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DAVY CROCKETT (arched) / PURE OLD BOURBON (reverse arched: text is enclosed within a circular barrel-stave outline. Where the two lines meet are frosted globes etched in tsp letters TRADE and MARK at left and right, respectively. At center of the label is a frosted circle and within a tsp circle outline is an elaborate scene featuring two frontiersmen sitting in the woods, with a cabin and trees in the background) / HEY,GRAUERHOLZ & CO. (reverse arched)
		ID#: KWS692



	Glass Category:	Liquor advertising
	Glass Type:	Thin-walled shot
	Label Type:	Usual white-etched label
	Dimensions:	2-1/8" x 1-3/4" x 1-7/16"
	Edmonson:	HSG, p. 48, entry #7
	State:	CA
	City:	San Francisco


	Notes:
	Hey, Grauerholz & Co. listed from 1884-1905. According to Thomas (WB), John Hey was working in the early years as a porter for the wholesale wine & liquor company, Kelly, Henderson & Gilchrist. In 1883, he set out on his own, in partnership with Henry J Grauerholz and Henry Faust. The company fell victim to the 1906 quake but Grauerholz rebuilt a wholesale trade in 1907 and it continued until 1913. Brand names used by this company include: "Davy Crockett Pure Old Bourbon", and "New Century Bourbon." Company name timeline: Hey, Grauerholz & Fautz (1884-1887), Hey, Grauerholz & Co. (1888-1905) Address timeline: 105-107 California (1884-1885), 215 Sacramento (1886-1896), 224 Front (1897-1905) Find out more about Hey, Grauerholz & Co.







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