An ornate billhead from Hirsch, Loewenstein & Levi, Distillers, Redistillers and Wholesale Liquor Dealers, located at 221 & 223 Walnut Street in Cincinnati, Ohio, for a transaction with M. Rubel Penglase of Chicago, Ills. The bill, dated August 23, 1889, details the sale of 5 cases of Chesterfield Bourbon for $43.75, with an additional charge of $0.25 for drayage, totaling $44.00. The item features elaborate Victorian-style script lettering for the business name and "Star Distillery," and prominently notes "Established 1849" and "Successors to S. Levi & Brothers." The names Simon Hirsch, Max Loewenstein, and Sol. W. Levi are printed in the upper left corner. 3.
Subject: Distilleries
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Manuscript lease dated November 21, 1868, with a fifty-cent mortgage stamp affixed. Henry J. Calisher and Meyer Cohn lease one-half acre of land with a distillery known as the Vogler Spring Distillery in Henrico County, Virginia. The lease is accompanied by the naturalization papers of Henry Vogler, issued in Baltimore, Maryland on February 12, 1855. The document shows signs of age and damage, including tearing and staining. The lease measures 8.5 x 14 inches.
A single ledger sheet (7" x 16"), folded into four pages, containing business records of Michael Hart and his son Jacob in Easton, Pennsylvania. The first page records Michael Hart's general store in 1774; the remaining three pages document a distillery's operations in 1804 and 1805.
Miniature whiskey jug given as an advertisement for Freiberg & Kahn Distillers in Cincinnati, Ohio. The jug features the inscription "Metropolitan Club...Feiberg & Kahn Distillers...Cincinnati." The exact date of manufacture is unknown, but it's estimated to be sometime before 1910, based on the donor's information. The jug is part of a larger collection of Judaica Americana.
A molded glass whiskey bottle with the inscription "DREYFUSS, WEIL & CO...DISTILLERS" and "PADUCAH, KENTUCKY." Flask-type bottle. Circa 1890s.