ANTIQUE OLD JOE\'S STEAM BEER PORCELAIN ART SIGN SAN JOSE CA. FROM LATE 1800s For Sale
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ANTIQUE OLD JOE\'S STEAM BEER PORCELAIN ART SIGN SAN JOSE CA. FROM LATE 1800s
Price: US $2500.00
HERE IS A VERY RARE HARD TO FINE ORIGINAL PORCELAIN BEER SIGN FROM THE LATE 1800s OLD JOE\'S STEAM BEER FROM SAN JOSE CALIFORNIA WAS IN BUSINESS FROM 1853 AS PER THIS ARTICLE -
Old Joe’s Steam Beer— “It’s pure that’s sure!” Have you ever heard of this beer or this slogan?
Joe Hartman was a 49er who came to California in 1852 from Germany to make his fortune finding gold nuggets. That didn’t work out as only one in five of the gold seekers ever made expenses. So Joe came to San Jose and, in 1853, started the Eagle Brewery in a shack on South Market Street. Joe made steam beer—a brewing process that takes only a month rather than the four months that lager beer requires. Joe had a good delivery system; if a saloon needed a keg of beer, Joe put the keg in his wheelbarrow and delivered it himself. But his personal delivery service didn’t last long as there was tremendous demand for his product and the brewery expanded rapidly.
THIS 18 INCH SIGN WAS DUG UP UNDER AN OLD BUILDING IN SAN JOSE. THE BRACKET ON THE SIGNLOOKS LIKE IT WAS MADE TO MOUNT ON A WOODEN POST.
