OLD KENTUCKY DISTILLERY, Louisville, KY. (1895-1919)

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OLD KENTUCKY DISTILLERY
Louisville, KY.
1895-1919
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Registered Distillery No. 354 5th Dist., Jefferson County: see the distillery listing page for more details.

The company used the brand names:
"Cherokee Springs", "Dew Drops", "Dew Drops", "Fountain Spring", "Goodwill", "Kentucky Dew", "Moon Light", "Normandy", "O K D", "Old Cherokee Spring", "Old Jefferson County", "Old Kentucky", "Old Oak Ridge", "Old Watermill", "Royal Velvet", and "Woodbury."

Business name timeline:
Old Kentucky Distillery (1895-1904) & Kentucky Dew Distillery (1897), Old Kentucky Distillery Co. (1905-1908), Old Kentucky Distillery (1909-1919)

Address timeline:
Broadway, SE cor 28 th (1895), 205 W Main (1897), 215 W Main (1902-1904), 125 W Main (1905), 215 W Main (1907-1908), 111 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:
1895, 1897, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 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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