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Beer In Ads #4143: Miss Rheingold 1950 Finalists On Television

July 10, 2022 By Jay Brooks

Sunday’s ad is for “Rheingold Beer,” from 1949. This ad was made for the Rheingold Brewery, which was founded by the Liebmann family in 1883 in New York, New York. At its peak, it sold 35% of all the beer in New York state. In 1963, the family sold the brewery and in was shut down in 1976. In 1940, Philip Liebmann, great-grandson of the founder, Samuel Liebmann, started the “Miss Rheingold” pageant as the centerpiece of its marketing campaign. Beer drinkers voted each year on the young lady who would be featured as Miss Rheingold in advertisements. In the 1940s and 1950s in New York, “the selection of Miss Rheingold was as highly anticipated as the race for the White House.” The winning model was then featured in at least twelve monthly advertisements for the brewery, beginning in 1940 and ending in 1965. Beginning in 1941, the selection of next year’s Miss Rheingold was instituted and became wildly popular in the New York Area. In yesterday’s ad, the six finalists for Miss Rheingold 1950 are shown with the tagline, “Time to elect Miss Rheingold 1950!” Who will win? Will it be Pat Burrage, Rosemary Colligan, Penny Balcom, Naomi Riordan, June Thompson, or Liz Hastings. Today I found television ad from 1949 advertising the six finalists and how to vote for your favorite. Some of the interviews are cringeworthy but it’s an interesting time capsule of the time.

After the initial part of the ad, and the interviews of the six finalists, there’s a great animated stop-motion parade to finish up the commercial.

The beginning of the Rheingold parade as they approach the grandstand.
First come the banners.
Then the awesome beer cans with openers for arms.
And finally they pan up to see the Rheingold blimp.

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



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