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TORRANCE (arched) / (frosted shield with curlicues to either side and tsp monogram A&BCo in center) / A. A. A.

         ID#: KWS785

Glass Category:Liquor advertising
Glass Type:Thin-walled shot
Label Type:Usual white-etched label
Dimensions:2-5/16" x 1-7/8" x 1-7/16"
Edmonson:HSG, p. 184, entry #6
State:IL
City:Chicago
Notes:
A Bauer Distilling & Importing Co. listed from 1893-1918.

Edmonson wonders if this is a San Francisco glass (Ahrens-Bullwinkel) but the monogram is unmistakeably A Bauer & Co.

Bauer is listed in Chicago directories from 1893-1918, first as A Bauer & Co. (1893-1908), then A Bauer Distilling & Importing Co. (1909-1915), finally as The A Bauer Distilling & Importing Co. (1916-1918).

A. Bauer, Pres. & Manager, Tucker Hardy, Vice Pres., W J Knaus, Secretary and Horace F Hardy, Treasurer (1899).

Brand names used by this company include: "Anchor Brand Peppermint Schnapps", "Belle of Kentucky", "Dan Patch", "Graham Rye", "Old Rampart", "Sedgwick", "Sir John Canada Malt", and "Torrance AAA."

Company name timeline:
A Bauer & Co. (1893-1908), A Bauer Distilling & Importing Co. (1909-1915), The A Bauer Distilling & Importing Co. (1916-1918)

Address timeline:
158 Huron (1893-1896) 142-148 Huron (1896-1908) 227-233 W Huron (1909-1918)

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