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Lindenwold (Estate of JG Worts) - a hand painted, china plate
no date
Gooderham and Worts Distillery, Mill St., Toronto, Canada

Credits:
Collection: Deborah McKinley, British Columbia, Canada
Photo: Douglas Worts, Toronto, Canada

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George Gooderham (son of William Gooderham)
1930
Gooderham and Worts Distillery, Mill St., Toronto, Canada
TEXT ATTACHMENT


Credits:
Painting: by Wylie Grier, Toronto, 1930
Collection: Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada
Photo: Douglas Worts, Toronto, Canada

29

Invitation to funeral of Elizabeth Worts, 1849
5 October 1849
Saint James Cemetery, Toronto, Canada
TEXT ATTACHMENT


Credits:
Collection: Deborah McKinley, British Columbia, Canada
Scan: Douglas Worts, Toronto, Canada

30

G&W - Advertising Poster, 1896
1896
Gooderham and Worts Distillery, Mill St., Toronto, Canada
TEXT ATTACHMENT


Credits:
Produced by Toronto Lithographic Company, Toronto, Canada

31

The first couple of decades of the 20th century witnessed huge changes for Gooderham & Worts. Most dramatic among the external forces were World War I, and Prohibition. During this time, the distillery altered its operations, first to contribute specialized alcohols that could be used in the war effort, and secondly to respond to new regulations related to prohibition - a topic that is covered in another part of this program.

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G&W Distillery, 1917
about 1917
Gooderham and Worts Distillery, Mill St., Toronto, Canada
TEXT ATTACHMENT


Credits:
Collection: Toronto Archives - William James Family Fonds - Fonds 1244, Item 3061

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Original Staff of British Acetones - at G&W - 1916
19 November 1916
Gooderham and Worts Distillery, Mill St., Toronto, Canada
TEXT ATTACHMENT


Credits:
Collection: City of Toronto Archives -Fonds 1583, Item 10

34

Relatively few of the people who purchased the products of Gooderham and Worts knew anything about the distillery itself. Rather, they knew it through the bottles, kegs, labels, posters, advertisements, etc., that G&W used to help raise the profile of the company and its products. There are few surviving objects from the early days of the distillery, however, in the following images and their accompanying texts help to illuminate the G&W story.

35

G&W 19th century crock
about 1880s
Gooderham and Worts Distillery, Mill St., Toronto, Canada
TEXT ATTACHMENT


Credits:
Collection: Robert Crawford, Ontario, Canada

36

G&W crockery stamp
late 19th century
Gooderham and Worts Distillery, Mill St., Toronto, Canada
TEXT ATTACHMENT


Credits:
Collection: Robert Crawford, Ontario, Canada

37

G&W bottle 1891
1891
Gooderham and Worts Distillery, Mill St., Toronto, Canada
TEXT ATTACHMENT


Credits:
Collection: Robert Crawford, Ontario, Canada

38

G&W - bottles
20th century
Gooderham and Worts Distillery, Mill St., Toronto, Canada
TEXT ATTACHMENT


Credits:
Photograph: Douglas Worts, Toronto, Canada
Collection: Douglas Worts, Toronto, Canada

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G&W - Hotshot antifreeze container
c. 1930s onwards
Gooderham and Worts Distillery, Mill St., Toronto, Canada
TEXT ATTACHMENT


Credits:
Collection: Douglas Worts, Toronto, Canada

40

G&W - Centenial bottle, 1967
1967
Gooderham and Worts Distillery, Mill St., Toronto, Canada
TEXT ATTACHMENT


Credits:
Collection: Douglas Worts, Toronto, Canada
Photograph: Douglas Worts, Toronto, Canada