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NY, New York City--McSorely Ale Serving Tray

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Advertising Trays Start Price:75.00 USD Estimated At:150.00 - 250.00 USD
NY, New York City--McSorely Ale Serving Tray
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Holabird-Kagin Americana Office
3555 Airway Drive Suite#309
Reno, NV 89511
Thursday April 11, 10am-6pm
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Reno, NV 89502

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Holabird-Kagin Americana Office
3555 Airway Drive Suite #309
Reno, NV 89511
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This is a serving tray advertisement for McSorley’s Cream Stock Ale. It measures 10"x 13", has scratches and some rust spots. For a piece of this age, this tray is in nice condition and would enhance any collection.

John McSorley founded the bar (McSorley`s Old Ale House) in 1854, patterning it after a public house in Ireland and calling it the Old House at Home. He changed the name in 1908, after his old signboard blew down. John McSorley, who died in 1910 at the age of 87, put his son, Bill, in charge of the bar about 1890. Bill guided it in the years it became famous, finally selling it in 1936 (he died in 1938).

First John and then Bill McSorley personally opened the bar each morning and closed it at night. It was their custom to gather patrons at closing time and buy the final round.

In 1934 Bill McSorley sold the Fidelio Brewery the right to brew and sell McSorley`s Cream Stock Ale. The Stroh Brewing Company next received the rights to makes the McSorley`s Ale sold at the bar and throughout the Mid-Atlantic States.

HKA#62580