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Beer In Ads #4690: Miss Rheingold 1963 In Boston Public Garden

January 28, 2024 By Jay Brooks

Sunday’s ad is for “Rheingold Beer,” from 1963. This ad was made for the Rheingold Brewery, which was founded by the Liebmann family in 1883 in New York, New York. At its peak, it sold 35% of all the beer in New York state. In 1963, the family sold the brewery and in was shut down in 1976. In 1940, Philip Liebmann, great-grandson of the founder, Samuel Liebmann, started the “Miss Rheingold” pageant as the centerpiece of its marketing campaign. Beer drinkers voted each year on the young lady who would be featured as Miss Rheingold in advertisements. In the 1940s and 1950s in New York, “the selection of Miss Rheingold was as highly anticipated as the race for the White House.” The winning model was then featured in at least twelve monthly advertisements for the brewery, beginning in 1940 and ending in 1965. Beginning in 1941, the selection of next year’s Miss Rheingold was instituted and became wildly popular in the New York Area and beyond. In 1963, Loretta Ann Rissell was chosen as Miss Rheingold 1963. She was born November 1, 1940 in Honolulu, Hawaii, but grew up mostly in Southern California, at least until her father Harold passed away when she was eight. Her mother Mary remarried a dentist, Walter Giza, and relocated the family to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she attended Northeast High School. She began modeling after high school, winning the crown of Miss Philadelphia of 1961, along with being named Miss United Fund Torch of Philadelphia and St. Joseph’s College Prom Queen. Rissell used her year as Miss Rheingold to springboard her into a modeling career. Rissell later married someone named David R. Zatzman, and both appear to still be alive and either living in Rutherford, New Jersey at least from the 1970s and possibly later in Florida, although it’s also possible they are snowbirds and split their time. In this ad, from May, Loretta Ann Rissell, Miss Rheingold 1963, is once again in New England, walking around the Boston Public Gardens with balloons, popcorns, and she even stopped to feed the pigeons. Once they entered the New England market with their beer, they really focused a lot of their advertising at positioning themselves as a hometown beer, even there.

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

Beer In Ads #4689: Miss Rheingold 1963 Helps Bowl Down Cancer

January 27, 2024 By Jay Brooks

Saturday’s ad is for “Rheingold Beer,” from 1963. This ad was made for the Rheingold Brewery, which was founded by the Liebmann family in 1883 in New York, New York. At its peak, it sold 35% of all the beer in New York state. In 1963, the family sold the brewery and in was shut down in 1976. In 1940, Philip Liebmann, great-grandson of the founder, Samuel Liebmann, started the “Miss Rheingold” pageant as the centerpiece of its marketing campaign. Beer drinkers voted each year on the young lady who would be featured as Miss Rheingold in advertisements. In the 1940s and 1950s in New York, “the selection of Miss Rheingold was as highly anticipated as the race for the White House.” The winning model was then featured in at least twelve monthly advertisements for the brewery, beginning in 1940 and ending in 1965. Beginning in 1941, the selection of next year’s Miss Rheingold was instituted and became wildly popular in the New York Area and beyond. In 1963, Loretta Ann Rissell was chosen as Miss Rheingold 1963. She was born November 1, 1940 in Honolulu, Hawaii, but grew up mostly in Southern California, at least until her father Harold passed away when she was eight. Her mother Mary remarried a dentist, Walter Giza, and relocated the family to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she attended Northeast High School. She began modeling after high school, winning the crown of Miss Philadelphia of 1961, along with being named Miss United Fund Torch of Philadelphia and St. Joseph’s College Prom Queen. Rissell used her year as Miss Rheingold to springboard her into a modeling career. Rissell later married someone named David R. Zatzman, and both appear to still be alive and either living in Rutherford, New Jersey at least from the 1970s and possibly later in Florida, although it’s also possible they are snowbirds and split their time. In this newspaper item, also from April, Loretta Ann Rissell, Miss Rheingold 1963, is bowling at Harmony Lanes in Middletown, New Jersey, which is still a going concern. She’s about to roll her ball in a charity tournament, the first “Bowl Down Cancer” headpin tournament, a benefit for the American Cancer Society.

