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George Ehret Brewery, Bock Beer, 1882
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| | Description: | Advertising poster from 1882 for George Ehret's Brewery of New York, New York. The print advertises the brewery's Bock Bier, i.e. Bock Beer. Featured a large goat head, the symbol of Bock Beer, surrounded by decorative graphics that include hop vines and barley stalks, representing two of the main ingredients in beer. |
| Note: | During a portion of the mid- to late-1800s, the George Ehret Brewery was the largest-producing beer company in America. George Ehret died in 1927. After Prohibition, the large brewery complex, located on the upper east side of Manhattan, was absorbed by its next-door neighbor, the Jacob Ruppert brewery. |
| Lithographer: | Neuman & Dinglingerer, New York |
| Date: | 1882 |
| Media: | Lithograph |
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