1/4 beer barrel, Frank J. Hess and Sons Cooperage, Madison, ca. 1965.
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- Created Date
- ca. 1965
- Description
Signatures on barrel: "Joseph M. Hess /Josephine Hess, Mgr. /Tony C. Hess /Frank 'Foots' Hess /Edward F. Hess"
¼ beer barrel (7.75 gallon capacity). Quarter-sawn white oak staves joined with steel hoops. Interior pitched with pine rosin.
- Creator
Frank J. Hess and Sons Cooperage, 1904-1966
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Wisconsin Historical Society
- Subjects
- Furniture
Barrel (container)
Container (receptacle)
Furnishings and equipment
Merchandising Tools and Equipment - Location
- Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin
- Type
- physical object
- Format
- White oakPine pitchSteel
- Rights
- © 2009 by the Historic Blooming Grove Historical Society. Contact the owner for more information. http://www.bloominggrovehistory.org
- Chicago citation style
- Frank J. Hess and Sons Cooperage, 1904-1966. 1/4 beer barrel, Frank J. Hess and Sons Cooperage, Madison, ca. 1965.. ca. 1965. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/wda/id/2211. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Frank J. Hess and Sons Cooperage, 1904-1966, (ca. 1965) 1/4 beer barrel, Frank J. Hess and Sons Cooperage, Madison, ca. 1965.. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/wda/id/2211
- MLA citation style
- Frank J. Hess and Sons Cooperage, 1904-1966. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/wda/id/2211>.