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RHOMBERG BROTHERS COMPANY
RHOMBERG BROTHERS COMPANY.
In 1898 Frank M. RHOMBERG and Alphonse J. RHOMBERG established their own wholesale liquor business. The 1899-1900 Dubuque City Directory listed 1353-1363 Clay.
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.
After 1901 the company was located at 414 Main.
The 1909 and 1911-12 Dubuque City Directory located this business at 456-462 Main.
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Source:
Burggraff, Mike. 2010 Update to the Antique Bottles of Iowa. Fairfield, Iowa: Frontline Printing & Design
