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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.

ID#: KWS675


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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 Registered:1907
Notes:
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)

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