Vintage 1935 Chapin & Gore Sour Mash Whiskey Barrel Bottle

Description

This bottle is in perfect condition. Comes complete with barrel shaped stopper as seen. This bottle was kept by my great grandfather in his cabin in Wrightwood, CA.
Chapin and Gore barrel shaped sour mash/ bitters bottles. The bottle bares the name of Chapin and Gore whose story is below. This bottle has Federal law prohibits sale or re-use of this bottle which was a federal law from 1930's to 1963 which was added after prohibition. After prohibition the Sale of this bourbon continued. I am not sure when the barrel bottles were stopped being manufactured so the date is between 30's and 60's for this one.
Bottle no chips or cracks-
10 1/2 inch tall 3 1/4th inch diameter
Chapin & Gore listed as wholesaler 1870-1919. According to (John) Panek in the early 1850s, Gardner Spring Chapin, a broker in mining stocks, met James Jefferson Gore, who was handling freight overland to Nevada. Gore, sick, and in need of money, asked Chapin for a 0 loan so he could continue on to Nevada. The loan led to a lifelong friendship. Chapin moved to Fairbault, MN, where he opened a dry goods store. When the business went poorly there he moved to Chicago and established a grocery on Madison street. Gore became a successful businessman and sought out Chapin in Chicago. They opened a grocery store in 1865 at the corner of State and Monroe. Gore convinced Chapin to add a liquor department, and soon liquor was their major enterprise.
Just before the big fire in October 1871, they put out a brand of their own which they called “1867.” Gore soon added the words “Sour Mash.” The firm prospered and gained world wide fame. Branches were established in Kansas City, Indianapolis and Paris, and the partnership acquired their own distillery in Kentucky (RD #10, 6th District?). Gore died in 1891.
The company used the brand names, “Chapin & Gore Sour Mash 1887″ and “Old Jim Gore”.