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Distillery was in Newport KY, but they were also drawing liquor from the warehouses of RD #112 (Anderson Co., KY): see the distillery listing for more details, and they additionally had stakes in the J G Mattingly & Bro. distillery (RD #2, 5th District) in Louisville, KY. and the Head & Beam distillery in Gethsemane (RD #405, 5th District).
The 64th and 66th annual reports of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce lists Edwin G Gerdes as being associated with this company in 1912 and 1914.
The company used the brand names:
"Belle of Nicholasville", "Elkhorn Club", "Fort Deer Rye", "G. & G. B. Manhattan", "King of Nelson", "Lexington Club", "Melrose ", "Mignonette", "Mountain Lily", "Old Gold Rye", "Old Lexington Club", "Queen of Anderson", "Rising Sun", "Sunshine", and "Tube Rose." | | Business name timeline:
G & B Gerdes (1874), Geo Gerdes (1878), G & B Gerdes (1882-1901), The G & B Gerdes Co. (1902-1918)
Address timeline:
8 W 2 nd (1874-1885) & 40 Main (1885-1895), 60 Main (1896-1911), 107 E Pearl (1912-1918) | | Business category timeline (abbreviations decoded below):
V (1874), W (1882), D (1887)
Years that company appeared in directories
Years directories were consulted
Cincinnati directory notes
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Appearance in
directories:
1874, 1878, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1889, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918
Directories
consulted:
1866, 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873. 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918
Cincinnati directory
notes:
V= Wine & Liquor (Wholesale), V-R = Wine & Liquor (Retail), W = Whiskey (Wholesale), L = Liquors (Wholesale) D = Distiller, DA = distiller's agent
1879: Wines & Liquor listings not available, now just Whiskey, Wholesale, 1882: new business directory, 1884, 1885, 1886, partial wines, 1887, 1888 no wines, 1889 partial wines, 1890-1918 no wines, 1896: major street renumbering affecting all addresses
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