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Description: FRAMED PRINT OF OIL PAINTING, PORTRAIT BUST IN PARTIAL PROFILE OF JOHN MOLSON ARTIST UNKNOWN. REVERSE: "MORGAN LTD FINE ART DEALERS EDMONTON".

History: THIS PICTURE HUNG IN THE “SNAKE ROOM” AT THE LETHBRIDGE BREWERY. THE SNAKE ROOM, LOCATED BELOW THE BREWERY’S MAIN OFFICES, WAS USED FOR ENTERTAINING AND SOCIAL GATHERINGS. JOHN MOLSON FOUNDER OF MOLSON'S BREWERY CHAIN OF MONTREAL BORN IN 1763 & DIED IN 1836. MOLSONS COMPANY PURCHASED SICK'S ASSETS IN 1959 & OBTAINED COMPLETE CONTROL IN 1963 WITH THE REDEMPTION OF $9 MILLION IN PREFERRED STOCKS. SOURCE: THE MOLSON SAGA 1763-1983 S.E. WOODS (1983) P.299-301. JOHN MOLSON FOUNDED HIS ORIGINAL RIVERFRONT BREWERY IN MONTREAL IN 1786. FROM THESE HUMBLE BEGINNINGS, THE CHAIN HAS BECOME AN INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN BREWER. THE COMPANY HAS OPERATED CONTINUOUSLY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE MOLSON FAMILY SINCE ITS FOUNDING OVER 200 YEARS AGO, AND IT IS NORTH AMERICA’S OLDEST BREWERY. SEE RECORD P19900020001 FOR FURTHER HISTORY OF THE LETHBRIDGE BREWERY. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS (SOME OF WHICH ORIGINATED WITH THE LETHBRIDGE BREWERY), AND CORRELATED THIS ARTIFACT'S ORIGINAL LOCATION (THE "SNAKE ROOM" AT THE LETHBRIDGE BREWERY) WITH THE CONTENT OF TWO DONOR INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED BY COLLECTIONS TECH KEVIN MACLEAN. SEE RECORD P20120028003 FOR AN INTERVIEW WITH DONOR LINDA LIPTAK, WHO WORKED THE BAR AND FOOD SERVICE THERE, AND P20100013007 FOR AN INTERVIEW WITH DONOR GUNTER HORN, FORMER LETHBRIDGE BREWERY BREWMASTER.