Can, Beer
Object number2012.63.1
Manufacturer
Pittsburgh Brewing Company
Date1969
OriginPittsburgh, PA
MediumAluminum, paint
Credit LineGift of Samantha Parish
DescriptionCylindrical, metal beer can with pink and black design around the side. Pull tab on top. On the front in black is text above an oval, black and white photograph of a woman in a bathing suit holding a bouquet of flowers. Floral design around the bottom of the photograph.Dimensions4.75 x 2.5 x 8.25 in. (12.1 x 6.4 x 21 cm)InscriptionsOn the front in black reads: "OLDE FROTHINGSLOSH" above a black and white photograph of a woman with a sash that reads: "MISS OLDE FROTHINGSLOSH OF 1969".
On left side of image: "Fatima Yechburgh, / winner of the 1969 Miss / Olde Frothingslosh con- / test was chosen on the / basis of beauty, talent, / poise . . . and quantity. / She is the woman who / best symbolizes Olde / Frothingslosh, the pale / stale ale with the foam / on the bottom. Now / she's the girl all others / look down on."
On right side of image: "Background--She's from a / small town outside Pitts- / burgh. It's considerably / smaller since she left. / Statistics--This you wouldn't / believe. / Occupation--Trapeze Artist / Education--Studying arc / welding at night. / Hobbies--Arm wrestling, / sky diving, soap carving, / ballet and reading. She / reads comic books, race / forms, cereal boxes and / other good stuff. / Miss Frothingslosh's formula / for success: / "Think Big." "
On top : "DISPOSE OF / PROPERLY".
On side "PLEASE DON'T / LITTER".
MarksAlong side seam "Pittsburgh Brewing Company, Pittsburgh, Pa."
On side at bottom "Contents 12 Fluid Ounces".
Historical NotesOlde Frothingslosh beer can featuring Miss Olde Frothingsloth, made by the Pittsburgh Brewing Company in the 1960s. It was expected to be a one-time holiday promotion, but was such a hit that they continued to produce them every year. Olde Frothingslosh was produced every year around Christmas time and started sometime in the 1950s. In 1968, they came up with the idea of putting a woman on the can that they called "Fatima Yechbergh." In the early 1980s they updated the can and got the same model to pose for the photograph, this time in color. The model, Marsha Phillips, was a 1963 graduate of Beaver Area High School.
Related person
Marsha Phillips
Related institution
Iron City Brewing Company
Related institution
Beaver Area High School
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