Remember When...bottling beer became a big operation?
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- 1915
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This brewery worker looked a bit unsure of himself as he paused in the middle of his work to have his picture taken at the Pabst Brewing Co. bottle house in 1915. According to a history of the brewery, the introduction of large scale bottling for shipping purposes may well have been the most important development in the industry and was, in a way, a byproduct of the railroads - for national sale of bottled beer followed closely upon the completion of the railroad network. Early problems had to be overcome. Developments included pasteurization to kill of growing organisms and thus stop spoilage; introduction of bottle washing machines; and a special device that corked, capped and wired bottles in one operation. In 1915, Pabst sales in barrels numbered 735,098; total US withdrawals (tax-paid beer for sale) in barrels was 59,746,701; per capita consumption in gallons was 18.7. Photograph and information provided by the Milwaukee Public Library local history collection.
- Creator
Jos. Brown Scenic and Commercial Photographer
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- Recollection Wisconsin
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- Milwaukee Public Library
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- Milwaukee Journal
- Subjects
- Pabst Brewing Company
Breweries -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Brewing industry -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Beer -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee - Type
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- English
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- Jos. Brown Scenic and Commercial Photographer. Remember When...bottling beer became a big operation?. 1915. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/RememberWhe/id/210. (Accessed March 28, 2024.)
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- Jos. Brown Scenic and Commercial Photographer, (1915) Remember When...bottling beer became a big operation?. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/RememberWhe/id/210
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- Jos. Brown Scenic and Commercial Photographer. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/RememberWhe/id/210>.