Commemorative

Object number2016.58.5

Date1979

OriginPittsburgh, PA

MediumAluminum; Paperboard; Adhesive

Credit LineGift of Jon Freedman

DescriptionRectangular aluminum can is adhered to paperboard backer that is blue on front and black on reverse. Colorized can has scene of a brick building at center background; in front of the building are dancing people, a fiddler, and a seated couple with beer steins in hand.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 8.25 × 11 × 0.063 in. (21 × 27.9 × 0.2 cm)
Signed"MOTT" printed in green in the bottom right corner.
InscriptionsText at top center "GREINER'S / brewery" and bottom center "1852 - Madison - Ind."

Text on the left of the scene provides brewery history including "GREINER'S BREWERY / In 1852, Mathias Greiner / founded a brewery in Mad- / ison. He made his beer with barley / and it was the yearly / custom to have a harvest fest / for the town. / ... / the / forerunner of / The Madison / Brewing / Co."

Text on the central building "GREINER'S CASH FOR BARLEY".
MarksText along the left edge "PITTSBURGH BREWING COMPANY, PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA 15201".

Text along the right edge "©1979 AMERICAN BREWERS HISTORICAL COLLECTION - CONTENTS 12 FL. OZ."

One orange circular logo in the top left corner has text around perimeter "AMERICAN BREWERS HISTORICAL COLLECTION".

One blue circular logo in the top right corner has text around perimeter "LIMITED EDITION THE VANISHING BREWERIES" and at center "NUMBER / 14".

Text on the right of the scene provides information about the commemorative series "FROM THE / PITTSBURGH BREWERY / Through this series of spe- / cially commissioned signed / artwork, "The History of / American Breweries," we / honor the men who formed / the Brewing Industry in this / country This series contains / A PREMIUM LAGER BEER, / a beer brewed as it used to be. / We at Pittsburgh salute these / vanished American Breweries. / Hopfen und Maltz Gott erhalt's! / Hops and Malt God preserve / them!"

Silver border with printing calibration marks including along top edge "GAUGE 222-3316 4.4" and "YELLOW RED BLUE BLK" and along bottom edge "72".
Historical NotesMax & Erma’s is a national restaurant chain with locations around Pittsburgh, one of the first being in the Gimbel’s department store downtown. The Ohio based company spread throughout the region on the 80s and 90s after starting a chain in 1972 based on the original Columbus, Ohio restaurant. The stores are covered in local memorabilia, some reproduced and some original. The South Hills locations has been there since 1990 and closed in 2016, we took some of the memorabilia that was local and original including this Pittsburgh Brewing Company flat beer can commemorating Greiner's Brewery, 1852, Madison, Indiana.

Related person Mathias Greiner

Related institution Greiner’s Brewery

Related institution The Madison Brewing Company

Previous owner Max & Erma's

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