The Bock beer maid / Wilson, Wagner & Co., Lith., Chicago. – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with The Bock beer maid / Wilson, Wagner & Co., Lith., Chicago., an antique lithograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The Bock beer maid / Wilson, Wagner & Co., Lith., Chicago.
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The Bock beer maid is a color advertisement for a strong, dark lager traditionally brewed in the cooler months and released in spring. Bock is rooted in German brewing, and American brewers often used festive female figures like this one to promote it. Chicago's Wilson, Wagner & Co. was one of several lithography firms producing colorful advertising prints of this kind in the 1880s, when cheap chromolithography filled saloons and shop windows. The imprint dates the print to late March 1887.
| Created / published | Chicago : Wilson, Wagner & Co., c1886, c1887 Mar. 28. |
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| Medium | 1 print : chromolithograph. |
| Genre | Advertisements 1880-1890.Chromolithographs Color 1880-1890. |
| Subjects | Beer--1880-1890. Clothing & dress--1880-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,306 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-213342 |
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