About this image...

Image Title: Highland Spring Brewery, Boston, Massachusetts, 1876

Date: 1876

Summary: An advertising poster from 1876 for the Highland Spring Ale & Porter Brewery owned by Rueter & Alley, Boston Massachusetts. Includes a scene of a man playing a stringed musical instrument (possibly a "lyre") and being serving a flagon of beer by a young maiden. Also featured is a depiction of the Highland Spring Brewery buildings in Boston. Borders are decorated with hop vines and barley stalks, representing two of the primary ingredients in beer.

Notes: Henry Rueter, one of the partners in this brewery, was the longtime president of the United States Brewers Association.

Subjects: Beer--America
Breweries--America
Brewing Industry--America
Men
courtship
eating & drinking
factories
women

Places: Boston, Massachusetts

Original Media: Chromolithograph

Collections: Popular Graphic Arts

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