1911
Winedale Company was a wine and liquor business owned by Charles Jurgens and his son William C. Jurgens, noted for Copo D'Oro Wines. It started in 1905 when Charles Jurgens bought out the W. M. Watson Company, and ended around the time Prohibition took effect.
The company was at 373-375 - 13th St. in the Hotel Saint George building beginning in 1907. It had previously been at 1008 Washington St. and temporarily moved to 470 - 10th St. while the 13th St. location was finished. 1,2
The last reference in the Oakland Tribune was in 1918, part of a full page spread welcoming the Tribune to its new location on 13th Street. 4 The Wartime Prohibition Act was passed later in 1918 prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages stronger than 1.28%; Prohibition itself took effect at the beginning of 1920.
W. M. Watson, predecessor 3
last ad? 4
1907 6
Links and References
- The Winedale Company in Their New Building Oakland Tribune May 19, 1907
- Winedale Company in Temporary Quarters Oakland Tribune January 28, 1907
- Illustrated Directory of Oakland 1896
- welcome Tribune Oakland Tribune March 30, 1918
- Prohibition on Wikipedia
- San Francisco Blue Book 1907
