Kessler family photograph collection 1870-1951

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Kessler family photograph collection 1870-1951

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In 1863, Nickolas Kessler followed the gold rush to Montana. He moved from Bannack to Last Chance Gulch (Helena) in 1865, where he purchased a brewery located on Ten Mile Creek. Kessler's eldest son, Charles N. Kessler, began working at the brewery in 1891 and assumed the presidency of the Kessler Brewing Company in 1901. In 1905 Charles N. Kessler married Sarah Hewett, daughter of Basin banker Marcus L. Hewett. The collection includes photographs of the Kessler and Hewett families and the Kessler Brewery near Helena, Montana.

3 boxes; 187 photographic prints

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Montana Historical Society Research CenterPhotograph Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6368985

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Kessler Brewery (Helena, Mont.)

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Kessler, Sarah Hewett, 1885-1941

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Kessler, Charles N. (Charles Nickolas), 1874-1957

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Charles Nickolas Kessler was born on 7 July 1874 in Montana to Nickolas Kessler and Louisa Ebert. In 1891 he began working at his father's Montana brewery. He later attended a Chicago school where he was involved in the pioneering of scientific brewing methods. He graduated from the school in 1895 after which he returned to Montana and assumed the presidency of the brewery. He was an officer and founding member of the United States Brewers Association and was actively involved in the anti-prohib...

Kessler, Marietta, 1912-1944

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Kessler Brewing Company (Helena, Mont.)

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