For sale is an original Large COLLECTION of Early 1900s URBANA WINE COMPANY LETTERS. This lot includes over twenty different company letters which date between 1905 and 1908. The letters are on the company billhead. Most of the correspondence is between the Winery and different hotels located in the Eastern portion of the United States. The Urbana Wine Company, in Urbana, NY were makers of Gold Seal Champagne. The letters vary in condition but are generally in good condition. A nice assortment of vintage business correspondence from Urbana, NY. Take the entire collection for $15.
In 1865, John W. Davis, H.H. Cook, and A.J. Startzer established the Urbana Wine Company. In 1881, the winery was reorganized under the name of “New Urbana Wine Company”. The company was among the earliest and most successful wineries in the Finger Lakes region of New York. Urbana’s claim to fame was its widely popular Gold Seal Champagne and other sparkling wines. They dominated regional wine production during the Gilded Age. On 1896, the company was renamed the “Urbana Wine Company”. The company had to reorganize again after the Volstead Act was ratified which outlawed the drinking of alcohol. The winery survived passage of Prohibition and both World Wars closed in 1984.
