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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]]RHOMBERG BROS. CO. In 1898 [[RHOMBERG, Frank M.|Frank M. RHOMBERG]] and [[RHOMBERG, Alphonse J.|Alphonse J. RHOMBERG]] established their own wholesale liquor business. 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. | [[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]]RHOMBERG BROS. CO. In 1898 [[RHOMBERG, Frank M.|Frank M. RHOMBERG]] and [[RHOMBERG, Alphonse J.|Alphonse J. RHOMBERG]] established their own wholesale liquor business. 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. | ||
The business began at 133 Clay. After 1901 the company was located at 414 Main. | |||
The 1909 ''Dubuque City Directory'' located this business at 456-462 Main. | The 1909 ''Dubuque City Directory'' located this business at 456-462 Main. | ||
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[[Image:rhombergbros-1.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Photo courtesy: Bob Reding]] | [[Image:rhombergbros-1.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Photo courtesy: Bob Reding]] | ||
[[Image:whiskeycap.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Photo courtesy: Jim Massey]] | [[Image:whiskeycap.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Photo courtesy: Jim Massey]] | ||
[[Image:pride.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Cigar holder with advertisement.]] | |||
[[Category: Liquor Merchant]] | [[Category: Liquor Merchant]] | ||
[[Category: Letterhead]] | [[Category: Letterhead]] | ||
Revision as of 02:51, 16 November 2012
RHOMBERG BROTHERS COMPANY.
RHOMBERG BROS. CO. In 1898 Frank M. RHOMBERG and Alphonse J. RHOMBERG established their own wholesale liquor business. 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.
The business began at 133 Clay. After 1901 the company was located at 414 Main.
The 1909 Dubuque City Directory located this business at 456-462 Main.
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Burggraff, Mike. 2010 Update to the Antique Bottles of Iowa. Fairfield, Iowa: Frontline Printing & Design
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