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Beer In Ads #1908: Impromptu Concert

May 11, 2016 By Jay Brooks


Wednesday’s ad is entitled Impromptu Concert, and the illustration was done in 1950 by John Gannam. It’s #39 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, after many beers, a group of young people decided they could make their own music. The guy in the bow tie grabbed a guitar, because nothing screams rock and roll like a bow tie. And of course, to rock out you definitely need an accordion. This one’s going to be epic. But at least they’re reading music and playing their own instruments. I hate to say it, but that’s becoming a lost art. Lastly, check out the inset picture below the art, where it reads “Springtime is Bock Beer Time … Try It!” That mug is pretty awesome.

039. Impromptu Concert by John Gannam, 1950

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers, Just For Fun Tagged With: Advertising, History



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