Good morning, I'm looking for information and hopefully photos of a distillery firm that operated as: Fletcher & Co.; Fletcher & Hobart & Co.; Maddux, Hobart & Co.; and Diamond Distillery/Diamond Distilleries. Fletcher & Co. was in Cincy before 1851. William N. Hobart joined the firm in the mid-1860's and went on to establish his own distillery. Hobart sold Diamond Distillery in 1910 to Union Distillery. Maddux, Hobart & Co. were key players in the Whiskey Trust in the late 1890's/early 1900's. The buildings were located in the 100 block of East pearl St., the southeast corner of Vine and Front St., Gest St. at Mill Creek; and on Water St. between Vine and Walnut. The sewage plant is now located at the Gest location, and Front and Water Sts. disappeared with the bldg of the baseball & football stadiums. I'm hoping that you may have had an ancestor who worked at the distillery or that you might have an old photo or postcard showing the bldgs at any of these locations. I would dearly love to have a scan of any photos/cards that would show what these bldgs looked like. I have most of the genealogical info - names, dates, places - but am hoping to provide some pictures to my research. Any suggestions of where to search for add'l information for these named distilleries would be greatly appreciated. I have been in contact with Cincy library already and they provided what they could. Thank you in advance for any help that you might be able to give. Gloria