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NELSON DISTILLING CO.
St. Louis, MO.
1883-1918
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In 1892, the company was being supplied by the Pleasure Ridge Park distillery and the Willow Creek Distillery, both of Kentucky's 5th district.

The company used the brand names:
"Carlyle Club", "Chancellor", "Chancellor S. M.", "Gem of St. Louis", "Melrose F. C.", "Nelson Co.", "Oak Hall, F. C.", "Oak Hill", "Old Orchard", "Owl Club", "Paragon Bourbon ", and "Paragon Rye."

Business name timeline:
Nelson Distilling Co. (1883-1915), Nelson Importing & Distilling Co. (1916-1918)

Address timeline:
1037 Broadway (1883), 1100 N 3 rd (1887-1888), 824 N 3 rd (1890-1900), & 812 N 4 th (1900-1909), & 815 N 3 rd (1901-1909), 922-924 Broadway (1910-1918)

Business category timeline (abbreviations decoded below):
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Years that company appeared in directories
Years directories were consulted
St. Louis directory notes



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Appearance in directories:
1883, 1887, 1888, 1890, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918

Directories consulted:
1854, 1857, 1859, 1860, 1863, 1864, 1865, 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

St. Louis directory notes:
V= Wine & Liquor (Wholesale), V-R = Wine & Liquor (Retail), W = Whiskey (Wholesale), L = Liquors (Wholesale) D = Distiller, DA = distiller's agent

1859 has Wines & Liquors, Retail. They were not incuded here. 1866: now separate headings for Jobbers, Rectifiers, Bourbon. 1867: All street numbers have changed. 1872: Listings are more minimal, "Chesnut" has become "Chestnut". 1885: Carondelet is now Broadway, 5 th is Broadway. 1889: largely missing. 1893: Liquor wholesalers only (wines & liquors in previous yrs. 1901 on: sparse, Liquors Wholesale only 1914: Main becomes 1 st St 1916 on now have separate distiller pages

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