Content
Citation(s) & Footnote(s)
Book(s)No access / Whiskey Literature Notes Database (USWA)
Full written article and embedded article images reviewed. Coverage completion is not independent factual or publication clearance. Source: No access.
Source argument
A brand identity change is not a universal legal-entity or industrial-site rename.
Evidence map
Researcher synthesis
A brand identity change is not a universal legal-entity or industrial-site rename. Preserve the publication date and evidentiary level of each statement before using it in history or profile work.
Assessment
All three embedded images visually reviewed and preserved September 12. The 1847/1857 discrepancy and comment interpretation remain leads, not resolved chronology.
Material-image review completed September 12; the conflicting branding dates remain unresolved.
Embedded-image review — September 12, 2026
Three images reviewed: an earlier warehouse photograph with MGP entrance signage, the Ross & Squibb logo, and a later entrance photograph. The warehouse displays SEAGRAMS SINCE 1857 while Ross & Squibb branding displays SINCE 1847. This is direct evidence of conflicting branding dates, not evidence choosing the correct founding date or proving a universal legal-entity rename.
Preserved in the Cowdery-seven-article-media.zip package (13 images across seven articles) with URL, byte count and SHA-256 manifest in No access. Original written capture retained. No public image-republication clearance implied.
