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Beer In Ads #705: Every Fourth Bottle Goes Overseas

October 1, 2012 By Jay Brooks


Monday’s ad is for Schlitz, from 1945. Apparently, one in four bottles of Schlitz brewed was sent overseas for the troops at this point in the war, which was the last year before it ended.

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



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