Poster:
Philadelphia Brewery Directory
Sources:
1887 newspaper clippings from Larry Handy’s and signs from
Don Fink’s Philadelphia breweriana collections; Official
Program of German Day 1892
and
Geschichte
des Nordoestlichen Saengerbundes
from
the German Society of Pennsylvania; Souvenir
of the 60th
Stiftungsfest
of
the Schützen Verein
from
the Fetzer collection; Official
Souvenir Program of the Labor Day Parade and Picnic 1905
published
by the Central Labor Union of Philadelphia and Vicinity; Official
Program of Founders’ Week Being the 225th
Anniversary
of Philadelphia 1683-1908
and
Dunlop
& Clarke’s Official Liquor License Directory of
Philadelphia and Principal Cities and Towns of Pennsylvania
1890-91
from
Jim Freeman’s collection. This composite directory amply
illustrates the fact that Philadelphia was One
Big Brewerytown!
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