Original 1935 wine, whiskey and spirits trade vintage ad for JAS. HENNESSY & COMPANY.  (James Hennessy). Main office and distillery was located in Cognac, France. (Established 1765).  Sole Agents for the United States: Schieffelin & Company, 22 Cooper Square, New York City, NY. (Importers since 1794).

Manufacturers of Cognac Brandy.

Hennessy Cognac Brandy enjoys a unique place in the public's favor. For 170 years its clean taste and exquisite bouquet have earned it a world-wide prestige that has a very tangible value to everyone connected with selling and serving. Since 1765, quality has obtained for Hennessy the largest brandy sales in the world. Distilled and bottled at Cognac, France.

Unbound from a large 1935 post-prohibition trade magazine, this unique old one-page advertisement would display beautifully matted and framed. Nice graphics. A fabulous addition to your retro alcohol industry library. Prohibition in the United States was a nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages from 1920 to 1933.