Saturday’s ad is for Eckert & Winter’s Bock, from 1877.The brewery only lasted for twelve years, from 1868 to 1880. Afterwards, it became the George Winter Brewery/Brewing Co. The poster was created by a B. Flemm out of Baltimore. It shows a crowned figure (King Gambrinus?) astride five goats, holding up a mug of Bock beer. He’s riding out from two very large brewery buildings in the background. WHat an awesome sight!
Friday’s ad is for Pabst, from 1896. I don’t know if it was intended as an advertisement or something else, but it’s a beautiful piece of art. The only name attached to the image is “rose window,” which is what it resembles, of course, a popular stained glass design.
Thursday’s ad is for O’Keefe’s, from 1948. Part of Carling O’Keefe’s “Moulders of ‘Canada Unlimited'” series, whatever that means, the ad features a painting by Rex Woods showing the stereotypical “industrial worker” taking the bus to work. According to the ad, they’re the men “moulding a new era for Canada.”
Wednesday’s ad is for The Kamm & Schellinger Brewing Co., from Mishawaka, Indiana. It’s from the 1880s, and seems like a very confident ad, what with having a roaring lion straddling the entire Earth and the slogan “Challenge the World.” Since chances are you’ve never heard of them, I think they may not have won that challenge. World 1, Kamm & Schellinger 0.
Tuesday’s ad is for Schlitz, from 1942. Schlitz used that bear in a number of their ads from around that time period. This one is apparently a graduate (of what I don’t know) and possibly majored in geography, as he’s using a pointer to show us the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin on a globe. After all, Schlitz was “The Beer That Made Milwaukee Famous.”
Monday’s ad, since it’s St. Patrick’s Day, is for Guinness. This Guinness ad is done in the style of Alphonse Mucha. I have no idea when it was created, but it’s a beautiful ad nonetheless. Happy St. Patrick’s Day.
Sunday’s ad is for La Bitacora, a Spanish beer (I believe) since it reads Barcelona at the bottom right. The top translates as, essentially, brewers of ale. But since Google Translate turns La Bitácora into “the blog,” so maybe it’s not really an old ad after all. But it certainly looks like one.
Saturday’s ad is for Jubilator, a French beer (I believe) that’s still being made today by the Schutzenberger Brewery. I’m not sure when this ad/poster was created, but probably around a century ago.
Friday’s ad is for a Russian beer, and I give up trying to figure out what is says. But it is a beautiful ad, the bottle’s cool, the table nicely set with a bowl of lobster, with a view of an impressive castle out the window.
Thursday’s ad is for Kanuhkuhb, or whatever that is in the Cyrillic alphabet. It may be that it’s for Kalinkin Beer, a Russian beer brand, from 1903. It’s a very colorful ad, but who drinks a beer on a swing?
