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Originally named Bosak Manufacturing Company, the Gold Seal Manufacturing Company was a wine and liquor distribution business begun by Slovak immigrant Michael Bosak at the turn of the century. Based in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the company made Bosak's Horke Vino, a wine-based elixir, and bottle...
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| Collection: | Gold Seal Manufacturing Company Records |
| Collection Number: | MSS059 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | Link to finding aid |
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| 520 | |a Originally named Bosak Manufacturing Company, the Gold Seal Manufacturing Company was a wine and liquor distribution business begun by Slovak immigrant Michael Bosak at the turn of the century. Based in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the company made Bosak's Horke Vino, a wine-based elixir, and bottled and distributed other beverages. The company changed ownership in the 1920s, and the name was changed to the Gold Seal Manufacturing Company. The company closed in the early 1960s. The collection contains paperwork on the process of acquiring port wine for Horke Vino, laboratory tests and correspondence with the Department of the Treasury during Prohibition regarding the status of Horke Vino, and personal papers of the last owner, Frank Chipak, including financial records. | ||
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| 650 | 0 | |a Chipak, Frank, 1893-1984. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Patent medicines--Pennsylvania. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Slovak Americans--Pennsylvania--Commerce. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Wine industry--Pennsylvania. | |
| 852 | |a The Historical Society of Pennsylvania |b Gold Seal Manufacturing Company Records |c MSS059 | ||
| 856 | 4 | 2 | |y Link to finding aid |u http://www2.hsp.org/collections/Balch%20manuscript_guide/html/goldseal.html |