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Jacksonville by Neighborhood => Downtown => Topic started by: jaxlongtimer on July 25, 2019, 10:33:14 PM

Title: Kearns-Gorsuch Bottle Co. at 327 W. Forsyth in 1915
Post by: jaxlongtimer on July 25, 2019, 10:33:14 PM
Found some Jax history in an ad in the January 1, 1915, Wine and Spirit Bulletin, Volume 29, Page 79, for the Kearns-Gorsuch (any relation to the Supreme Court judge :)? ) Bottle Company of Zanesville, Ohio.  It list 8 branch offices around the U.S. including "327 W. Forsyth St., Jacksonville, FL."

Here is an image of that address today:  https://goo.gl/maps/C6frVKxUHL4DV1qy7 (https://goo.gl/maps/C6frVKxUHL4DV1qy7)

Note, the following link has multiple monthly issues in sequence and page numbers begin again for each month.  Scroll to page 79 for the January 1 (and, usually the same page in subsequent months) issue to see the ad:  https://books.google.com/books?id=NwZQAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false (https://books.google.com/books?id=NwZQAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false)

The rest of the ads in the bulletin are also somewhat interesting in showing the state of the art of the wine and spirit industry at the time :).
Title: Re: Kearns-Gorsuch Bottle Co. at 327 W. Forsyth in 1915
Post by: bl8jaxnative on July 28, 2019, 01:33:34 PM
Cool, thanks
Title: Re: Kearns-Gorsuch Bottle Co. at 327 W. Forsyth in 1915
Post by: Snaketoz on July 28, 2019, 02:12:43 PM
I like the advertising.  Certain brands of liquor are said to be recommended by physicians.