
Monday’s ad is for Der Sonnenschirm, or the beer umbrella, from 1966. From the late 1800s until the 1960s, poster art really came into its own, and in

By Jay Brooks

Monday’s ad is for Der Sonnenschirm, or the beer umbrella, from 1966. From the late 1800s until the 1960s, poster art really came into its own, and in

By Jay Brooks

Sunday’s ad is for Bier

By Jay Brooks

Saturday’s ad is for bier ist etwas Gutes, or “Beer is Something Good,” from 1954. From the late 1800s until the 1960s, poster art really came into its own, and in Europe a lot of really cool posters, many of them for breweries, were produced. This is part of a series of posters promoting beer by the German Brewers Association in the mid-20th century, though I’m not sure it was originally created for the German Brewers Association,

Images online tend to have either a darker background or a lighter one, as seen below, and it’s unclear if there were two different versions of the poster or if it’s just the way it was scanned or photographed.

By Jay Brooks

Friday’s ad is for

They must have made a lot of the enamel signs, because they’re all over the internet, on sites like eBay and other breweriana and collectible websites.

By Jay Brooks

Thursday’s ad is for kühles Bier, or “Cool Beer,” from 1954. From the late 1800s until the 1960s, poster art really came into its own, and in

By Jay Brooks

Wednesday’s ad is for kühles Bier, or “Cool Beer,” from 1954. From the late 1800s until the 1960s, poster art really came into its own, and in

By Jay Brooks

Tuesday’s ad is for

By Jay Brooks

Monday’s ad is for beer at some sort of special celebration, such as New Year’s Eve or Mardi Gras, or perhaps Carnival, from 1954. From the late 1800s until the 1960s, poster art really came into its own, and in Europe a lot of really cool posters, many of them for breweries, were produced. This is part of a series of posters promoting beer by the German Brewers Association in the mid-20th century. It was created by German artist Thomas Abeking.

By Jay Brooks

Sunday’s ad is for

By Jay Brooks

Saturday’s ad is for

