Murphy, Ed. Photograph of pre-confederation tonic wine.

Ed Murphy displays a bottle of Phosferine tonic wine, which the W.J. Murphy store stocked before Newfoundland joined confederation. Upon joining Canada, grocery stores such as W.J. Murphy lost their liquor license. Ed's family has held onto many bottles of tonic wine since that time, which they...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McGuire, Andrea
Other Authors: Murphy, Ed, 1940-, Ed Murphy was born in St. John's on February 21, 1940. His grandfather and father both owned W.J. Murphy's grocery store before him, and Ed ran the store until his retirement in 2000. Ed and his wife Rosemary (Carter) Murphy have two children and four grandchildren.
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: 2017
Subjects:
Objects
Wine bottles
Murphy
Ed
1940-
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_avalon/id/6589
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Summary:Ed Murphy displays a bottle of Phosferine tonic wine, which the W.J. Murphy store stocked before Newfoundland joined confederation. Upon joining Canada, grocery stores such as W.J. Murphy lost their liquor license. Ed's family has held onto many bottles of tonic wine since that time, which they open sporadically on special occasions.

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