About this image...

Image Title: Wainwright Brewery, Buck Beer, St. Louis, Missouri, 1895

Creator: Heinicke-Fiegel Litho Co., St. Louis, Lithographer

Date: 1895

Summary: An advertising print from 1895 for the Wainwright Brewery of St. Louis, Missouri. This poster promotes the brewery's Buck Beer, i.e. Bock Beer. The poster features a large goat's head with an American flag. The goat, of course, is the traditional symbol of Bock Beer. Also present are depictions of hop vines and barley stalks, representing two of the primary ingredients in beer. At lower left, in very small letters, appears the name of the lithographer: "Heinicke-Fiegel Litho Co. St. Louis."

Subjects: Beer--America
Breweries--America
Brewing Industry--America
Flags
Goats

Places: St. Louis, Missouri

Original Media: Chromolithograph

Collections: Popular Graphic Arts

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