Wisconsin. Milwaukee. Schlitz Brewery: Director's room – Vintage Wall Art
(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.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures Wisconsin. Milwaukee. Schlitz Brewery: Director's room in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Wisconsin. Milwaukee. Schlitz Brewery: Director's room
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The director's room at the Schlitz Brewery in Milwaukee offers a rare look inside the offices of a company that began in 1849 as a small operation under August Krug and grew into one of the largest beer makers in the United States. After Krug's death in 1856, Joseph Schlitz took over and expanded the business, which became a major force in Milwaukee's brewing industry. The caption card gives no date, so the photograph's exact age is uncertain, but the setting is worth noticing for what it shows about how a corporate office of that era was furnished and run.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | [no date recorded on caption card] |
| Subjects | Wittemann Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Beer...; Offices; Wisc.--M-; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,101 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-135787 |
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