in
directories: 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903
Directories
consulted: 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873. 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918
Cincinnati directory
notes: V= Wine & Liquor (Wholesale), V-R = Wine & Liquor (Retail), W = Whiskey (Wholesale), L = Liquors (Wholesale) D = Distiller, DA = distiller's agent
1879: Wines & Liquor listings not available, now just Whiskey, Wholesale, 1882: new business directory, 1884, 1885, 1886, partial wines, 1887, 1888 no wines, 1889 partial wines, 1890-1918 no wines, 1896: major street renumbering affecting all addresses
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