And here’s the same photo used in a different newspaper about the same event.

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

Beer In Ads #4688: Miss Rheingold 1963 Tours Otis Air Base

January 26, 2024 By Jay Brooks

Friday’s ad is for “Rheingold Beer,” from 1963. This ad was made for the Rheingold Brewery, which was founded by the Liebmann family in 1883 in New York, New York. At its peak, it sold 35% of all the beer in New York state. In 1963, the family sold the brewery and in was shut down in 1976. In 1940, Philip Liebmann, great-grandson of the founder, Samuel Liebmann, started the “Miss Rheingold” pageant as the centerpiece of its marketing campaign. Beer drinkers voted each year on the young lady who would be featured as Miss Rheingold in advertisements. In the 1940s and 1950s in New York, “the selection of Miss Rheingold was as highly anticipated as the race for the White House.” The winning model was then featured in at least twelve monthly advertisements for the brewery, beginning in 1940 and ending in 1965. Beginning in 1941, the selection of next year’s Miss Rheingold was instituted and became wildly popular in the New York Area and beyond. In 1963, Loretta Ann Rissell was chosen as Miss Rheingold 1963. She was born November 1, 1940 in Honolulu, Hawaii, but grew up mostly in Southern California, at least until her father Harold passed away when she was eight. Her mother Mary remarried a dentist, Walter Giza, and relocated the family to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she attended Northeast High School. She began modeling after high school, winning the crown of Miss Philadelphia of 1961, along with being named Miss United Fund Torch of Philadelphia and St. Joseph’s College Prom Queen. Rissell used her year as Miss Rheingold to springboard her into a modeling career. Rissell later married someone named David R. Zatzman, and both appear to still be alive and either living in Rutherford, New Jersey at least from the 1970s and possibly later in Florida, although it’s also possible they are snowbirds and split their time. In this ad, also from April, Loretta Ann Rissell, Miss Rheingold 1963, is touring Otis Air Base, then an Air Force base, but which today is no longer an Air Force base but instead is known as Otis Air National Guard Base, located in the western part of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

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

Beer In Ads #4687: Miss Rheingold 1963 Visits High-Rise Construction Site

January 25, 2024 By Jay Brooks

Thursday’s ad is for “Rheingold Beer,” from 1963. This ad was made for the Rheingold Brewery, which was founded by the Liebmann family in 1883 in New York, New York. At its peak, it sold 35% of all the beer in New York state. In 1963, the family sold the brewery and in was shut down in 1976. In 1940, Philip Liebmann, great-grandson of the founder, Samuel Liebmann, started the “Miss Rheingold” pageant as the centerpiece of its marketing campaign. Beer drinkers voted each year on the young lady who would be featured as Miss Rheingold in advertisements. In the 1940s and 1950s in New York, “the selection of Miss Rheingold was as highly anticipated as the race for the White House.” The winning model was then featured in at least twelve monthly advertisements for the brewery, beginning in 1940 and ending in 1965. Beginning in 1941, the selection of next year’s Miss Rheingold was instituted and became wildly popular in the New York Area and beyond. In 1963, Loretta Ann Rissell was chosen as Miss Rheingold 1963. She was born November 1, 1940 in Honolulu, Hawaii, but grew up mostly in Southern California, at least until her father Harold passed away when she was eight. Her mother Mary remarried a dentist, Walter Giza, and relocated the family to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she attended Northeast High School. She began modeling after high school, winning the crown of Miss Philadelphia of 1961, along with being named Miss United Fund Torch of Philadelphia and St. Joseph’s College Prom Queen. Rissell used her year as Miss Rheingold to springboard her into a modeling career. Rissell later married someone named David R. Zatzman, and both appear to still be alive and either living in Rutherford, New Jersey at least from the 1970s and possibly later in Florida, although it’s also possible they are snowbirds and split their time. In this ad, from April, Loretta Ann Rissell, Miss Rheingold 1963, is visiting a construction site for a high-rise building in Boston’s Back Bay, the 52-story Prudential Tower, which opened in 1964.

