1995.13

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Old%20Comrade%20Ale%20beer%20bottle

Details

ID Number

1995.13

Category

Distribution & Transportation Artifacts

Sub-category

container

Item Name

bottle

Maker

Old Comrades Brewing Company Ltd.

Materials

METAL, UNKNOWN GLASS PAPER, UNKNOWN

Measurements

overall: 9 in

Description

full, capped bottle of beer; red and cream labels; Old Comrades Ale logo in red parallelogram on cream ground; green glass; graceful tapering from should to neck; swelling at the mouth just under metal cap; heavily footed base; fine seams on 2 sides of bottle; repousse inscription on bottom; contains yellowish liquid; die cut neck label with Old Comrades Ale superimposed on a printed seal and ribbon

History

Old Comrades Brewery Ltd. operated from 1947-1952 in Tecumseh, Ontario. The brewery building was located at Tecumseh Rd at Victoria and had originally been built as a storage for the Dominion Cannery in 1912. The building also housed the Tecumseh Brewing Co from 1927-1931.

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subject (Fre)

Y

Subjects

Brewing industry / Industrie de la brasserie subject

Liquor subject

Old Comrades Brewery Limited organization

Prohibition subject

Tecumseh (Ont.) place

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