Beer Maypole

The pagan worship of giant beer bottles. Ad from 1907. [via the Rainier beer collection at flickriver.com]

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Posted By: Alex - Sat Aug 30, 2014
Category: Inebriation and Intoxicants | Advertising | 1900s

Comments

Beer, the breakfast drink of millions!

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 08/30/14 at 09:51 AM

By the way - Happy International Bacon Day. 😊
Beer and bacon for breakfast ... MMM

Posted by BMN on 08/30/14 at 07:11 PM

Didn't W.C. Fields say something like, A kid with beer in it's bottle is a quiet kid!? :lol: :coolsmile:

Posted by Tyrusguy on 08/30/14 at 07:18 PM

Bet you'd get into the beer club for drinking that bottle of suds! :coolsmile:

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 08/31/14 at 12:37 AM

This song has been running through my head (not a lot of empeedence anyway) since this was posted. So, this AM I scratched the itch, broke down, and listened to this.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 08/31/14 at 04:39 AM

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