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

Beer In Ads #4686: Salty Miss Rheingold 1963

January 24, 2024 By Jay Brooks

Wednesday’s ad is for “Rheingold Beer,” from 1963. This ad was made for the Rheingold Brewery, which was founded by the Liebmann family in 1883 in New York, New York. At its peak, it sold 35% of all the beer in New York state. In 1963, the family sold the brewery and in was shut down in 1976. In 1940, Philip Liebmann, great-grandson of the founder, Samuel Liebmann, started the “Miss Rheingold” pageant as the centerpiece of its marketing campaign. Beer drinkers voted each year on the young lady who would be featured as Miss Rheingold in advertisements. In the 1940s and 1950s in New York, “the selection of Miss Rheingold was as highly anticipated as the race for the White House.” The winning model was then featured in at least twelve monthly advertisements for the brewery, beginning in 1940 and ending in 1965. Beginning in 1941, the selection of next year’s Miss Rheingold was instituted and became wildly popular in the New York Area and beyond. In 1963, Loretta Ann Rissell was chosen as Miss Rheingold 1963. She was born November 1, 1940 in Honolulu, Hawaii, but grew up mostly in Southern California, at least until her father Harold passed away when she was eight. Her mother Mary remarried a dentist, Walter Giza, and relocated the family to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she attended Northeast High School. She began modeling after high school, winning the crown of Miss Philadelphia of 1961, along with being named Miss United Fund Torch of Philadelphia and St. Joseph’s College Prom Queen. Rissell used her year as Miss Rheingold to springboard her into a modeling career. Rissell later married someone named David R. Zatzman, and both appear to still be alive and either living in Rutherford, New Jersey at least from the 1970s and possibly later in Florida, although it’s also possible they are snowbirds and split their time. In this ad, from April, Loretta Ann Rissell, Miss Rheingold 1963, is shown standing on a dock, about to make a delivery to the fishing trawler “Liberty Belle” in Provincetown, which is Massachusetts, at the tip of Cape Cod. But according to the text, delivering that case of beer is making her a little “salty.”

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

Beer In Ads #4685: Miss Rheingold 1963 On The Mets Schedule Calendar

January 23, 2024 By Jay Brooks

Tuesday’s ad is for “Rheingold Beer,” from 1963. This ad was made for the Rheingold Brewery, which was founded by the Liebmann family in 1883 in New York, New York. At its peak, it sold 35% of all the beer in New York state. In 1963, the family sold the brewery and in was shut down in 1976. In 1940, Philip Liebmann, great-grandson of the founder, Samuel Liebmann, started the “Miss Rheingold” pageant as the centerpiece of its marketing campaign. Beer drinkers voted each year on the young lady who would be featured as Miss Rheingold in advertisements. In the 1940s and 1950s in New York, “the selection of Miss Rheingold was as highly anticipated as the race for the White House.” The winning model was then featured in at least twelve monthly advertisements for the brewery, beginning in 1940 and ending in 1965. Beginning in 1941, the selection of next year’s Miss Rheingold was instituted and became wildly popular in the New York Area and beyond. In 1963, Loretta Ann Rissell was chosen as Miss Rheingold 1963. She was born November 1, 1940 in Honolulu, Hawaii, but grew up mostly in Southern California, at least until her father Harold passed away when she was eight. Her mother Mary remarried a dentist, Walter Giza, and relocated the family to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she attended Northeast High School. She began modeling after high school, winning the crown of Miss Philadelphia of 1961, along with being named Miss United Fund Torch of Philadelphia and St. Joseph’s College Prom Queen. Rissell used her year as Miss Rheingold to springboard her into a modeling career. Rissell later married someone named David R. Zatzman, and both appear to still be alive and either living in Rutherford, New Jersey at least from the 1970s and possibly later in Florida, although it’s also possible they are snowbirds and split their time. In this promotional item, from early April, Loretta Ann Rissell, Miss Rheingold 1963, is pictured with New York Mets coach Casey Stengel above a calendar for April showing the Mets’ schedule for the month. Presumably it’s a tear off with subsequent months behind it but it’s hard to tell if that’s true, though one auction states that the calendar starts with April and continues through March of the following year.

