McCuen & Young
Company Names, addresses, dates1:
  Lewis Young, Alexandria VA
  McCuen & Young, Alexandria VA
  Jas McCuen, 832 Gibbon Street, Alexandria VA (1899)
  Jas McCuen, 600 S. Alfred Street, Alexandria VA (1903-1904)
  Alexandria Bottling Co., 832 Gibbon Street, Alexandria VA (1906-1907)
(832 Gibbon St. & 600 S. Alfred St. probably refer to the same building, at
the corner of Gibbon & Alfred Streets)
Notes:
A Washington Post article on February 27, 1895 said that Lewis Young sold his
pop & soda water establishment to James McCuen for $1500. An earlier Post
article from April 17, 1894 said that James McCuen's store at the corner of
Alfred & Gibbon streets was broken into by theives. And a later Post article
from January 6, 1899 said that the Alexandria Bottling Company at the corner of
Alfred & Gibbon streets, owned by James McCuen, had a big fire. And a much later
Post article from October 8, 1907 referred to James McCuen as a Grocer/Liquor Store
owner at the corner of Alfred & Gibbon Streets.
From these and other post articles, as well as the few Alexandria city directories
I have access to, I've been able to determine that Lewis Young was a bottler who
sold his company to James McCuen (although they must have worked as a team for a
while based on bottles that say "McCuen & Young"). At some point, McCuen started
using the name "Alexandria Bottling Company", and it lasted until at least 1907.
Bottles:
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This is unusually tall for a hutchinson (8.25").
It's aqua colored, has a 10-sided base, and is embossed: tombstone slugplate: JAMES McCUEN / ALEXANDRIA / VA / |
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These are two 6.7" aqua hutchinsons with slightly different shapes. The left one is embossed: round slugplate: JAS. McCUEN / ALEXANDRIA, VA The right one is embossed: round slugplate: JAS. McCUEN / ALEXANDRIA, VA beneath slugplate: REGISTERED back: D.O.C. 19 1/2 |
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This is an 8" Sun colored amethyst crown top embossed: round slugplate: JAS. McCUEN / ALEXANDRIA, VA back: THIS BOTTLE / NOT TO BE SOLD |
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The bottle on the left is a baltimore-loop top, and the one on the right
is a normal hutchinson (with the top inside). Both are embossed: vertical: RETURN TO / McCUEN & YOUNG / ALEXANDRIA / VA |
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This is a 7" aqua Hutchinson bottle with a 10 sided base, embossed: tombstone slugplate: LEWIS YOUNG / ALEXANDRIA / VA |