Original 1935 wine, whiskey and spirits trade vintage ad for JOHN A WATHEN DISTILLERY COMPANY.  Main office was located at 326 South 6th Street, Louisville, KY. The distillery was located at Lebanon, KY.

Make Sure of Quality First.  Sired in Old Kentucky.

For over 147 years, thee name of Wathen has stood foremost in the distilling industry of Kentucky and the John A. Wathen plant at Lebanon, Kentucky, continues today to produce the finest old-fashioned sour-mash bourbon that can possibly be made. The John A. Wathen plant has been in continuous operation since its opening, producing 170 barrels of whiskey per day, so steady is the demand for Wathen-made, sour-mash ,straight Kentucky Bourbon.

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.