S. GRABFELDER & CO., Louisville, KY. (1880-1919)

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S. GRABFELDER & CO.
Louisville, KY.
1880-1919
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S Grabfelder & Co. were owners of the Murphy, Barber & Co, distillery in Clermont, KY.

In 1892, the company was being supplied by the Pleasure Ridge Park distillery of Kentucky's 5th district: see the distillery listing for more details, and it apparently also had a stake in the Mayfield distillery (RD #229, 5th District of KY) and the Crystal Springs Distilleries (RD #3 and RD #78) in Louisville.

The company used the brand names:
"Cane Spring", "Clermont Rye", "Dan Becker's Monogram", "Dunn's Monogram", "Echo Spring", "Glendale", "Horse Shoe", "Kentucky Belle", "Ky. Belle", "Rose Valley", "S. Grabfelder's American Malt", "Silver Brook", "Southern Club", "Southern Pride", and "Woodford County."

Business name timeline:
S Grabfelder & Co. (1880-1886), Grabfelder & Tachau (1887-1892), S Grabfelder & Co. (1893-1919)

Address timeline:
70 2 nd, nr Market (1880-1881), 228 2 nd (1882-1889), 131-133 W Main (1890-1894), 127-129 W Main (1897-1909), 119 W Main (1909-1919)

Business category timeline (abbreviations decoded below):
W, D (1893)

Years that company appeared in directories
Years directories were consulted
Louisville directory notes

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1913

c. 1903

c. 1916

c. 1899

Appearance in directories:
1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1897, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 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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