About this image...

Image Title: Pure Lager Beer, Scenes of Beer Drinking, 1895

Creator: Henderson-Achert-Krebs Litho. Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, Lithographer

Date: 1895

Summary: A print from 1895 with the words "Pure Lager Beer" amid vignettes of people drinking beer in a variety of scenarios and while performing a variety of jobs. In the background is a stack of beer barrels. Hop vines decorate the upper left and right corners. In very, very small lettering at bottom right is the name of the lithographer: "Copyright The Henderson-Achert-Krebs Litho. Co. Cin." i.e. Cincinnati, Ohio. The white space at the center bottom was likely supposed to have been used for a beer advertisement, or perhaps a calendar pad.

Subjects: Beer--America
Breweries--America
Brewing Industry--America
African Americans
Men

Original Media: Chromolithograph

Collections: Popular Graphic Arts

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