pre-Pro Shot Glass: "Russian Vodka Tolstoy"

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Русская водка / ТОЛСТОЙ (tsp on an arched frosted ribbon) / (picture of an elderly bearded man in head-and-shoulders portrait, enclosed within a frosted frame with grain stalks to either side) / нзъолтового скпада (waved below the frame) / куица самуила Акселрода / PHILADELPHIA:PA. (two lines reverse arched)
	ID#: RRP2436

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Glass Category:	Liquor advertising
Glass Type:	Tall, flared thin-walled shot
Label Type:	Usual white-etched label
Dimensions:	3-3/16" x 2-1/16" x 1-7/16"
Edmonson:	Not listed
State:	PA
City:	Philadelphia


Notes:
Samuel Axelrod listed from 1909-1917. A partial translation shows the label to read: RUSSIAN VODKA / TOLSTOY / ?? / ?? / ?? Samuel Axelrod. Tolstoy died in 1910, and the bearded image on the glass is presumably of the author in his later years. Company name timeline: Samuel Axelrod Address timeline: 1722 S 7 th Find out more about Samuel Axelrod







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