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Beer In Ads #2994: Birra Pedavena Pole

May 14, 2019 By Jay Brooks

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Tuesday’s ad is for Birra Pedavena, from 1920. 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 poster is for Birra Pedavena, founded by brothers Sante, Luigi and Giovanni Luciani in Pedavena, Italy in 1897. The brewery was bought by Heineken in 1974, who announced they were closing the plant in 2004. The brewery worked organized protests and persuaded Heineken to sell it to Birra Castello, who reopened it in 2006. I can’t figure out who created the poster.

birra-pedavena-pole

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

Beer In Ads #2993: Birra Pedavena

May 13, 2019 By Jay Brooks

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Monday’s ad is for Birra Pedavena, from 1910. 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 poster is for Birra Pedavena, founded by brothers Sante, Luigi and Giovanni Luciani in Pedavena, Italy in 1897. The brewery was bought by Heineken in 1974, who announced they were closing the plant in 2004. The brewery worked organized protests and persuaded Heineken to sell it to Birra Castello, who reopened it in 2006. The poster was created by German artist Erich Erler.

Birra-Pedavena-Erich-Erler-1910

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

Beer In Ads #2992: Birra Peroni Tipo Monaco E Tipo Pilsen

May 12, 2019 By Jay Brooks

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Sunday’s ad is for Birra Peroni, from 1899. 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 poster is for Birra Peroni, founded by Francesco Peroni in Vigevano, Italy in 1846. Today it is owned by Asahi Breweries. It was created by Italian artist F. Targia.

F-Targia-birra-peroni-1899

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

Beer In Ads #2991: Poretti Birra di Marzo

May 11, 2019 By Jay Brooks

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Saturday’s ad is for Birra Poretti, from around 1900. 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 poster is for Birificio Angelo Poretti, a brewery located in Varese, Italy. The brewery was founded in 1877, but in 1982 the Carlsberg Group bought a 50% stake, which today is 75%. This poster was part of a series of art nouveau prints created by Italian artist Ludovico Cavaleri who was a fine artist first, but also worked as an illustrator and commercial artist. This one is quite different from the other landscapes he did for the brewery and may have been a one-off, rather than part of a series.

Birra-Poretti-marzo

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

Beer In Ads #2990: Poretti Fabbrica Birra Tower

May 10, 2019 By Jay Brooks

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Friday’s ad is for Birra Poretti, from around 1900. 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 poster is for Birificio Angelo Poretti, a brewery located in Varese, Italy. The brewery was founded in 1877, but in 1982 the Carlsberg Group bought a 50% stake, which today is 75%. This poster was part of a series of art nouveau prints created by Italian artist Ludovico Cavaleri who was a fine artist first, but also worked as an illustrator and commercial artist.

Poretti-fabbrica-birra

And here is a bonus poster for Varese by Cavaleri, but it’s unclear if this was actually advertising the brewery, although it’s from the same time period and is otherwise very similar to the series.

Varese-Tramucula

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

Beer In Ads #2989: Poretti Balcony View

May 9, 2019 By Jay Brooks

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Thursday’s ad is for Birra Poretti, from around 1900. 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 poster is for Birificio Angelo Poretti, a brewery located in Varese, Italy. The brewery was founded in 1877, but in 1982 the Carlsberg Group bought a 50% stake, which today is 75%. This poster was part of a series of art nouveau prints created by Italian artist Ludovico Cavaleri who was a fine artist first, but also worked as an illustrator and commercial artist.

Poretti-fabbrica-di-birra

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

The 1899 Liquor Book

May 9, 2019 By Jay Brooks

liquor

I came across this interesting book, published by Charles Austin Bates in 1899. It’s called “The Liquor Book” and is essentially an early book of clipart for liquor stores to use in advertising.

Bates-liquor-book

It’s 440 pages that begins with around sixteen pages explaining how to advertise your liquor store, along with some examples of ads. Below is their example of a beer ad on page 11.

1899-liquor-book-011

The remainder of the book is hundreds of images to be used for advertising. Printed on just one side of the page, presumably so they can be used in paste-up, each one has one seems to be an arbitrary number at the top for cataloging purposes, I imagine. There is clipart for all kinds of drinks, including whiskey, wine, cocktails, champagne, etc. Here are some of the beer ones in the book.

1899-liquor-book-3008
1899-liquor-book-3010
1899-liquor-book-3032
1899-liquor-book-3034
1899-liquor-book-3042
1899-liquor-book-3047
1899-liquor-book-3048
1899-liquor-book-3052
1899-liquor-book-3053
1899-liquor-book-3054
1899-liquor-book-3057
1899-liquor-book-3058
1899-liquor-book-3060
1899-liquor-book-3061
1899-liquor-book-3090
1899-liquor-book-7110

Filed Under: Beers, Editorial, Just For Fun, Politics & Law Tagged With: Advertising, History

Beer In Ads #2988: Poretti Trees

May 8, 2019 By Jay Brooks

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Wednesday’s ad is for Birra Poretti, from around 1900. 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 poster is for Birificio Angelo Poretti, a brewery located in Varese, Italy. The brewery was founded in 1877, but in 1982 the Carlsberg Group bought a 50% stake, which today is 75%. This poster was part of a series of art nouveau prints created by Italian artist Ludovico Cavaleri who was a fine artist first, but also worked as an illustrator and commercial artist.

Birra-Poretti-birches

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

Beer In Ads #2987: Poretti Pond

May 7, 2019 By Jay Brooks

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Tuesday’s ad is for Birra Poretti, from around 1900. 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 poster is for Birificio Angelo Poretti, a brewery located in Varese, Italy. The brewery was founded in 1877, but in 1982 the Carlsberg Group bought a 50% stake, which today is 75%. This poster was part of a series of art nouveau prints created by Italian artist Ludovico Cavaleri who was a fine artist first, but also worked as an illustrator and commercial artist.

Poretti-fabbrica-di-birra-pond

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

Beer In Ads #2986: Poretti Mountain Lake

May 6, 2019 By Jay Brooks

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Monday’s ad is for Birra Poretti, from around 1900. 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 poster is for Birificio Angelo Poretti, a brewery located in Varese, Italy. The brewery was founded in 1877, but in 1982 the Carlsberg Group bought a 50% stake, which today is 75%. This poster was part of a series of art nouveau prints created by Italian artist Ludovico Cavaleri who was a fine artist first, but also worked as an illustrator and commercial artist.

Poretti-fabbrica-di-birra-fall-pond

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

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