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Image Title: Schoenhofen Brewery, Edelweiss Beer, Chicago, Illinois, 1886

Date: 1886

Summary: An advertising poster from 1886 for the P. Schoenhofen Brewing Company of Chicago, Illinois. The print promotes the brewery's Edelweiss Beer. Featured is a young lassie standing on the edge of a rocky outcrop and holding the white flower known as edelweiss, which grows mainly on limestone at high altitudes. In the background are mountain peaks, a waterfall, and wildlife.

Notes: The Schoenhofen brewery, founded by Peter Schoenhofen, was one of Chicago's cornerstone brewing enterprises. Its famous Edelweiss Beer became one of the most well-known brands of beer not just in Chicago, but throughout the American Midwest.

Subjects: Beer--America
Breweries--America
Brewing Industry--America
women

Places: Chicago, Illinois

Original Media: Chromolithograph

Collections: Popular Graphic Arts

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