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In 1892, "Bonnie, Murphy & Co." were drawing liquor from warehouses of the J B Wathen & Bro. Co. distillery (RD #363, 5th Dist. of KY) and the Fern Cliff Distillery (RD #409, 5th Dist.): see the respective distillery listing pages for more details. They also had an involvement in the Crystal Springs Distilleries (RD #3 and RD #78) in Louisville.
Bonnie Bros. cited 1874 as the date that they were established, even though the company was in business under a different name prior to that date. They ultimately purchased the J G Mattingly & Sons' distillery in Louisville (RD #6, KY 6th District) to supply liquor for their wholesale business.
The company used the brand names:
"Belmont", "Big Rock", "Bonnie", "C. C.", "Dog On Good Whiskey", "Joel B. Frazier", "Kentucky Turf", "Nelson Club", "Old Trenton", "W. H. Kirby", "White Drost Gin", and "Woodford Co.." |  | Business name timeline:
Bonnie, Murphy & Co. (1872-1873), Bonnie & Co. (1874-1877), Bonnie Bros. (1878-1919)
Address timeline:
29 4th, betw Main & River nr Water (1872-1874), 182 Main, nr 5 th (1875), 66 2 nd nr Main (1876-1881), 224 2 nd (1882-1887), 139 W Main (1888-1902), WS 34, S of Bank (D: 1902), 316-318 W Main (1903), 139-141 W Main (1904-1909), 125 W Main (1909-1919) | | Business category timeline (abbreviations decoded below):
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Years that company appeared in directories
Years directories were consulted
Louisville directory notes
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Appearance in
directories:
1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1897, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919
Directories
consulted:
1866, 1867, 1869, 1870, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1897, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919
Louisville directory
notes:
W = Wines & Liquors, I = Importers, D = Distillers, R = Rectifiers, DA = Distiller's Agents, B = Brokers (1892), S = Saloons (1905), M = Mail Order House (1915). Listings for wholesalers from 1866 to 1869 and for distillers 1866 through to 1906 were compiled from a typescript prepared by Norma Snyder. 1887 and 1889 wholesaler listings are partial, missing last names in the alphabet, 1890, 1895 missing their entirety. No copies of listings in any category for 1896, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901. 1888 has a partial list of Importers (not found in copies for other years). 1905 copies include Saloons (not incorporated). 1906 is incomplete for distillers, missing wholesalers.
1881 witnessed a major city-wide street reorganization so all addresses change. In 1909, there is a second renumbering and this year shows both old and the new number in brackets.
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