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[[Image:rhombergbros.jpg|left|thumb|350px|]]RHOMBERG BROTHERS COMPANY. [[Image:benhur.jpg|left|thumb|250px|The Ben Hur brand of whiskey was owned and distributed only by Rhomberg Brothers Company. Photo courtesy: Jim Massey]] In 1898 [[RHOMBERG, Frank M.|Frank M. RHOMBERG]] and [[RHOMBERG, Alphonse J.|Alphonse J. RHOMBERG]] established their own wholesale liquor business. The 1899-1900 ''Dubuque City Directory'' listed 1353-1363 Clay. | [[Image:rhombergbros.jpg|left|thumb|350px|]]RHOMBERG BROTHERS COMPANY. [[Image:benhur.jpg|left|thumb|250px|The Ben Hur brand of whiskey was owned and distributed only by Rhomberg Brothers Company. Photo courtesy: Jim Massey]] In 1898 [[RHOMBERG, Frank M.|Frank M. RHOMBERG]] and [[RHOMBERG, Alphonse J.|Alphonse J. RHOMBERG]] established their own wholesale liquor business. The 1899-1900 ''Dubuque City Directory'' listed 1353-1363 Clay. | ||
Frank had worked as a shipping clerk in St. Paul before returning to Dubuque to be a traveling salesman for his uncle [[RHOMBERG, Liberat Alphonse "L.A."|Liberat Alphonse "L.A." RHOMBERG]]. At the time the business began, they were the youngest wholesale liquor dealers in Iowa. | Frank had worked as a shipping clerk in St. Paul before returning to Dubuque to be a traveling salesman for his uncle [[RHOMBERG, Liberat Alphonse "L.A."|Liberat Alphonse "L.A." RHOMBERG]]. At the time the business began, they were the youngest wholesale liquor dealers in Iowa. | ||
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Revision as of 05:56, 10 January 2017
RHOMBERG BROTHERS COMPANY.
In 1898 Frank M. RHOMBERG and Alphonse J. RHOMBERG established their own wholesale liquor business. The 1899-1900 Dubuque City Directory listed 1353-1363 Clay.
Frank had worked as a shipping clerk in St. Paul before returning to Dubuque to be a traveling salesman for his uncle Liberat Alphonse "L.A." RHOMBERG. At the time the business began, they were the youngest wholesale liquor dealers in Iowa.
After 1901 the company was located at 414 Main.
The 1909 and 1911-12 Dubuque City Directory located this business at 456-462 Main.
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Source:
Burggraff, Mike. 2010 Update to the Antique Bottles of Iowa. Fairfield, Iowa: Frontline Printing & Design
