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HENRY / CAMPE / & CO. (three lines slanted) / AMERICUS CLUB (in black between two parallel lines on a white panel) Private / Stock, / 1889. (three lines slanted). Text is white outlined in black on a blue barrel end. All enclosed within a brown circle outline. |
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ID#: KWS675 |
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 A close-up of the label |
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| Glass Category: | Liquor advertising | |
| Glass Type: | Thin-walled shot | |
| Label Type: | Label under glass, in base | |
| Dimensions: | 2-5/16" x 1-7/8" x 1-7/16" | |
| Edmonson: | HSG, p. 34, entry #1 | |
| State: | CA | |
| City: | San Francisco | |
| Brand Registration: | 1907 | |
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Henry Campe & Co. listed from 1862-1918. Thomas (in "Whiskey Bottles") suggests that Henry Campe began business in 1862 with a grocery and liquor store at 2 nd & Tehama. He later partnered with George Siebe but by 1887 had left the partnership and set up a new wholesale liquor business and called it Henry Campe & Co. Henry died in 1900 and his son Harry ran it until Prohibition. Brand names used by this company include: "Americus Club", "Black Eagle", "Briar Rose", "Edgedale", "Ferndew", and "Old Campe." Company name timeline: Henry Campe & Co. (1888-1906), Henry Campe & Co. Inc. (1907-1917) Address timeline: 301 Front (1888-1891), 221-225 Front (1892-1902), 53-61 Drumm (1903-1906), cor 2 nd & Mission (1907-1908), 123 2 nd (1909-1911), 572 Folsom (1912-1913), 576 Folsom (1914-1917) Find out more about Henry Campe & Co. | ||
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