Joseph Seagram and Sons photographs
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Joseph Seagram and Sons photographs
- Date
- circa 1890-1905 (inclusive)
- Extent
- 0.09 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Distilling industries -- Kentucky -- Anderson County.
- Distilleries -- Kentucky -- Fairfield.
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged by subject.
- Preferred Citation
- 2004av068: [identification of item], Joseph Seagram and Sons photographs, circa 1890-1905, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Joseph Emm Seagram was born April 15, 1841 near New Hope in Canada. His parents died while he was young, and he was placed under the care of a local clergyman. Seagram continued his education through a year at Bryant and Stratton Business College in Buffalo, N.Y. After working as a bookkeeper, he was hired as a manager to help a man named Hespeler run a mill. He was successful, saw the potential for a distillery, and decided to buy out the other partners' shares. Eventually, Joseph Seagram would become a partner at a distillery in Waterloo, Canada in 1869, and he would become the sole owner of the distillery in 1883, calling it Seagram and Sons. Later on, the Bronfmans of Montreal, founders of Distillers Corporation Limited, would absorb Seagrams, and take over the Seagram name.
- Scope and Content
- The Joseph Seagram and Sons photographs (dated circa 1890-1905; 0.09 cubic feet; 30 items) consist of 30 black and white silver gelatin prints pertaining to distilleries in Kentucky. Items range from architectural photos of various distilleries to prints of a license for distilling and bills of sale, photos of distillery workers and visitors, and maps of the locations of distilleries. This collection was borrowed and copied in house.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
Architecture, circa 1905-1934
Scope and Contents
The Architecture series contains 13 items that relate to the architecture of Seagram distilleries and warehouses.
Distillery, undated
Warehouses; covered bridge over creek, undated
Old Prentice Distillery, circa 1905
Bond's Mill, circa 1905
Warehouses, 1934
Distillery Buildings, 1934
Distillery, undated
Mattingly and Moore Distillery, near Bardstown, Ky., undated
H. McKenna Distillery - Fairfield, Nelson Co., Ky., undated
H. McKenna Distillery - Fairfield, Nelson Co., Ky., undated
H. McKenna Distillery - Fairfield, Nelson Co., Ky., undated
H. McKenna Distillery - Fairfield, Nelson Co., Ky., undated
Distillery, undated
Artifact, undated
Scope and Contents
The Artifact series contains 9 items including maps (items 17-18), license for distilling (item 14), a bill of sale (item 16), and blueprints for distilleries (items 19-21).
License for distilling from District of Kentucky, undated
Letterhead of Labrot and Graham Distillers and newspaper clipping about distillery, undated
Bill of sale from Gaines, Berry and Co. Distilleries in Kentucky's 6th district, undated
Map showing locations of distilleries in Ky. 6th district, undated
Map showing locations of warehouses of G. A. Sharpe Co. in Harrison Co., Ky., undated
Drawing - Plan of distillery No. 36, 5th district of Kentucky - belonging to John K. Daugherty, undated
Drawing - Plan of distillery No. 111 - Fairfield, Ky. - Owned by H. McKenna's Estate, undated
Drawing - Plan for Distillery No. 111 of McKenna's Estate, undated
Drawing: "Scene at Old Prentice Distillery, McBrayer, Ky. Salt River.", undated
Occupation, circa 1890-1905
Scope and Contents
The Occupation series contains 8 items and includes items showing the people who worked in or near the distilleries.
Five children under bell near warehouses, circa 1905
Two workmen standing by two horses hitched to a wagon, circa 1905
Group of men and small boy posing with shovels, undated
Group of men and two boys posing with mule and wagon, undated
Man with mule and wagon backed up to a loading dock, circa 1900
Photograph of John Lain, circa 1890
Man at desk in office, photographic reproduction, undated
Four men mixing mash in barrels, photographic reproduction, undated
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