Brookston Beer Bulletin

Jay R. Brooks on Beer

  • Home
  • About
  • Editorial
  • Birthdays
  • Art & Beer

Socialize

  • Dribbble
  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Flickr
  • GitHub
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Pinterest
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Powered by Genesis

You are here: Home / Art & Beer / Beer In Ads #1183: Osa Johnson For Blatz

Beer In Ads #1183: Osa Johnson For Blatz

May 6, 2014 By Jay Brooks


Tuesday’s ad is for Blatz Beer, from 1950. The ad is part of Blatz’s “I lived in Milwaukee, I ought to know” series from the later Forties and Fifties that featured prominent celebrities, sports figures and famous folks from Milwaukee claiming to know “Blatz is Milwaukee’s Finest Beer” because they lived there, or near there, at some point in their lives. This one features prominent adventurer Osa Johnson, who along with her husband Martin, wrote books and made films about their travels. As for her connection to Milwaukee, there doesn’t seem to be much beyond her declaration that she’s “done a little ‘exploring’ in Milwaukee as well as in jungles all over the world.” Plus, she apparently “summered there for eight years.” Because if you were a world-traveling adventurer, Milwaukee is where you’d spend your summers, right?

Blatz-1950-osa-johnson

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Blatz, History



Comments

  1. Beerman49 says

    May 7, 2014 at 7:12 pm

    Jeezus – what a stretch! Who the hell’d wanna spend a summer in Milwauakee unluess one was stuck working there? LOL

Find Something

Northern California Breweries

Please consider purchasing my latest book, California Breweries North, available from Amazon, or ask for it at your local bookstore.

Recent Comments

  • Return of the Session – Beer Search Party on The Sessions
  • Scoats on Beer Birthday: Scoats
  • You're Not From Around Here - Food GPS on The Sessions
  • Mark Smith on Beer In Ads #4778: Rheingold Can Quench A Dragon’s Thirst
  • Getting Ready to Celebrate St Patrick’s Day – The Blessing of Beer | Red Panda News on Beer Saints

Recent Posts

  • Beer Birthday: Dave Alexander May 8, 2025
  • Historic Beer Birthday: Emil Christian Hansen May 8, 2025
  • Beer In Ads #4962: Rieker’s Bock Beer May 7, 2025
  • Historic Beer Birthday: Anton Dreher May 7, 2025
  • Beer In Ads #4961: Santa Cruz Bock Beer May 6, 2025

BBB Archives

Go to mobile version