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Beer In Ads #680: I’m From Milwaukee, I Ought To Know

August 24, 2012 By Jay Brooks


Friday’s ad is for Blatz, from 1951, featuring that manly entertainer, Liberace, who is apparently from Milwaukee. Who knew?

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



Comments

  1. beerman49 says

    September 6, 2012 at 1:28 pm

    Per Wikipedia, Liberace was born in some small burg just outside Milwaukee … but I can’t imagine him drinking a beer.

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