| Creator |
Mueller, A. M. J., artist. |
| Title |
The Bergner & Engel Brewing Co., Philadelphia. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[Philadelphia : Avil Printing Co] |
| Date |
[ca. 1890] |
| Physical Description |
1 album (24 leaves of plates, 37 illustrations) : chromolithographs ; 18 x 13 cm. (17 x 5 in.) |
| Description |
Album containing 37 lithographic illustrations documenting the Philadelphia brewing complex on Thirty-second Street between
Jefferson, Master and Thompson Streets, including exterior and interior views of individual buildings within the complex and
detailed scenes of laborers operating equipment, transporting the finished product to and from railroad stations, and loading
it onto ships. Shows exterior and interior views of the office building on Master Street; exterior views of the brew house
and milling department, machine repair shop and fermenting houses; interior views of refrigerating machines, the first and
second floors of the brew house, fermenting room, beer storage, cooper shops, racking room, wash house, shipping department,
boiler house, pump room, electric light machines, machine repair shop, the ale and porter brewery and bottling house; and
modes of transport including a refrigerating car, delivery wagon and locomotive. Other plates depict out-of-state depots and
offices in Washington D.C.; Norfolk and Richmond, Virginia; Jacksonville, Florida; and Trenton, Sea Isle City, and Atlantic
City, New Jersey and commemorative illustrations of the company's first-place winnings at the Centennial Exhibition in 1876
and Paris Exposition in 1878.
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The partnership of Bergner & Engel was formed in 1870 at the brewery of Bergner (erected 1857-1858) following the dissolution
of the partnership of brewers Wolf & Engel. Construction of new buildings and additions and the purchase of new equipment
for the Brewerytown complex took place in the 1870s. At this time, Bergner & Engel was one of the largest breweries in the
country and had an international reputation. Bergner & Engel ceased operations during prohibition.
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| Notes |
Title from cover. |
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Bound in a fine diagonal-ribbed maroon cloth, black and gilt stamped, with the company's trademark phoenix on the front board. |
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Plates signed A.M.J. Mueller. |
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Not in Wainwright. |
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Philadelphia on Stone |
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POSP 15 |
| Subject |
The Bergner & Engel Brewing Company. |
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Brewing industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Breweries -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Laborers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Beer. |
| Geographic subject |
Thirty-second Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- at Thompson Street. |
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Atlantic City (N.J.) |
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Jacksonville (Fla.) |
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Norfolk (Va.) |
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Richmond (Va.) |
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Sea Isle City (N.J.) |
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Trenton (N.J.) |
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Washington (D.C.) |
| Genre |
Albums -- 1880-1890. |
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Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890. |
| Printer |
Avil Printing Co., publisher. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| albums [67310.D] |
| Accession number |
67310.D.pl1.2 |
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67310.D.pl3.4 |
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67310.D.pl5.6 |
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67310.D.pl7.8 |
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67310.D.pl9.10 |
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67310.D.pl11.12 |
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67310.D.pl13.14 |
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67310.D.pl15.16 |
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67310.D.pl17.18 |
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67310.D.pl19.20 |
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67310.D.pl21.22 |
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67310.D.pl23.24 |
