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  1. Ad, Newspaper - 2011.014.020

    A framed (14" by 11") newspaper advertisement. The frame is brown wood with white matting. The print says "John Gund Brewing Co. La Crosse, Wis., U. S. A. Annual Capacity 1/2 Million Barrels. Visitors always welcome" above an image of an early single smokestack Gund Brewery. Below the image is more text: "The world famous bottled beer awarded medal at Paris Exposition for Purity, Quality, and Excellence of Flavor."

    Record Type: Archive

    2011.014.020
  2. Ad, Newspaper - 2011.014.156

    A framed (12" x 27") newspaper article for the C. & J. Michel Brewing Company. The frame is dark brown wood with a brown/gray matting. The article features sixteen small sketches depicting the process of making beer to delivering it. The text on the article describes the images.

    Record Type: Archive

    2011.014.156
  3. Ad, Newspaper - 2011.014.199

    Laminated newspaper advertisement for Elfenbrau from Michel Brewing Company.

    Record Type: Archive

    Ad, Newspaper
  4. Ad, Newspaper - 2011.014.200

    Laminated newspaper advertisement for Elfenbrau from Michel Brewing Company.

    Record Type: Archive

    Ad, Newspaper
  5. Ad, Newspaper - 2011.014.201

    Laminated newspaper advertisement for Elfenbrau from Michel Brewing Company and the reverse is an advertisement for Gund's Peerless.

    Record Type: Archive

    Ad, Newspaper
  6. Ad, Print - 1984.130.22

    Chromolith portrait of Abraham Lincoln on canvas as advertising for the Illinois Watch Company in Springfield for the Lincoln Watch. Lincoln is wearing his typical black and white suit. The top of the portrait has a signature of R. Bohuns (?) and is dated 1913. The bottom right has a seal of the Illinois Watch Company. Framed in a metallic gold frame.

    Record Type: Archive

    Ad, Print
  7. Advertisement - 2011.014.001

    A large (3.5 feet by 4.5 feet), first generation factory lithograph in a wooden frame. The frame is a light brown with maroon matting. The poster is mostly white with a scene of the Gund Brewery complex in the center of the poster with "John Gund Brew'g Co." in red lettering above the scene. Below the scene the poster has the Gund logo, a yellow ornate "G" with King Gambrinus toasting a stein and bottle of beer, in between the text "Lager Beer." ...

    Record Type: Archive

    2011.014.001
  8. Advertisement - 2011.014.002

    A large (40 inches by 31 inches) prohibition era tri-fold advertisement sign for the Gund Brewery. The poster is dark green with a lighter green border. The first scene depicts a younger couple eating at a white table outside. The text above this scene says "Unusually palatable and refreshing" and the text below the scene says "Delicious with luncheons." The middle scene features an older couple with the woman pouring the man a glass of beer. The...

    Record Type: Archive

    2011.014.002
  9. Advertisement - 2011.014.003

    A prohibition era large (26 inches by 36 inches) die-cut poster for Gund's Brewery. The poster is in a dark wooden frame with black matting. The scene is of a young couple picnicking and drinking Gund's Peerless Beverage. The text below the scene is in red, yellow, and white and says "Gund's Peerless Beverage. The Everyday Soft Drink."

    Record Type: Archive

    2011.014.003
  10. Advertisement - 2011.014.007

    A framed Gund Brewery poster. The frame is black with yellow matting. The poster is dark green with a mint green border. "Gund's Beverage" is in red along the top portion of the poster. "Always" is printed in red inside a yellow oval with a mint green border. And "First to Quench the Thirst" is along the bottom of the sign in white.

    Record Type: Archive

    2011.014.007
  11. Advertisement - 2011.014.083

    A framed (18" by 14") cardboard poster for the Heileman Brewery. The frame is a light brown with no matting. The poster features a Golden Leaf beer bottle in front of a bundle of barley. The text on the image says "From a Golden Harvest. Heileman's Golden Leaf Beer." Along the bottom of the poster, there is text saying "G. Heileman Brewing Co. La Crosse, Wis."

    Record Type: Archive

    2011.014.083
  12. Advertisement - 2011.014.085

    Framed (13" by 16") and matted advertisement for Grenadier Beer featuring a cartoon couple with the man asking for Grenadier Beer. Frame is black plastic.

    Record Type: Archive

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  13. Advertisement - 2011.014.108

    A framed (23" by 15") cardboard die-cut from 1939 for Old Style beer. The frame is black with black matting. The die-cut features two bottles of Old Style Lager, one taller than the other, with the Old Style Lager scene. Below the bottles is yellow text saying "Ask for Old Style." In smaller text along the very bottom of the die-cut, it says "G. Heileman Brewing Co. La Crosse, Wis."

    Record Type: Archive

    2011.014.108.01
  14. Advertisement - 2011.014.176

    Michel Advertisement with a young woman in a pnk dress "A Monument to Quality and A Sign of Purity Perfection Beer".

    Record Type: Archive

    Advertisement
  15. Advertisement - 2011.014.190

    Peerless advertisement with ten little lodgemen story on the reverse.

    Record Type: Archive

    Advertisement
  16. Advertisement - 2011.014.206

    Mailed Elfenbrau advertisement with a leaping frog.

    Record Type: Archive

    Advertisement
  17. Advertisement - 2011.014.210

    A framed (21" by 25") advertisement for Peerless Amber by La Crosse artist Howard Colvin. The advertisement features a beagle puppy who chewed up a slipper. The text below the dog says "Sorry! Gee - I wish I could buy him a bottle of Peerless Amber."

    Record Type: Archive

    Advertisement
  18. Advertisement - 2011.014.214

    A framed (17" by 21") die-cut advertisement for La Crosse Breweries. The frame is black with black matting. The die-cut is in the shape of a beer barrel. The barrel is gray and has a bottle of picnic-sized Peerless beer in front of it. The text on the die-cut says "Peerless" in a yellow banner across the top, "Keg Beer in large Picnic bottles" is in red in the center of the barrel, and "Contents 64 Fl. Oz. Brewed and Bottled by La Crosse Brewerie...

    Record Type: Archive

    2011.014.214
  19. Advertisement - 2011.014.215

    A framed (22" by 23") advertisement die-cut for La Crosse Breweries. The frame is gold with brown and white matting. The die-cut features three elfenbrau elves brewing up a pot of beer. The text below the elves says "Peerless Amber. La Crosse Breweries Inc., La Crosse, Wis. The Beer of Good Cheer."

    Record Type: Archive

    2011.014.215
  20. Advertisement - 2011.014.219

    Framed (14" by 17") and matted Peerless Beer die-cut lithograph poster advertisement featuring a woman drinking from a pilsner of beer in a wood frame and a Peerless Beer bottle from La Crosse Beer. The logo is "Peerless Beer, without a peer." Frame is a dark brown.

    Record Type: Archive

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