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

Beer In Ads #4684: Miss Rheingold 1963 With Casey Stengel

January 22, 2024 By Jay Brooks

Monday’s ad is for “Rheingold Beer,” from 1963. This ad was made for the Rheingold Brewery, which was founded by the Liebmann family in 1883 in New York, New York. At its peak, it sold 35% of all the beer in New York state. In 1963, the family sold the brewery and in was shut down in 1976. In 1940, Philip Liebmann, great-grandson of the founder, Samuel Liebmann, started the “Miss Rheingold” pageant as the centerpiece of its marketing campaign. Beer drinkers voted each year on the young lady who would be featured as Miss Rheingold in advertisements. In the 1940s and 1950s in New York, “the selection of Miss Rheingold was as highly anticipated as the race for the White House.” The winning model was then featured in at least twelve monthly advertisements for the brewery, beginning in 1940 and ending in 1965. Beginning in 1941, the selection of next year’s Miss Rheingold was instituted and became wildly popular in the New York Area and beyond. In 1963, Loretta Ann Rissell was chosen as Miss Rheingold 1963. She was born November 1, 1940 in Honolulu, Hawaii, but grew up mostly in Southern California, at least until her father Harold passed away when she was eight. Her mother Mary remarried a dentist, Walter Giza, and relocated the family to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she attended Northeast High School. She began modeling after high school, winning the crown of Miss Philadelphia of 1961, along with being named Miss United Fund Torch of Philadelphia and St. Joseph’s College Prom Queen. Rissell used her year as Miss Rheingold to springboard her into a modeling career. Rissell later married someone named David R. Zatzman, and both appear to still be alive and either living in Rutherford, New Jersey at least from the 1970s and possibly later in Florida, although it’s also possible they are snowbirds and split their time. In this ad, from early April, Loretta Ann Rissell, Miss Rheingold 1963, is pictured with New York Mets coach Casey Stengel as the new baseball season is about to begin. This is the second season for the new Mets, and also the second year that Rheingold has sponsored them. But they learned their lesson this yeas, so Casey Stengel is not in uniform (which got him fined last year) and only Miss Rheingold is wearing any Mets’ gear.

And below is a photo take the same day as the ad was photographed.

And below is another version of the same ad:

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

Beer In Ads #4683: Miss Rheingold 1963: Love His Mets … Love Her Beer!

January 21, 2024 By Jay Brooks

Sunday’s ad is for “Rheingold Beer,” from 1963. This ad was made for the Rheingold Brewery, which was founded by the Liebmann family in 1883 in New York, New York. At its peak, it sold 35% of all the beer in New York state. In 1963, the family sold the brewery and in was shut down in 1976. In 1940, Philip Liebmann, great-grandson of the founder, Samuel Liebmann, started the “Miss Rheingold” pageant as the centerpiece of its marketing campaign. Beer drinkers voted each year on the young lady who would be featured as Miss Rheingold in advertisements. In the 1940s and 1950s in New York, “the selection of Miss Rheingold was as highly anticipated as the race for the White House.” The winning model was then featured in at least twelve monthly advertisements for the brewery, beginning in 1940 and ending in 1965. Beginning in 1941, the selection of next year’s Miss Rheingold was instituted and became wildly popular in the New York Area and beyond. In 1963, Loretta Ann Rissell was chosen as Miss Rheingold 1963. She was born November 1, 1940 in Honolulu, Hawaii, but grew up mostly in Southern California, at least until her father Harold passed away when she was eight. Her mother Mary remarried a dentist, Walter Giza, and relocated the family to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she attended Northeast High School. She began modeling after high school, winning the crown of Miss Philadelphia of 1961, along with being named Miss United Fund Torch of Philadelphia and St. Joseph’s College Prom Queen. Rissell used her year as Miss Rheingold to springboard her into a modeling career. Rissell later married someone named David R. Zatzman, and both appear to still be alive and either living in Rutherford, New Jersey at least from the 1970s and possibly later in Florida, although it’s also possible they are snowbirds and split their time. In this ad, from early April, Loretta Ann Rissell, Miss Rheingold 1963, is pictured with New York Mets coach Casey Stengel as the new baseball season is about to begin. This is the second season for the new Mets, and also the second year that Rheingold has sponsored them. But they learned their lesson this yeas, so Casey Stengel is not in uniform (which got him fined last year) and only Miss Rheingold is wearing any Mets’ gear.

