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The images that accompany this history were kindly provided by the William J Heyden, grandson of the founder. He also relates the following:
"My grandfather loved the liquor business and it was good to him too until prohibition hit. While he had many opportunities to stay in business illegally he made the decision to follow the law and close shop. My brothers and uncles remember clearly using axes to break open hundreds of wooden barrels of liquor and watching most of it go down the drain. I say most of it because there are great stories of some heavy drinking during this sad activity."
The company used the brand names:
"Heyden's Baltimore Reserve", and "Old Waveland." | | Business name timeline:
William T Heyden Co.
Address timeline:
394 Dearborn (1906-1909), 224-228 W Huron (1910-1915), 616 N Clark (1916-1918) | 
394 Dearborn St., ca. 1905 | Business category timeline (abbreviations decoded below):
W
Years that company appeared in directories
Years directories were consulted
Chicago directory notes
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Appearance in
directories:
1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1913, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918
Directories
consulted:
1860, 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, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918
Chicago directory
notes:
V= Wine & Liquor (Wholesale), V-R = Wine & Liquor (Retail), W = Whiskey (Wholesale), L = Liquors (Wholesale) D = Distiller, DA = distiller's agent
1860 - distillers page v difficult to read, 1872 unreadable, 1873 much missing, 1875 partial no DR, 1900 missing, 1903 no Wine & Liquor, 1904 J-S is unreadable, 1909: Major street renumbering with relocation of the E/W divide, 1911: minimal listing, another street renumbering, 1912 is missing, 1914: half distillers missing, 1915 no street addresses for distillers, 1917 no distillers in the business database, but includes the Telephone directory listings, 1918 no distillers and based on telephone directory only. There is some confusion on the dates of the directory - there were 4 sets variously labeled 1916-1919 but there were multiple xing out and inaccuracies. 1917 is a good bet, 1918 could be later. 1918: 5 th Ave becomes Wells
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