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WORLD'S FAIR (arched) / PURE OLD (slanted up/down between curlicue designs, to left and right, respectively, of a frosted globe. The globe is etched with a tsp "GT" at lower right) / RYE WHISKEY (arched)

         ID#: KWS777

Glass Category:Liquor advertising
Glass Type:Thin-walled shot
Label Type:Usual white-etched label
Dimensions:2-1/2" x 2-1/16" x 1-5/8"
Edmonson:OASG, p. 197, entry #2
State:IL
City:Chicago
Notes:
Grommes & Ullrich listed from 1870-1918.

This is a glass signed by master etcher George Truog.

Brand names used by this company include: "Great Union Pure Rye", "Marquette Pure Rye", "National Club", "Pullman Palace Car Rye", "Westmoreland", and "World's Fair."

Company name timeline:
Gromes & Ullrich (1870-1871), Gromes & Ullrich (1872), Grommes & Ullrich (1873-1918)

Address timeline:
146 S Clark (1870-1871), 229 W Madison, "will be located after Sept 1st, 199-203 Randolph" (1872), 199-203 Randolph (1873-1878), 174-176 Madison (1879-1885), 104-106 Madison (1886-1894), 194-200 Dearborn (1895-1910), 132-138 S Dearborn (1911-1918)

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