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ROSE VALLEY WHISKEY SERVING TRAY, SAM GRABFELDER CO, LOUISVILLE, KY. Circa 1905

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Rose Valley Whiskey Tray, Sam Grabfelder Co., Louisville KY

Featured is a great stock tray advertising Sam Grabfelder’s Distillery in Louisville, KY’s Rose Valley brand of whiskey.  Circa 1905, a great pre-prohibition era advertising piece.

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