Dougherty's Private Stock Pure Rye Whiskey
date: label: date made
content: before1920-01-17
name: label: maker
content: Dougherty Distillery and Warehouse Company, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Dougherty's Pure Rye Whiskey was manufactured by John A. Dougherty & Son of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania since 1849. In 1866 John A. Dougherty died and the company was renamed to J. A. Dougherty’s & Sons. The family company found great success, but divested their interest during the Prohibition years when the Dougherty Distillery & Warehouse Company, Inc. sold whiskey for medicinal use. The “for medicinal use” and Dougherty Distillery & Warehouse Company, Inc. labels date this bottle of whiskey to the Prohibition years between 1920 and 1933. The label on the back of the bottle reads "Rx Spiritus Frumenti," the official medicinal name for whiskey, and "For medicinal purposes only. Sale or use for other purposes will cause heavy penalties to be inflicted."
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Sewer, Andy; Allison, David; Liebhold, Peter; Davis, Nancy; Franz, Kathleen G.. American Enterprise: A History of Business in America
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2012.0027.02
label: accession number
content: 2012.0027
label: catalog number
content: 2012.0027.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: medicinal alcohol, whiskey
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: aluminum (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: alcohol (product active ingredients)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 5/8 in x 4 in x 1 7/8 in; 21.9075 cm x 10.16 cm x 4.7625 cm