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

Beer In Ads #4682: Miss Rheingold 1963 Promotes The Winter Carnival Sale

January 20, 2024 By Jay Brooks

Saturday’s ad is for “Rheingold Beer,” from 1963. This ad was made for the Rheingold Brewery, which was founded by the Liebmann family in 1883 in New York, New York. At its peak, it sold 35% of all the beer in New York state. In 1963, the family sold the brewery and in was shut down in 1976. In 1940, Philip Liebmann, great-grandson of the founder, Samuel Liebmann, started the “Miss Rheingold” pageant as the centerpiece of its marketing campaign. Beer drinkers voted each year on the young lady who would be featured as Miss Rheingold in advertisements. In the 1940s and 1950s in New York, “the selection of Miss Rheingold was as highly anticipated as the race for the White House.” The winning model was then featured in at least twelve monthly advertisements for the brewery, beginning in 1940 and ending in 1965. Beginning in 1941, the selection of next year’s Miss Rheingold was instituted and became wildly popular in the New York Area and beyond. In 1963, Loretta Ann Rissell was chosen as Miss Rheingold 1963. She was born November 1, 1940 in Honolulu, Hawaii, but grew up mostly in Southern California, at least until her father Harold passed away when she was eight. Her mother Mary remarried a dentist, Walter Giza, and relocated the family to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she attended Northeast High School. She began modeling after high school, winning the crown of Miss Philadelphia of 1961, along with being named Miss United Fund Torch of Philadelphia and St. Joseph’s College Prom Queen. Rissell used her year as Miss Rheingold to springboard her into a modeling career. Rissell later married someone named David R. Zatzman, and both appear to still be alive and either living in Rutherford, New Jersey at least from the 1970s and possibly later in Florida, although it’s also possible they are snowbirds and split their time. In this ad, from early March, Loretta Ann Rissell, Miss Rheingold 1963, is promoting the last days of a “Winter Carnival Sale,” a rare instance of a Miss Rheingold ad having nothing to do with a holiday, the season or something about that particular month. Instead, it’s a more typical ad about a three quart bottles of Rheingold beer for a mere 99-cents.

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

Beer In Ads #4682: Miss Rheingold 1963 Takes The Jump

January 19, 2024 By Jay Brooks

Friday’s ad is for “Rheingold Beer,” from 1963. This ad was made for the Rheingold Brewery, which was founded by the Liebmann family in 1883 in New York, New York. At its peak, it sold 35% of all the beer in New York state. In 1963, the family sold the brewery and in was shut down in 1976. In 1940, Philip Liebmann, great-grandson of the founder, Samuel Liebmann, started the “Miss Rheingold” pageant as the centerpiece of its marketing campaign. Beer drinkers voted each year on the young lady who would be featured as Miss Rheingold in advertisements. In the 1940s and 1950s in New York, “the selection of Miss Rheingold was as highly anticipated as the race for the White House.” The winning model was then featured in at least twelve monthly advertisements for the brewery, beginning in 1940 and ending in 1965. Beginning in 1941, the selection of next year’s Miss Rheingold was instituted and became wildly popular in the New York Area and beyond. In 1963, Loretta Ann Rissell was chosen as Miss Rheingold 1963. She was born November 1, 1940 in Honolulu, Hawaii, but grew up mostly in Southern California, at least until her father Harold passed away when she was eight. Her mother Mary remarried a dentist, Walter Giza, and relocated the family to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she attended Northeast High School. She began modeling after high school, winning the crown of Miss Philadelphia of 1961, along with being named Miss United Fund Torch of Philadelphia and St. Joseph’s College Prom Queen. Rissell used her year as Miss Rheingold to springboard her into a modeling career. Rissell later married someone named David R. Zatzman, and both appear to still be alive and either living in Rutherford, New Jersey at least from the 1970s and possibly later in Florida, although it’s also possible they are snowbirds and split their time. In this ad, from March, Loretta Ann Rissell, Miss Rheingold 1963, is riding a horse and about to “take the jump.”

And here’s another, slightly darker, version of the ad:

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

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