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PAUL JONES (arched fancy letters) / (picture of smiling man in hat pouring a drink) / WHISKEY.
		ID#: KWS836



	Glass Category:	Liquor advertising
	Glass Type:	Thin-walled shot
	Label Type:	Usual white-etched label
	Dimensions:	*2-1/8" x 1-7/8" x 1-3/8"
	Edmonson:	HSG, p. 94, entry #7
	State:	KY
	City:	Louisville


	Notes:
	Paul Jones & Co. listed from 1887-1922. Glass measurements have not been confirmed. Paul Jones began making whiskey in Georgia in 1865. In 1866 he moved to Louisville and acquired Four Roses, among other brands. In 1889, Jones purchased the J G Mattingly & Bro. distillery (RD #2, 5th District) in Louisville for $125,000 at public auction. It ran as J G Mattingly Co., with Jones as President, until the plant was sold to the Trust in 1902. In 1922, Paul Jones & Co. bought out Frankfort Distillery Inc. The latter controlled a distillery in Frankfort but, more importantly, was one of the few companies granted a permit to sell liquor for medicinal purposes during Prohibition. Paul Jones & Co. now assumed the Frankfort Distilleries Inc. name to retain the valuable medicinal sales license. By 1928, stocks of pre-Prohibition whiskey had dwindled and the company contracted the Louisville-based A Ph. Stizel distillery to supply them with spirits. When Prohibition was repealed in 1933, Frankfort Distilleries Inc. took over the old Stitzel plant and built a new one (Four Roses) in Shively. By the late 1940's, the distilleries and brands had been taken over by Seagrams. Brand names used by this company include:* "Four Roses", "Frankfort Rye", "Jones Four Star", "Old Cabinet", "Old Cabinet Rye", "Red Star Gin", "Small Grain", "Swastika", and "West End." Company name timeline: Paul Jones (1887-1893), Paul Jones & Co. (1894-1919) Address timeline: 136-140 E Main (1887-1909), 118-120 E Main (1909-1919) Find out more about Paul Jones & Co.







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