Records of Pittsburgh Brewing Company, 1899-1909.

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Records of Pittsburgh Brewing Company, 1899-1909.

This collection includes correspondence, 1902-1903; receipts, 1899-1908; invoices, 1902-1909; and general office payroll, 1899-1901 for the Pittsburgh Brewing Company, Pittsburgh, Pa. The materials are arranged chronologically by subject. The records include those of the Pittsburgh Brewing Company and the records of other brewing companies that merged with Pittsburgh Brewing Company in 1899.

0.9 cubic ft. (2 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7752742

University of Pittsburgh

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Pittsburgh Brewing Company

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Sixty-six years after the first record of a commercial brewery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Edward Frauenheim, a German immigrant and part owner of Frauenheim, Miller Company, started the Iron City Brewery, the first American brewery to produce a lager, in 1861. By 1866, Frauenheim's reputation and Iron City Beer's quality had become recognized and the brewery outgrew its original facilities on 17th Street and moved into a four-story brick building that the company built at Liberty Avenue and 34...