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OLD KENTUCKY COLONEL (arched) / (picture of a gent in a hat and coat and an upraised glass in his right hand. The image is embraced in a wreath of grain stalks and leaves) / ROCK SPRING DIST'G CO / OWENSBORO, KY (both lines reverse arched and tsp on frosted banners) |
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ID#: KWS474 |
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Glass Category: | Liquor advertising | |
Glass Type: | Thin-walled shot | |
Label Type: | Usual white-etched label | |
Dimensions: | *2-3/16" x 1-7/8" x 1-3/8" | |
Edmonson: | Not listed | |
State: | KY | |
City: | Owensboro | |
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Rock Spring Distilling Co. listed from 1881-1918. *Glass measurements have not been confirmed. 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) Find out more about Rock Spring Distilling Co. | ||
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