Saturday’s ad is entitled Grandmother Hangs the Mistletoe, and the illustration was done in 1951 by Douglass Crockwell. It’s #63 in a series entitled “Home Life in America,” also known as the Beer Belongs series of ads that the United States Brewers Foundation ran from 1945 to 1956. In this ad, the family stands around, beer in hand, and watches as grandmother stands precariously on a chair hanging the mistletoe. They’re all smiling, though grandad appears to be clapping, though I’m not sure if that’s because he’s amazed she was able successfully hang it, or if he’s just glad he doesn’t have to get up on that chair.
Archives for June 4, 2016
Patent No. 856140A: Triple Pipe Beer Cooler
Today in 1907, US Patent 856140 A was issued, an invention of Joseph Berkowitz and William Lapin, for their “Triple Pipe Beer Cooler.” There’s no Abstract, though it’s described this way in the application:
This invention relates to triple pipe beer coolers adapted to permit a continuous circulation in separate pipes, respectively, of beer, brine and ammonia, the various pipes being arranged and connected at their ends to form a continuous coil, having an inlet at one end and an outlet at the other.
The invention relates more particularly to an improvement in the construction of the heads or bends connecting in alternate relation the opposite ends of the pipes of the coil.