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Valentin Blatz Brewery Lithograph 1885 [172793]

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Valentin Blatz Brewery Lithograph  1885  [172793]

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A supplement to The Western Brewer June 15, 1885. Black and white (17 x 13 inch) lithograph of four scenes of Brewing in Milwaukee --Sketches of the Valentin Blatz Establishment. Some edge tears and staining. "The Blatz Brewing Company was one of Milwaukee’s industrial brewing giants. Operating from 1851 to 1959, Blatz was an early innovator in bottling and national shipping, the first of the city’s national giants to sell its interests to concerns outside of the city, and the first of these giants to close its plant...... Fire destroyed a significant portion of the original brewery in 1872. However, this disaster provided Blatz with an opportunity to enlarge and update his facilities with the latest brewing technology. In 1875, Blatz became the first Milwaukee brewery to establish a bottling department to package beer to ship nationally. This bottled beer won top prize at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. By the 1880s, Blatz increased production to over 100,000 barrels a year and expanded the brewery into a complex that spread across three city blocks."--Encyclopedia of Milwaukee Milwaukee Wisconsin