Company Names, addresses, dates¹:
  George H. Gray & Co, 8 Monroe St., Anacostia (1894)
  George H. Gray & Co, 9 Monroe St., Anacostia (1895-1897)

Notes:
George H. Gray was partnered with his father in the "Thomas Gray & Son" Grocery Store from 1888-1891¹
By 1894, George had started his own business. It was described as a "Barroom and wholesale whisky store"²
Besides the bottle below, there is also a Flask from Washington DC embossed with his name.³.

In 1894, one of his employees lost a finger in an accident with a beer bottling machine⁴.

In March of 1897, his building at 9 Monroe Street in Anacostia was burned in a 5-store fire. He had recently installed several new bottling machines. There was $6000 worth of damage done, and his insurance only covered $3000.²
Based on city directories, he never recovered his liquor business.¹


Bottles:

book # 280 This is a 9" aqua baltimore loop top bottle embossed: round slug plate: THE GEORGE H. GRAY CO / BOTTLERS / TRADE MARK / 1895 / ANACOSTIA, D.C. below slug plate: THIS BOTTLE / NOT TO BE SOLD