BOTTLE, BEER
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- TEMPERANCE BEER
- Date Range From
- 1918
- Date Range To
- 1920
- Materials
- GLASS, PAPER
- Catalogue Number
- P19900020004
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- TEMPERANCE BEER
- Date Range From
- 1918
- Date Range To
- 1920
- Materials
- GLASS, PAPER
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 23.6
- Diameter
- 6.4
- Description
- LONG NECK AMBER BOTTLE, SINGLE LABEL: "TEMPERANCE BEER UNSURPASSED AS A TONIC NON-INTOXICATING THE LETHBRIDGE BREWING & MALTING CO. LIMITED LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA." NECK LABEL REMNANT REMAINING. SEE CONSERVATION REPORT. LABEL IS SLIGHTLY TORN AND PEELING. LABEL HAS YELLOW MAPLE LEAF & GLOBE & A BEAVER.
- Subjects
- FOOD SERVICE T&E
- MERCHANDISING T&E
- Historical Association
- INDUSTRY
- History
- THE LETHBRIDGE BREWERY PRODUCED TEMPERANCE BEERS, WHICH WERE ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF 1/2 OF 1% ALCOHOL BY WEIGHT, BETWEEN 1915 AND 1923 DURING THE ERA OF PROHIBITION. UP UNTIL 1918 BREWERIES IN ALBERTA WERE STILL ABLE TO PRODUCE ALCOHOL FOR EXPORT, AND PEOPLE LIVING IN ALBERTA COULD IMPORT A CONTROLLED AMOUNT OF LIQUOR FOR PERSONAL USE. HOWEVER, AFTER APRIL 1ST, 1918 THE BREWERY, AND ALBERTANS, HAD TO RELY UPON NON-INTOXICATING BEER AND ALE WITH LOW ALCOHOL CONTENT. SEE P19900020001-GA FOR LETHBRIDGE BREWERY HISTORY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19900020004
- Acquisition Date
- 1990-05
- Collection
- Museum
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