Klein Brothers Harvard Rye Whiskey
Description
1875-1920
Started by Samuel H. Klein of the Klein Brothers distillery. Advertisements for the liquor (as the one below) were known to be scandalous for the time, often depicting young men in mortar boards reminiscent of the institution for which the whiskey was named with racy women; a bottle of the whiskey is always prominent in the image. The Klein Brothers opened their firm in 1875, partnered briefly with Elias Hyman, renaming the firm Klein Bros. & Hyman until 1897, when that partnership dissolved. Sam’l died in 1914, leaving the brand to family members; the firm closed during Prohibition and never reopened.
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Started by Samuel H. Klein of the Klein Brothers distillery. Advertisements for the liquor (as the one below) were known to be scandalous for the time, often depicting young men in mortar boards reminiscent of the institution for which the whiskey was named with racy women; a bottle of the whiskey is always prominent in the image. The Klein Brothers opened their firm in 1875, partnered briefly with Elias Hyman, renaming the firm Klein Bros. & Hyman until 1897, when that partnership dissolved. Sam’l died in 1914, leaving the brand to family members; the firm closed during Prohibition and never reopened.
RRH